Scottish 'mental asylum' where The Batman was filmed and its complicated history

The highly anticipated sequel to The Batman is currently filming in Glasgow, with Scotland's largest city being transformed into Gotham. The film set has overtaken Bothwell Street, but it will be a long time before we get see it on the big screen, with the blockbuster releasing in February 2028.You don't have to wait until then to see Scotland as Gotham City though, as the country was also used as a filming location for the previous Batman movie. Filming took place in 2020 at the abandoned Hartwood Hospital, which was transformed into the fictional Gotham Orphanage.Hartwood Hospital was a psychiatric hospital situated in the village of Hartwood and was one of the largest in Europe at its peak, housing as many as 2,500 patients. It first opened its doors back in 1895 as the Lanark District