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Whittingham Hospital
The main building entrance (St Luke's Division) in 2008
Whittingham Hospital is located in the City of Preston district
Whittingham Hospital
Shown in the City of Preston district
Geography
LocationWhittingham, Lancashire, England
Coordinates53°49′01″N 2°39′29″W / 53.817°N 2.658°W / 53.817; -2.658
Organisation
Care systemNHS
FundingPublic hospital
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Beds3533 in 1939
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
HelipadNo
History
Opened1 April 1873
Closed1995

Whittingham Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in the parish of Whittingham, near Preston, Lancashire, England. The hospital opened in 1873 as the Fourth Lancashire County Asylum and grew to be the largest mental hospital in Britain, and pioneered the use of electroencephalograms (EEGs). It closed in 1995.

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