| Whitecroft Hospital | |
| Location: | Gatcombe, Isle of Wight, England |
| Coordinates: | 50.6723°N -1.3023°W |
| Healthcare: | National Health Service |
| Type: | Psychiatric |
| Founded: | 3 July 1896 |
| Closed: | 1992 |
| Map Type: | Isle of Wight |
Whitecroft Hospital was a mental health facility near to Gatcombe on the Isle of Wight, England. The clock tower is a Grade II listed building.
The hospital, which was designed by Benjamin Jacobs using a compact arrow layout, opened as the Isle of Wight County Asylum in July 1896.[1] It became the Isle of Wight Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as Whitecroft Hospital in 1948.[2] After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 1992.[1] The site was subsequently redeveloped for residential use as "Gatcombe Manor".[3] [4]
Whitecroft Hospital, like many other locations on the Isle of Wight,[5] is said to be haunted by a number ghosts. This includes former doctors and nurses who are said to wander around the property as if the hospital is still open for business.[6] The former hospital is considered one of the most haunted hospitals in the country.[7]