Bramcote Hospital, Nuneaton
Bramcote Hospital, Nuneaton.
Photograph courtesy of Nuneaton Memories
Bramcote Hospital, Nuneaton.
Photograph courtesy of Nuneaton Memories
Bramcote Hospital, Nuneaton.
Photograph courtesy of Nuneaton Memories
Bramcote Hospital, Nuneaton.
Photograph courtesy of Nuneaton Memories
Bramcote Hospital, Nuneaton.
Photograph courtesy of Nuneaton Memories
Bramcote Hospital, Nuneaton.
Photograph courtesy of Nuneaton Memories
Bramcote Hospital, Lutterworth Road, Nuneaton is now closed. It is known by many as a former children’s hospital, and indeed many members of our Nuneaton Memories Facebook group have posted photos of themselves in the hospital. It has also served as a rehabilitation hospital in its later life. The hospital is now all fenced off with no public access but a Nuneaton Memories member gained permission to go behind the fence to take these photos.
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Do you know who owns Bramcote now?
Hi Helen. I don’t know if it gives the details you want, but Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council’s planning portal has an application on there with supporting documents, if you search by street.
I was the last member of staff to vacate the site of the old hospital in April 2015.
i was in this hospital in the late sixties, my stay was some what scary. I remember a long ward we slept in and it was boys and girls I remember my friend he had no arms and drew with his feet, but I can’t remember his name. I often think of this place and would love to visit .
I was a patient in 1960 (aged 7). Long ward mentioned was ‘Forest Ward’ wasn’t it? Bottom of the quadrangle? Every room had windows on each wall so staff could look right through the rooms. There was a hut in the grounds with a large derelict model railway layout. The place scared me, I hated it and, at 63, I still think of it quite often.
I too was at Bramcote in 1960, for 8 months. A long time for a 6 yr old. I remember going down the long drive to main road, with a nurse to write down passing car numbers.
Why were children here for so long. What sort of hospital was it. My sister was there when we were little and we were never told the reason why. We just knew she ‘disappeared’ for what seemed like months and nobody spoke about it.
I was there around 1961, are there any older photos of the place?
I was at Bramcote Children’s Hospital in the mid 80s and i remember it well. I used to stay there in the week and stayed with my family at the weekends. I remember once the teacher there got cross because a kid in class was misbehaving so she got him around the neck. After that we didn’t see her again only her husband who used to do the clay class. I had my first serious crush there with a girl called Katrina and remember feeling jealous when I saw her with another boy outside in the snow lol. I was there for under a year but I remember the place really well and did want to visit the place again to relive some memories but unfortunately it had already been demolished. I had a lot of memories of this place some good, some bad. Overall though I am sad it’s now gone as I just wanted one more look before it was ripped down.
I was at Bramcote 1967 to 1974 we stayed all week on Forrest ward and on Friday evening my parents took me home until Sunday tea time. Children in our ward ranged from asthmatics to autism a vast range of needs. I loved being there, my family teased it was like private boarding school. We had teachers and class sizes about 1 to 8 (not like today classes of 32). Lovely meals three times a day, afternoon naps and fun on the grass quadrangle between the various wards. So sad it’s been knocked down for houses – children need small and homely hospitals unlike high rise as many are now.
I was also there in the mid ’80s, staying all week and home at the weekends. I remember we were taken on holiday for a week I think to Morecombe Bay. My room mate was called Karen. I also remember a boy called Christopher whose dad was something to do with the army base. Haven’t thought about this place for years as it brings back good and bad memories.
I also stayed here for about a year before going to Wisteria Lodge in Earlsdon, Coventry. I don’t remember exactly when but it must have been around 1975. I was about 6 years old and also went home on the weekends. Although I think about it sometimes, this is the first time I’ve ever seen these photos. Unfortunately I don’t remember very much about the layout, or anybody who was there when I was. One memory I do have though, is of a certain aroma/scent in a classroom, which I’ve only ever smelled two or three times since. I would love to know what it is but alas, it still eludes me…
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