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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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.