Rainhill Hospital
Introduction


**Rainhill Hospital** was a very large [psychiatric hospital](/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital "Psychiatric hospital") complex that was located in [Rainhill](/wiki/Rainhill "Rainhill"), [Merseyside](/wiki/Merseyside "Merseyside"), [England](/wiki/England "England").

Founded in 1851 as the then Third [Lancashire](/wiki/Lancashire "Lancashire") County Lunatic Asylum, the hospital was repeatedly expanded until the 1980's when a mixture of administrative changes and changes in policy saw patient services transfer to newer facilities and [care in the community](/wiki/Care_in_the_community "Care in the community"). Closed in 1992 and subsequently demolished, the site was redeveloped into a retirement village.


What replaced patient services at Rainhill Hospital?