Royal Earlswood Hospital
| Royal Earlswood Hospital | |
|---|---|
The main building, now called Victoria Court | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Redhill, Surrey, England |
| Coordinates | 51°13′22″N 00°10′01″W / 51.22278°N 0.16694°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Type | Mental health |
| History | |
| Opened | 1847 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The Royal Earlswood Hospital, formerly The Asylum for Idiots and The Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives, in Redhill, Surrey, was the first establishment to cater specifically for people with developmental disabilities. Previously they had been housed either in asylums for the mentally ill or in workhouses.