Billinge Hospital

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Billinge Hospital by Gary Rogers as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Billinge Hospital

Image: © Gary Rogers Taken: 13 May 2005

The maternity wing at Billinge Hospital which was built in the 1960's was closed at the end of 2004 due to NHS "rationalisation of services". The site is going to be cleared to make way for a new housing development further increasing the population of the once small village of Billinge.

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