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Lanchester Road Hospital
Lanchester Road Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Lanchester Road Hospital is a place of interest in England North East, 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
Lanchester Road Hospital is a mental health facility located in County Durham, England, and lies on a large site just north west of Durham city. It is managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
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Background
History
The hospital has its origins in Earl's House Industrial School, which was opened as a vocational residential school by the magistrates of County Durham in 1885 on the former site of Earl's House Farm. The school was declared unfit for purpose in the 1920s and, in 1928, Earl's House Sanatorium was established on the site. The sanatorium treated children with tuberculosis until 1953, when it became Earl's House Hospital - caring for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities. The hospital was used as an annex to Prudhoe and Monkton Hospital to accommodate about 120 children with learning difficulties in 1966. In 2003 it was announced that more than 50 patients were being moved…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7985, -1.6130
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Witton Gilbert
- Postcode
- DH1 5XZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- City of Durham
- Established
- 1928
- Official site
- www.tewv.nhs.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5326535 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lanchester Road Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lanchester Road Hospital?
- Lanchester Road Hospital is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DH1 5XZ), in the parish of Witton Gilbert.
- When was Lanchester Road Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1928.
- How do I get to Lanchester Road Hospital?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DH1 5XZ. It sits within the City of Durham parliamentary constituency.