Blackberry Hill Hospital
| Blackberry Hill Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust | |
The clock tower and grey stone buildings of Blackberry Hill Hospital can be seen in the middle distance | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°29′06″N 2°32′27″W / 51.4849°N 2.5407°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Psychiatric hospital |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Opened | 1779 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United Kingdom |
Blackberry Hill Hospital is an NHS psychiatric hospital in Fishponds, Bristol, England, specialising in forensic mental health services, operated by the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. The hospital also offers drug and alcohol rehabilitation inpatient services, and is the base for a number of community mental health teams.
Opened as a prison in 1779, many of its buildings and the co-located Glenside campus of the University of the West of England (UWE) are Grade II listed. From 1948 until 2005, the site was also a geriatric hospital, for many of those years being the major geriatric hospital in South West England. In 2009, 21 acres (8.5 ha) of the site, incorporating the oldest buildings, was sold to the UK Government's Homes and Communities Agency, for redevelopment as part of a wider regeneration project.