Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Downe Hospital
Downe Hospital in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Dean Molyneaux — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Downe Hospital is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Downe Hospital is a local hospital in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The hospital has its origins in the Down County Infirmary which opened in Saul Street in October 1767. It moved to the site of the old horse barracks in Barrack Lane, now Fountain Street, in 1774. A new infirmary was established at Pound Lane in 1834 but by the late 1970s it was already becoming apparent that it was incapable of further expansion. A modern hospital, which was designed by Scott Wilson Group and built on Ardglass Road at a cost of £64 million, opened in June 2009. After services transferred to the new hospital, the old infirmary on Pound Lane closed and was acquired by a developer in November 2014. The redevelopment of the former hospital site at Pound Lane began in May 2018.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.3208, -5.6930
- District
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Postcode
- BT30 6RA
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Down
- Established
- 1767
Sources
- wikidata: Q65064595 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Downe Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Downe Hospital?
- Downe Hospital is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT30 6RA).
- When was Downe Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1767.
- Is Downe Hospital free to visit?
- Yes, Downe Hospital is free to enter.
- How do I get to Downe Hospital?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT30 6RA. It sits within the South Down parliamentary constituency.