The Crichton

Crichton Royal Hospital
NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Crichton Memorial Church
Shown in Dumfries and Galloway
Geography
Location	Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	55°03′01″N 3°35′34″W / 55.0504°N 3.5927°W / 55.0504; -3.5927
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Psychiatric hospital
History
Opened	1838
Closed	2013
Links
Website	www.crichton.co.uk
Lists	Hospitals in Scotland

The Crichton is an institutional campus in Dumfries in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University. The site also includes a hotel and conference centre, and Crichton Memorial Church, set in a 100-acre (40-hectare) park. The campus was established in the 19th century as the Crichton Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital.