Birch Hill Hospital (ex Maternity Home)

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Birch Hill Hospital (ex Maternity Home) by Peter Thwaite as part of the Geograph project.

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Birch Hill Hospital (ex Maternity Home)

Image: © Peter Thwaite Taken: 17 May 2010

Much of Birch Hill Hospital has been demolished and the site cleared to make way for speculative house building. The former maternity building ("MATERNITY HOME 1934") remains a part of the NHS estate but now put to another use.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
53.642697
Longitude
-2.123844