History:-
Benenden Hospital was opened in 1907 by the National Association for the Establishment and Maintenance of Sanatoria - to treat postal workers suffering from tuberculosis.
The Association was a consortium founded by trade unions and friendly societies and the Benenden Healthcare Society (formerly the Post Office and Civil Service Sanatoria) became a member. By 1951 the Association had disbanded, and the Benenden Healthcare Society took over the sanatorium.
With cases of TB declining, the Benenden Healthcare Society expanded treatment to include chest complaints and cancer, shortly afterwards building an operating theatre, surgical wards and an x-ray department.
Today the Benenden Healthcare Society is known as Benenden Health. Benenden offers a range of discretionary healthcare and well-being services to individual and business healthcare members.
Benenden Hospital is a subsidiary and is an independent hospital with charitable status, which continues the principle of providing first-class treatment for a wide range of specialities.
The Explore.
We thought we were late to the party with this one, seeing it covered a lot then falling out of favour. We suspected it would be locked up tight, we arrived and parked down a country lane to approach from the front, the building certainly looks imposing with the curved front. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the entry was simple and although in a poor state still made for a interesting explore. The biggest surprise was how big the site actually was, at the end I launched the drone to get a couple of aerial shots.
Benenden Hospital was opened in 1907 by the National Association for the Establishment and Maintenance of Sanatoria - to treat postal workers suffering from tuberculosis.
The Association was a consortium founded by trade unions and friendly societies and the Benenden Healthcare Society (formerly the Post Office and Civil Service Sanatoria) became a member. By 1951 the Association had disbanded, and the Benenden Healthcare Society took over the sanatorium.
With cases of TB declining, the Benenden Healthcare Society expanded treatment to include chest complaints and cancer, shortly afterwards building an operating theatre, surgical wards and an x-ray department.
Today the Benenden Healthcare Society is known as Benenden Health. Benenden offers a range of discretionary healthcare and well-being services to individual and business healthcare members.
Benenden Hospital is a subsidiary and is an independent hospital with charitable status, which continues the principle of providing first-class treatment for a wide range of specialities.
The Explore.
We thought we were late to the party with this one, seeing it covered a lot then falling out of favour. We suspected it would be locked up tight, we arrived and parked down a country lane to approach from the front, the building certainly looks imposing with the curved front. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the entry was simple and although in a poor state still made for a interesting explore. The biggest surprise was how big the site actually was, at the end I launched the drone to get a couple of aerial shots.
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