Parkside Asylum 1897, Macclesfield

Frightening Times

Parkside Asylum 1897
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In 1997 I worked for a company calles SES security where I was a security officer at Parkside. Over my time there I became fascinated with the layout of the site and spent many many months walking the length and breadth of every building there. I have to say that the main building with the clock tower was one of the most frightening places I have ever been. There was just this feeling of all the tortured souls that had been within its walls. As I am writting this now, the hairs on the back of my neck are jumping. You could just sense the sadness and of the building itself. At the side of the main building with clock tower was what I would desribe as a caretaker's courtyard. I was obsessed with finding the elusive tunnels of Parkside and here is where I found them. At the back of one of the caretaker's buildings was a heavy-duty prison-style red door. Behind this door was miles of tunnels,... Read more