Mental Health Museum

Mental Health Museum is a museum in Wakefield, England, which is located on Ouchthorpe Lane. Mental Health Museum is situated near Fieldhead Hospital, as well as near Meadowcroft School.

Opening hours: Tuesday–Thursday 1:00 PM–4:00 PM
Email: museum@swyt.nhs.uk
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Wakefield, England, UK
Also known as: “Mental Health Muesum”
Address: Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Fieldhead Hospital and Pinderfields Hospital.

Fieldhead Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fieldhead Hospital is a psychiatric and learning disability hospital in Wakefield, United Kingdom. It is managed by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Pinderfields Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pinderfields Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire operated by the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. Pinderfields Hospital is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Mental Health Museum.

Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, is a co-equal Anglican cathedral with Bradford and Ripon Cathedrals, in the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds. Wakefield Cathedral is situated 1 mile south of Mental Health Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outwood and Wakefield.

Outwood

Suburb

Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Outwood is a district to the north of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. The district is centred on the A61 Leeds Road south of Lofthouse. It grew up as a pit village and was only a small settlement until the 1970s, when construction of new houses caused it to grow and merge with neighbouring settlements such as Wrenthorpe and Stanley.

Wakefield

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, 12 miles south of Leeds. Its chief attractions are the Hepworth Gallery and the National Mining Museum for England.