We provide high quality healthcare services primarily to the residents of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen, which have a combined population in the region of 530,000.
Burnley General Teaching Hospital is East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust's site which specialises in planned (elective) treatment.
The hospital includes an Urgent Care Centre for treatment of minor injuries and illnesses. It does not include an Emergency Department or supporting facilities such as out-of-hours intensive care - these services are provided from the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.
In November 2010, the Trust opened the £32 million Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre. This state-of-the-art building includes East Lancashire's centralised consultant-led maternity unit, as well as a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a midwife-led birth centre and a purpose-built gynaecology unit.
The Trust is committed to helping you come to Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Burnley General Teaching Hospital Casterton Avenue/Briercliffe Road Burnley BB10 2PQ
Tel: 01282 425071
Fax: 01282 474444
The Hospital is signposted from both the town centre and the motorway. Follow the A682 (Colne Road). The Hospital can be accessed via the A6114 (Casterton Avenue) or Briercliffe Road.
Please check the site plan below to see which is the most appropriate entrance for you to use to give you the easiest access to which area you need to be in.
For the latest bus timetable please click here.
Burnley Central 1.5 miles. Brierfield 1.5 miles. Good bus connections from both stations involve walking short distances.
To contact Traveline for comprehensive travel services click here.
All external visitors to the Hospital are encouraged to park in the designated 6 Pay and Display car parks around the Hospital.
Car Park 1- Opposite Victoria Wing
Car Park 2 -Opposite the UCLan building
Car Park 3 - Outside the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre
Car Park 5 – Opposite Main Outpatients Department
Car Park 6 - Opposite Area 7 Main Entrance
Designated disabled parking areas can be found around the Hospital. The holders of a Blue Badge can park in any Pay and Display car park as long as they display their Blue Badge.
0-3 hours = £1.90p
3-8 hours = £2.80p
8-24 hours = £3.50p
The Trust Board have made the decision to charge blue badge holders for parking to show equity across all staff, patients and visitor groups. This decision was implemented in May 2018 and the standard tariff charges now apply to all across the East Lancashire Hospital sites. The Trust has made sure blue badge parking continues to be accessible and convenient for the use of its facilities. Furthermore the Trust has adhered to the national ratio for car parking spaces and where possible added addition spaces to enhance the patient, staff and visitor experience.
The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has a concessionary parking ticket available for visitors visiting the hospital frequently.
To qualify for a concessionary ticket you need to complete a form obtained from the car parking office located within the Lend Lease Offices at Burnley General Teaching Hospital (adjacent to the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre).
There is a qualification period of three consecutive days for receipts with a minimum value of £10.50. The form must be signed by a senior nurse on the ward and the car parking team will then issue a ticket which will allow you access to the car park for four separate occasions.
The concessionary ticket will be valid for a period of seven days from the date the ticket was first issued. When the ticket expires, you must then pay to park and obtain receipts as per the above criteria. In cases where you have been visiting for eight weeks you are entitled to a sixty day pass, this allows for unlimited parking during the sixty day period. A new form will need to be completed at this stage. If the patient you are visiting is discharged then re-admitted at a later date then apply again.
The Trust has made a commitment, to provide free transport services between Burnley General Teaching Hospital and the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital for patients and visitors.The service is now operational, running from 6.15am to 9.30pm (Last Bus) Monday to Friday and at weekends and on Bank Holidays a reduced service will operate.
The shuttle buses will pick up and drop off 7 days per week from the Main Hospital Entrance at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and from the Area 7 Entrance at Burnley General Teaching Hospital.
To view the Shuttle bus timetable and further information click here.
Located in the main hospital building Opening Times
8am - 7pm Monday to Friday
8am - 1:45pm Saturday and Sunday
Payment methods
Cash, debit cards, credit cards, no minimum spend
Located in WH Smith newsagent in the main outpatients department entrance
Opening Times: Monday to Friday only 8:30am - 5pm
Opening Times: Monday to Friday only 8am - 4.30pm
Located in Urgent Care Centre and entrance to the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre
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