2019

TR2236 : Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue

taken 4 years ago, near to Folkestone, Kent, England

Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue
Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue
The hospital opened on Rendezvous Street in Folkestone as the Folkestone Dispensary in 1846.The name was expanded to Folkestone Dispensary and Infirmary and it relocated to a site on Dover Road in Folkestone in 1863. The current general hospital buildings were constructed on Radnor Park Avenue, and opened in 1890, when the name was again changed, this time to the Victoria Hospital. The prefix Royal was added in 1910.

In the 1970s, services were scaled down, with the focusing of regional hospital care in East Kent on the town of Ashford, Kent. In 1973 maternity services were moved to Ashford's Willesborough Hospital. In 1979 the new William Harvey Hospital opened in Ashford (ironically, named after Folkestone's William Harvey), and many other services were transferred here over the following years. The accident and emergency department at Royal Victoria Hospital was closed at that time, leaving it with a minor injuries service LinkExternal link

Planning permission has been approved by Folkestone and Hythe District Council under application number Y19/0424/FH for the “demolition of former Royal Victoria Hospital outbuildings, together with the demolition of side and rear extensions to main Royal Victoria Hospital building”.

This view of the TR2236 : Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue was taken in October 2019.

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TR2236, 542 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Baker   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 17 November, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 30 November, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 2221 3664 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:5.1609N 1:10.2898E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 2222 3660
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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