Historical
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County Asylums - a great introductory resource, offering a history of every UK asylum, as well as abundant links for further reading.
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Studymore - an extraordinary resource on asylum history, survivor movements and so much else. It's quite text-heavy but its detail is unmatched.
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CaneHill.Org - outstanding resource on Cane Hill; myriad testimonies and a wealth of material.
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Hidden Memories of Mental Health Care - a fascinating new oral history project based on Mapperley Hospital.
Survivor Movement / Service User Resources
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Asylum Magazine - "the radical mental health magazine" informed by anti-psychiatry, social and critical psychiatry and user-led research. Archive editions now online.
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Survivors' History Group - part of the Studymore site; encyclopaedic detail on Survivor movements.
Urban Exploration
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i) Derelict Places ii) 28 Days Later : the two leading UK exploration forums.
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Urban Decay - mostly asylums and a particularly interesting section on Cane Hill (+patient art).
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The Time Chamber - impressive range of locations (esp. asylums) and fascinating accounts.
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Derelict Miscellany - many rarely-documented locations; always well-written and researched.
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Forgotten Heritage - photographs of many remarkable locations across Europe.
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Urbex | UK - dormant but covers a great many asylums; excellent resource on Cane Hill.
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Jonk - another European-wide project; preoccupied with with sites reclaimed by nature.
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Past Remnants - impressive range of locations, with UK and Germany the most visited.
[caveat: I stopped exploring a long time ago so this list is limited (suggestions welcome)..]
Photography
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Peter Mitchell - essential photographer of the urban landscape.
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Tish Murtha - brilliant documentary photographer, particularly of working class life.
