Exploring an Abandoned Scottish Hospital with Working Power

In this video we enter the abandoned Woolmanhill hospital with power that has been closed since 2017. The building is suffering from natural decay but a lot of the equipment inside still functions to this day.
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[@russellquinlan9314]

I see the local paper is upset !! My god they must be short of news, these guys make really interesting videos and show us what some of these lovely old buildings look like now and how they have been allowed to fall into disrepair. Keep at it guys !

[@pamelaadam9207]

The local paper is a no think tabloid trump supporting rag.

[@othergeorgea]

That’s scotland for you lmao

[@JayJamJar]

I used to work in reception on the ground floor before it closed. For a good few years the only clinic left running was the Ear Clinic on the top floor before it got moved to ARI. We were glad as a lot of patients struggled to get up the 3 flights stairs and the only lift broke so easily because people kept driving their massive mobility scooters inside despite us warning them not to. 6:38 is the break/staff room. 13:03 is the main reception area, lift was to the right.

[@tomypower4898]

Yes...what?

[@mook16v]

Proper trip down memory lane there! There used to be the old STI clinic where you had to queue outside as it first come first serve, always used to laugh at the guys standing outside looking sheepish until I ended up in the queue! 😂

[@JamienM]

Yep! The queue of shame

[@Urbandoned]

Glad our video brought back those memories :)

[@louisdoyle8373]

The fact your talking from experience is both worrying and hilarious

[@stoneauthor]

They used to lock the doors at lunchtime and the queue would reform in the afternoon. I'm certain that's why they moved from the top floor to ground. 😂

[@ApollodoraTheExplora]

I walk past this building every day and I’ve always wanted to see inside it. It makes me so sad to think of such a lovely building sitting empty all the time. So nice to see the inside. Thanks guys!!!

[@Urbandoned]

No problem, glad we helped your curiosity

[@stephenstuart2111]

Were is it

[@alisonlee3314]

Happy days 😁

[@sarahbrivio4159]

I looked this video up exactly for this reason!!

[@gordonwilson1631]

@@stephenstuart2111 Centre of Aberdeen UK.

[@alicesoulsby]

Really interesting to see.I had been there as a medical student. The stickers you thought were post it notes are in fact stickers from hearing aid batteries and the things you thought might be waiting rooms in the radiology dept will be changing rooms for patients before their x-ray. Thanks for the video.

[@Urbandoned]

We’re happy you liked the video - thanks for the info too :)

[@stoneauthor]

Woolmanhill is a blast from the past, old A&E department that closed in 79, inpatient beds till 1999. Clinics for ENT, eyes, audiology, GU Medicine, then slowly wound down and closed. The whole place suffered due to the wind down, maintenance ignored and fell onto disrepair. Hoping they manage to keep some of the architectural details of the inside especially the staircase under the dome in the Simpson Pavilion.

[@jackkd9434]

There's an abandoned building near me called St Peter's seminary, honestly it is one of the most impressive building in the world, with quite a bit of history as well

[@FlickeringEmber]

I've seen some amazing drone footage of it.

[@mylesbradbury6339]

I really love what you do. I'm a young explorer (15) and I love taking photos inside abandoned buildings and your videos give me a lot of motivation

[@lizzieburton5276]

Wow guys i was on the edge of my seat watching that!!. I was so hoping you didn't get seen. Well done for dodging security! Fascinating explore, hospitals are one of my favourites to watch. To stumble across working equipment made it all the more exciting and eery!! Thanks for another superb explore guys. Hope you are all managing to stay safe x

[@Iain1983]

Used to take a patient here for the hearing clinic, crazy how much it has decayed,amazing building with such great history.

[@Urbandoned]

It’s a fascinating structure - and we agree - over a couple years of abandonment decay has really settled in.

[@spookyexplores936]

This is one of the best videos I have seen. Well done lads

[@bobbythomas200420032]

Another excellent video guys well filmed and that along with the photographs really captured the buuildfing really well. What a lovely old building.

[@searchfield]

This was interesting to watch, thank you! It's cool that workers being there was to your advantage! I wondered if they had turned off the alarms before you mentioned it. The little tiny rooms in the x-ray department are for outpatients to undress before their x-rays and then dress again afterwards. In the Bristol Royal Infirmary there are two little booths like that with doors on both sides(one inside and one outside the x-ray room) so that one patient can enter and undress whilst the previous patient is still dressing - this speeds up time between patients so they can get as many x-rays done per day as possible.

[@Urbandoned]

Glad you enjoyed it, no problem! Luck was definitely on our side with this visit.

[@keithmacfarlane7092]

The room with the battery stickers on the wall is not a consultants room. It was the repairs room, where the folk of Aberdeen would come to collect batteries, have impressions of the ear taken, etc. A really cramped space to do the work. Thanks for the video.

[@levanahdr1991]

Soo spooky in there! AMASING footage!! Really eerie atmospheric n abandoned...🥰

[@suzycat2026]

Congratulations on 18k subs! A new 1 here 👍🏻 Sad to see such well designed old buildings left to ruin.. That chair was cool. Power still on too, it seemed eerie. Look forward to seeing more , especially in Aberdeen & surrounding areas. 🐱♏☯️🌌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you, we’re glad you liked the video. More on the way :)

[@emilywood9569]

This is amazing guys! Always been interested how this looked inside

[@tomypower4898]

yes.

[@pamelaadam9207]

Goodness another memory. I did my St Andrews ambulance cadet training in that building. Also did a bit of nurse training in a clinic there

[@stevesj80]

Great to see inside the old building again, many thanks

[@johorrocks8927]

Great video as always...for younger urban explorers you do a great job

[@Urbandoned]

That means a great deal - thank you

[@ParanormalExplorers]

Wow what an explore this was. Absolutely amazing. Loved the photos aswell at the end.

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you - happy that you liked it

[@adamrenwick4124]

Another fantastic video :) just wish they was longer haha leaves me wanting more 😄

[@stacyjason6960]

Thank you! That was awesome! Loved the longer video too. :)

[@Urbandoned]

Awesome - appreciate the kind message

[@MrNooneseesme]

one of your riskier visits from what Ive seen of your vids so far. You did well not to get caught. A great exterior design and I fear that will be absolutely trashed in the redevelopment, leaving only the dome in some zooped up form remaining in the new monstrosity. It amazing how fast the decay sets in. Good that you were able to visit, its great to see inside these abandoned places

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you, it was a tricky one to manage especially when our plan went out the window

[@bigboi181989]

Hi there I was one of the people who emptied out the hospital in 2017 at that time it was only one building that was used we took all of the furniture ie beds and the likes to woodhill hospital the chairs weren’t taken because of the lack of use for for them at the other side due to there being chairs there already. It’s very interesting what it looks like now cheers

[@Urbandoned]

Glad you enjoyed our coverage 👍🏼

[@kkrwazie]

Great explore guys and Well done on 20k subscribers. Stay safe exploring 👍

[@Sarah_270]

These places remind me of my hospital experiences (not this hospital) when I was a child. the high windows and ceilings and those radiators...those corridors always give me the creeps. Wonderful video as always x

[@wendymclean49]

Nice one, interesting watch , I use to take residents here for hearing tests when I worked in a care home in Aberdeen, I never got to see round the other departments which I suppose would have been a weird thing to do when the place was open lol a trip round a working hospital does not sound like a fun day out but this with it being abandoned is fascinating , all the history etc. Well done guys

[@lee2217]

Nice explore That was good of them to switch of the alarms

[@Urbandoned]

Very much so :)

[@dean152011]

Just subscribed the best abandoned videos from this channel by far proper job well done lads 👍🏻😀

[@johndixon3987]

Have recently found your videos. They are really interesting. And as good as many documentaries. I like your comments. It just shows the biggest vandals are the ones who abandon these places. ..schools..erc. all that valuable equipment and books and hard work cast aside .they say there is no money around. Your filming is sometime the only good thing that comes out of this neglect.well done.

[@1599maybole]

We walk past it every week, thanks for this!

[@kaaleebailey9334]

Brilliant ! As always.

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you :)

[@KeithHambidge]

Great video guys abandoned hospitals alwAys make for some great explores Given the level of decay I would say the building was under maintained prior to closure

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you mate, I agree until 2017, the buildings that had formerly shut must have been maintained

[@bigboomer1013]

What a beautiful building. Honestly though, it looks like it could be a school. Love the colors and how good condition it is.

[@nathanjones6501]

Hi Guy’s great video once again!! I love the decaying paint coming off walls/ ceilings and the chair was perfect especially to see it was still working It’s a pity you didn’t explore more to other rooms to the dome building would have been brilliant try see but knowing the fact work men where on site and having to deal with not knowing the alarming through out the site Also history of the buildings was fantastic to hear and photos were fantastic 👍😊

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you! We wish we could’ve covered more too but it wasn’t our day :)

[@richlaw666]

I had a lot of appointments in there about my hearing in the early 2000s

[@WillC1528]

Brilliant video! It would be amazing if you could get access to the old Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh. It was closed shortly after I left school in the early 2000’s. The new one was built opposite it in McLeod Street. I’d love to see what it looks like inside now. If they’ve just abandoned it, leaving everything inside intact. It’s a listed building, so I don’t think it’ll be demolished.

[@Heraclitean]

That was so close to turning into a found footage horror movie.

[@poppydaisy2]

New subscriber. This is brilliant x

[@Fefelarue]

Ooft hard one to get into, have always wanted to explore it! Good job

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you, was definitely tough!

[@pamelaadam9207]

Its one of those Jewels in the local urbex crown. Like the old cornhill hospital was.

[@Unpronounceable.]

I went there today and unfortunately they have gated and padlocked the tunnel entrance to the basement

[@jojoxx2246]

Love all these Aberdeen videos

[@Urbandoned]

Good to hear :)

[@tamarahkirton5329]

I was one of the last patients to receive physiotherapy there. The hospital is a labyrinth. Fantastic set of buildings, what a waste its empty though!

[@KarellKing]

Mid-2024 and it's sitting in a state. It's such a shame and such a waste. Cool video lads.

[@viperscot1]

You were lucky there that asbestos removal work you were walking in on guys keep up the great work

[@conoraiken311]

i’ve been in there it’s very creepy how the power still works it’s like they’ve just walked out and locked the doors

[@TeamUrbexDiscovery]

Great Video 👍🏻many greetings from Germany

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you!

[@michailokeefeMooMoo]

Great video lads

[@ForgottenBuildings]

Good video once again! Really love those old school pre war hospitals.

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you man

[@dragonjohn34]

great work guys

[@Urbandoned]

Cheers mate

[@abzzeus]

Those workers are the asbestos removal lot hence the plastic protective environment. They have to strip out all of that before conversion work can start

[@krashd]

Peter Mullan isn't heading up the asbestos removal crew is he? Because that would make a great movie.

[@callummcleish5281]

1:32 dude you took the hardest way in and nobody is watching the cameras on that site I was in it yesterday, shimmy the white door next to you with a coat hanger or go around the corner and roll under the fence. protip: use a styrofoam board to get past pir's, there are other methods such as signal jammers and tapping the landline with 5volts but that is beyond urbexing and more into getting lifted and having a night in klinky town. do not vandalise, leave nothing but footprints.

[@alpha-mad-dog8892]

I been there it fairly easy to get around just the alarms and they new rework they doing

[@VitT1903]

I know of an old war bunker that’s underneath a school in Aberdeenshire - accessible if you have welly’s n torches - give a message when up and I’ll take yous

[@staffystop1795]

im fae Insch anywhere close to me mannie ?

[@gregormckenzie2878]

Nicholas Milne I’m from Inverurie anywhere near me?

[@emilywood9569]

Sign me up!

[@TopAbandonedPlacesURBEX]

Nice one mate, really good place is that, I’ll have to get myself up to Scotland at some point after this lockdown, looks to be some excellent places to explore up there

[@Urbandoned]

We are more interested in Scotland than England at the moment!

[@TopAbandonedPlacesURBEX]

Urbandoned yeah it does look good for explores in all fairness

[@shannonpower9723]

There's an old mental hospital in the town I grew up in. I heard of people going in and there still being beds and everything still there there's also a old graveyard behind it. Be class if you two could explore it

[@smithy9090]

well done again guys

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you

[@Mouse2113]

Its now been secured further with boards on inside of the windows on multiple floors

[@drowningcows7631]

This came up in my recommended, not sure why. it's great

[@Urbandoned]

Good to hear :)

[@pamelaadam9207]

Where the student flats are across the road was the old accident and emergancy

[@ExploringwithWade]

New to your channel. Great video. Love this. New subscriber here 😀

[@m1tchmin375]

Near Aberdeen there is a school that burned down in 2011, cant remember the name but underneath is a Nuclear bunker, be a good explore for you guys if your still in the area, I havent been there for a while

[@bradleydouglas1059]

Tertowie house, directions and info can be found on google. It's near the starbucks roundabout at Blackburn.

[@carolinehoward180]

You guys have massive balls 🤣 Love it 🖤

[@AbandonedExplorers]

Awesome video!

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you so much

[@meyou6548]

Love your videos. So glad I have found it. The security would use those chairs to kip up in on night shift. Wish you would highlight the security companies. As they are being paid to protect. Not exactly doing the job. Keep up the good work

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you! I think being security is a tough job, especially on such a huge building with many blind spots.

[@JustMe-tb9yi]

Sorry i can not agree. Yes security work hard. No sensors/alarms should be switched off. If that had been kids in the building anything could have happened to them. They should have done a sweep of the building at least. Security is not just protect. Its safety too.

[@Mouse2113]

I went for an appointment there in 2011 I think, good explore

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you, it was an interesting place

[@WillC1528]

9:25 wow, very retro Xpelair ⭐️

[@rebeccasimpson1243]

Great videos, yous should explore 2 schools torry academy and Victoria Road school aberdeen 👍👍

[@jamiemitchell2881]

This hospital is so cool 🔥🔥

[@Urbandoned]

It’s a beautiful place full of interest!

[@matesexploring4798]

Our dream is to explore abandoned hospital😟

[@itwiznaemeitwizumin4655]

I worked there for 10 years, you should have gone into the death files building now that was a scary building.

[@TheBlueMan117]

i will, where they at. me and my pals are planning to go there and we know a way in

[@itwiznaemeitwizumin4655]

@@TheBlueMan117 The smallest building it had a grey door when i worked there, it's at 16:07.

[@TheBlueMan117]

@@itwiznaemeitwizumin4655 bet, I’ve heard that they are armed men in the building cus of local gangs using crossbows and soft guns

[@dawnmaclean1268]

Walk past this every day, and can confirm electric has never been off. There have been a couple of lights left on since it closed.

[@Urbandoned]

In the day or so we were around the building, the lights were on in some rooms all through the night

[@joshuasutherland6692]

Constantly jealous of those fences, they look so damn easy to just slip your foot into for climbing.

[@alsanova]

7:53 - These are peel off seal from cell batteries for hearing aids.

[@Alanvids]

Do you guys consider that in many old buildings (most actually) there is asbestos?

[@wanstablosthe1st319]

I see you didn't find the safe in the basement ;-)

[@PyrateAsylumParanormalAgency]

Great work as always!!! #PyrateRulz

[@Urbandoned]

Appreciate it man

[@garethalford682]

In the x-ray room there was the lead vest hanging up

[@soupeater7417]

Yes

[@sdm197]

What music are you using when you are in the room with the chair which is still working?

[@Urbandoned]

We couldn't tell you to be honest. We recently got a new computer and lost our editing file for this video, as well as the music. We have tried to Shazam it for you, but we can't find it either! The only thing we know is it was found on Epidemic Sound, as that's where all our music comes from

[@sdm197]

@@Urbandoned thanks very much, I will take a look and a listen, thanks for taking the time to reply.

[@UrbexTeamKwidzyn]

The object is nicely presented, and of course it is very interesting. The video was great. Everything is nicely shown. I look forward to more and invite you to channel us! 👍 👍 👍

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you :)

[@AlexandAdam]

Interesting video

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you

[@shaunsrandomchannel4162]

Aye I was there iday with a few mates pretty much unchanged

[@ironwizard5747]

Where did you get in?

[@desiinscotland]

Great video guys! I wanted to ask you something: do you have like a "script" or something planned to say in case you get caught? 😄

[@Urbandoned]

Thank you! We don’t no - knowing the law, as long as we aren’t breaking and entering we aren’t committing a crime, so being pleasant and respectful to security or police is the best way to go about it.

[@kino-cathedral]

Urbandoned Ah so you’re just “entering” without the “breaking” part

[@fentonhall5067]

I was here yesterday, however I only managed to get inside of the exterior basement. Me and a few of my friends are thinking on going back to the hospital, but I believe it is now under control by Aberdeen City Council and Police Scotland, meaning getting caught would be devastating. Everything’s boarded up, more than double the amount in this video. There is a door in which I believe a few of us could slip under to get inside of the court area. Now you’ve brought it to my attention of the motion sensors. Do you think they still work and if so what’s my best plan of escape, should I hide there and hope the police do not come and attempt to find us or should I get out of there as fast as possible?

[@switchart555]

motion sensors are off. Cameras, fire alarms and fire exits still work so be careful. Alarm only seems to work in the west building from my knowledge

[@fentonhall5067]

@@switchart555 Hey, thanks for letting me know. I’ve been in a few times now and I’ve only been caught once, luckily it was by council security rather than police. I managed to get through a diabetic-ward area, not too sure what side of the building it was at though. I got in through some broken door amongst wild bushes and near the electrical room. Pretty good but I won’t be back anytime soon as I’ve just found out the place was asbestos filled.

[@switchart555]

@@fentonhall5067 it’s asbestos clean now. And u were in south block btw

[@fentonhall5067]

@@switchart555 just wondering how you know all this, do you work as site security or something as that’s sick knowledge. I’ve only been a few times, but I could only find a way into the south block without having to jump over the massive metal gates with a ladder.

[@mattyreardon3593]

It's a giants castle converted into a hospital.

[@85flintstone]

It only can I tell you what the workmen where doing. I can tell you the name of the guy you got on camera. I work for the company that was doing that work. Removing asbestos. You walked right past the decontamination unit. I also know the supervisor that was on site.Icky he’d didn’t see you.

[@pamelaadam9207]

The building across was more clinics including diabetes and the dieticians also arthritis

[@nandersyt]

I have 2 videos of this place on my channel, it is a great explore

[@IScreamer]

Very interesting. I was a patient for a few days there in my teens. I hit my head at school rugby practice and suffered amnesia. Still have no recollection of the event until I came to in the hospital bed. Also visited the emergency dept at an earlier age to have a fish bone removed from my throat. Finally, visited emergency again with my brother in my late teens for him to have a tick removed after a camping trip. They sent us upstairs to another department to get it removed and we must have taken a wrong turn and ended up in the VD clinic waiting room! A doctor in the VD clinic removed the tick.

[@tjohsoeitan7539]

Should keep the building for emergency usage.

[@ULTIMARAGNAR0K]

I must be watching Resident Evil 8

[@johnbennett226]

cool

[@Urbandoned]

Thanks!

[@mask9054]

I got detained here :D

[@cianceltic8857]

Explore York Hill

[@daylemackintosh9966]

Remember I got a camera down my throat here not a nice memory at all 😂😂😂😂

[@Utubesux]

I want that chair...great for tattooing and damn expensive. It's not as old as U think either.🍻

[@Y2K_Bugs]

666 for an emergency is pretty ironic in my opinion LOL

[@BOARDMAN16456]

A BIT OF ADVICE BOYS, DONT USED THE ELECTRICITY COS WHEN U GET KNOWN THE COPS WILL CHARGE U WITH IT, even for turning on a light 💡 it’s happened to couple explorers I know, 💯 %. Yous want to get to the mortuary