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.
The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital provides a full range of hospital services to adults and children. This includes general and specialist medical and surgical services along with a full range of diagnostic (e.g. MRI, CT scanning) and support services.
The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital opened in July 2006.
In addition to the modern facilities within the first stage of the hospital, the new building includes state of the art in-patient facilities, centralised out-patients department, new operating theatres and Emergency Department.
The Trust is committed to helping you come to the Royal Blackburn Hospital
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital Haslingden Road Blackburn BB2 3HH
Tel: 01254 263555
Fax: 01254 293512
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. From the M65 Leave the M65 at Junction 5 (Shadsworth/Haslingden) onto the A6077, Haslingden Road heading towards Blackburn, Go straight across the next four roundabouts and at the fifth roundabout turn right into the main hospital entrance.
For local bus services to and from the hospital, please click here (external website).
For the Shuttle Bus timetable between Royal Blackburn and Burnley General Teaching hospitals, please click here.
From Monday 5 October 2020 improved bus services will be starting funded by the Department for Transport’s “Supported Bus Services” programme.
One of these services is the 33 that provides a vital link between Darwen and the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. The service will also restore the lost link between Blackburn, Audley Range and North Road.
Service: 33 Darwen to Blackburn Via Lower Darwen, Guide, RBH & Audley Operates Monday to Friday From:
Darwen to Blackburn: 0630, 0910, 1110, 1410, 1650
From: Blackburn to Darwen: 0710, 1010, 1310, 1555, 1745
For more details please contact Moving People 0345 475 1212 or go to:
https://www.blackburn.gov.uk/transport-and-travel/bus-timetables
Blackburn station: 1.0 mile. Excellent bus connections at transport interchange.
To contact Traveline for comprehensive travel services, please click here.
A designated disabled parking area is available at the Main Hospital Reception next to the visitors Car Park O. Limited places are also available at Car Park J.
Entry to Car Park J for External Staff Visitors is as follows:
Take a ticket at the entry terminal. You pay for your parking upon leaving by inserting your ticket into the exit terminal followed by a credit/debit card touched on the wireless kay pad.
There is no cash payment method to exit, those wishing to pay cash can only do so at the car park service desk in the main hospital entrance.
0-3 hours = £1.90p
3-8 hours = £2.80p
8-24 hours = £3.50p
Parking is free of charge for Blue Badge holders.
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 car parking office, located in the main reception.
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 60-day pass, this allows for unlimited parking during the 60-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, apply again. The concessionary ticket is only valid with receipts from the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and the concessionary ticket is only valid at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.
Free Inter-Hospital Shuttle bus between Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital 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 runs from 6.15am to 9.30pm (last bus) Monday to Friday. A reduced service operates on weekends and Bank Holidays.
Located on level 2
Opening Times
Monday to Sunday: 8am - 10:30am for Breakfast | 11:30am - 10pm for Lunch and Dinner
Payment methods: Debit cards, Credit Cards, Contactless payment - no minimum spend
Located in the hospital main entrance.
Opening Times: Monday to Friday: 7am - 7pm Weekends: 9am - 5pm
Located close to the hospital main entrance and offering M&S Food To Go
Opening Times: Monday to Friday: 7am - 9pm Weekends: 8am - 6:30pm
View the relevant accessibility guide here.
Main Entrance Outpatients Department Urgent Care Centre
Click on the logo below for detailed accessibility information for this site
For accessibility information from parent and child parking spaces to the main entrance click here.
For accessibility information from the Emergency Department Drop-Off to Emergency Department Entrance click here.
For accessibility information from Day Surgery Drop Off to Day Surgery Entrance click here.
For accessibility information from the Level 2 Blue Badge Bays to Level 2 Entrance click here.
For accessibility information from the main hospital drop off to the main entrance click here.
For accessibility information from the main car park to day surgery entrance click here.
