Hartwood Hospital

Hartwood Hospital
Geography
Location	Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	Psychiatric
History
Founded	1895
Closed	1998
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

Hartwood Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in the village of Hartwood near the town of Shotts in Scotland. It was opened in 1895 and closed in 1998. It was built to designs by John Lamb Murray .

Originally known as the Lanark District Asylum, the facility was opened in 1895 with a capacity for 500 patients. The complex included staff-houses, gardens, a farm, a power-plant, a reservoir, a railway-line and a cemetery.

Originally erected in the late 1930's, the Hill Hospital was originally designed as a 'mental deficiency' hospital. However during the Second World War psychiatric patients from Bangour Village Hospital were evacuated here.

The Scottish Union of Mental Patients was set up by mental patients at Hartwood Hospital in July 1971. 27 patients signed a petition to "redress of grievances and better conditions" at the hospital.

Although briefly used after 1998 by Lanarkshire Television , the buildings subsequently fell into disuse. There were major fires in 2004 and 2016 leaving the building substantially damaged.

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