Plaque Unveiling And Book Launch
Saturday 27th September 2025
Tooting History Group members and residents of the Heritage Park Estate in Tooting have been researching the history of Tooting Bec Asylum/Hospital for the last eighteen months. Wandsworth Council have now agreed to erect a Green Plaque at the Estate to remember the hospital and it’s residents and staff. And Tooting History Group is publishing a book to record the history of the hospital to coincide with the unveiling,
The Green Plaque will be unveiled at 2pm on Saturday 27th September 2025. Part of the original wall to the Asylum is still there, by the pedestrian entrance to the Heritage Park Estate at the corner of Tooting Bec Road and Franciscan Road.
The book “Tooting Bec Asylum Remembered 1903-1995” by Karen Ellis-Rees and Annie Caulfield will be launched on the same day at the Pavilion, Tooting Bec Lido, Tooting Bec Road, SW16 1RU. We will be at the Pavilion (rear of Lido car park) from 3pm. (249/319 bus)
You will be able to buy a copy of the book for £5.
Tooting History Group 
I worked in Tooting Bec Hospital in the 1980s – I have many fond memories of my time there. I now live in Scotland – is it possible to buy this book online?
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Hi Roseanne, We will be making it possible to buy the book online shortly.
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Dear Roseanne, thank you for your enquiry. You can place an order through the Tooting History Group website by going to https://tootinghistory.org.uk/thg_publications/. You will find a link to the Tooting Bec Asylum sales page. The cost of the booklet is £5 plus £2.50 postage and packing. Total £7.50. Kind regards,
William Ellis-Rees, Tooting History Group
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I am so sorry I can’t attend this launch. This was my first home, as I was a small child brought up inside the grounds of Tooting Bec Asylum between about 1961-1969 as my father was a consultant psychiatrist there. I’d be very interested to buy the book
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Dear Susan Bewley, thank you for your enquiry. You can place an order through the Tooting History Group website by going to https://tootinghistory.org.uk/thg_publications/. You will find a link to the Tooting Bec Asylum sales page. The cost of the booklet is £5 plus £2.50 postage and packing. Total £7.50. By the way, your mother’s book formed part of our research, and was enjoyed! Kind regards, William Ellis-Rees, Tooting History Group
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