The Royal Oldham Hospital
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The Royal Oldham Hospital
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Apr 2011
Royal Parade, at the front of the Royal Oldham Hospital. Lying within the Coldhurst area of Oldham on the boundary with Royton, the Royal Oldham Hospital forms part of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and was opened with its present name on 1 December 1989; it was formerly known as Oldham and District General Hospital The hospital is formed by a collection of buildings built in succession since 1851 along Rochdale Road. Its earliest parts exist from the site's time as a local workhouse, having been named Oldham Union Workhouse.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.553087
Longitude
-2.121317