Evesham Community Hospital
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The photograph on this page of Evesham Community Hospital by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Evesham Community Hospital
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 13 Jul 2019
The porch on the left is the entrance to the minor injuries unit while the ambulance is in front of the main entrance. One of two metal chimneys is visible. There appears to be no external approach to these two boiler houses. The hospital is very hard to photograph and is best appreciated on the aerial view. The site has a long history and started life as a workhouse in 1837 and later extensions were built. There are only two building left from the earlier phase. The current hospital was built in 1939 as an Emergency Medical Scheme (EMS) hospital and was taken over by the RAF between 1940 and 1946 for treating injured airmen. It is now a community hospital administered by Worcestershire Health and Care Trust. Other WWII hospitals in Worcestershire were to be found at Bromsgrove and Ronkswood, Worcester and I remember both of those. I had never been to Evesham and hadn't realised its history.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.085161
Longitude
-1.946687