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New Park Road, DEVIZES, SN10 1EF

Devizes Community Hospital closed in 2022 to move to a new suite of buildings elsewhere but some cage trolleys are left sprawling, along with a few sets of crutches.

Devizes Community Hospital grew over a number of years until its closure in 2022. The old site is now disused and on the market for around £1.75 million and plans are being submitted for a residential area. Some of the old hospital buildings are more functional but a few are of a more characterful age. Discussions around demolition or renovation are still proving inconclusive as yet.

Devizes Community Hospital grew from rather smaller beginnings in the late nineteenth century. This tablet in one of the original buildings mark the fiftieth year of Queen Victoria's reign (opposite is Victoria Road, incidentally). Although the site expanded and more buildings were added over time, the whole site is now closed and the doctors moved to the new £11 million facilities in the southeast of town. It seems the old hospital will be redeveloped into housing, but it is to be decided if this original will survive.

Devizes Community Hospital is now closed and silent. The doors are shut but the signs of neglect are starting to appear. With plans to redevelop the site for 58 residential homes, it will need some attention soon.

A George V version by W. T. Allen. See Image] for a view down the road, past the old hospital and towards the church.

The road used to be busy when the hospital was in service. That closed in 2022 and the area has been noticeably quiet since. A George V postbox still remains in the wall - see Image Note the odd '20' signs on the road - not official designations, surely?

Located between Commercial Road on the left and New Park Road on the right. All departments to the left, except for podiatry and chiropody to the right. There is no Minor Injury Unit on this site.

Looking west along the Kennet and Avon Canal from Park Bridge.

At a bend in New Park Road.

Number 1 Park Villas is a fine house in New Park Road. The market town of Devizes developed around its 11th century castle. It gained a charter in 1141 and holds a weekly market in the large and picturesque Market Place. In the 16th century the town became known for its textiles and in the early 18th century held the largest corn market in the West Country. Devizes has about 500 listed buildings - a very large number for a small town.