Where is Ancoats Hospital?

Ancoats Hospital is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode M4 6ND), in the parish of Manchester, unparished area.

How do I get to Ancoats Hospital?

The nearest railway station is Manchester Piccadilly, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode M4 6ND.

Is Ancoats Hospital a listed building?

Ancoats Hospital is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.

How do I get to Ancoats Hospital?

The nearest railway station is Manchester Piccadilly, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode M4 6ND.

Historic houses · North West England

Ancoats Hospital

In or near Manchester.

♿ Wheelchair: limited

Ancoats Hospital — a Grade II*-listed historic house in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.

A peep at Ancoats Dispensary - geograph.org.uk - 5421930 — Gerald England — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Manchester Piccadilly · 0.8 km

Family-friendly
Limited wheelchair access

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit Ancoats Hospital, the nearest railway station is Manchester Piccadilly, located 0.8 km away. Entry details are not specified, and wheelchair accessibility is limited. The postcode for navigation is M4 6ND.

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Ancoats Hospital is a Grade II*-listed building in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Ancoats Hospital and Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary (commonly known as Ancoats Hospital) was a large inner-city hospital located in Ancoats, to the north of the city centre of Manchester, England. It was built in 1875, replacing the Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary that had existed since 1828. The building is now Grade II listed.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

The population of Ancoats had risen from almost nothing in the 1790s, when it was an outlying area of Manchester, to around 32,000 by the 1830s, driven by the process of industrialisation that caused Manchester to be described by many as the world's "first industrial city". By the 1830s, the population in the Ancoats area principally comprised Irish labourers and textile workers; the area was heavily industrialised and one of the most densely populated suburbs of the city, and 1773;}} These charitable endeavours were referred to as "voluntary hospitals" and, according to medical historian Roy Porter, "... signal[led] a new recognition on the part of influential elites that the people's…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 53.4822, -2.2205
District: Manchester
Parish: Manchester, unparished area
Postcode: M4 6ND
Parliamentary constituency: Manchester Central
Established: 1828
Nearest railway station: Manchester Piccadilly — 0.8 km
Official site: ancoatsdispensary.org

Sources

wikidata: Q4753092 (CC0)
wikipedia: Ancoats Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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