Harold Wood
Harold Wood
EGR45
1909-2006
0.3nm SE of Harold Wood Hospital site, Romford, Greater London, England
51.588778, 0.234167 · 100 feet
Location
Tracking
Harold View, Harold Wood, London Borough of Havering, London, Greater London, England, RM3 0LX, United Kingdom
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Opened in 1909 as a childrens hospital, it expanded after WWII as a general hospital. Towards the end of the hospital life it had a Minor Injuries A&E unit.
The hospital (to the NW of the marker, on the opposite side of the railway line) was poorly served by a landing site in the corner of a playing field, some 800m away down a busy, narrow road, which meant patient transfers were slow.
When the hospital closed in 2006 and most of its functions transferred to Romford, the landing site carried on as a football pitch. The hospital site has since been flattened and re-developed as a housing estate with a small walk-in clinic.
The hospital (to the NW of the marker, on the opposite side of the railway line) was poorly served by a landing site in the corner of a playing field, some 800m away down a busy, narrow road, which meant patient transfers were slow.
When the hospital closed in 2006 and most of its functions transferred to Romford, the landing site carried on as a football pitch. The hospital site has since been flattened and re-developed as a housing estate with a small walk-in clinic.