Parks · Northern Ireland
Belvoir Park Hospital
In or near Ballylesson.
Belvoir Park Hospital in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Balmoral · 3.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Belvoir Park Hospital is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Belvoir Park Hospital was a cancer treatment specialist hospital situated in Newtownbreda, South Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belvoir Park held Northern Ireland's only radiotherapy unit, until the opening of a new cancer treatment centre in Belfast City Hospital.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The hospital, which was designed by Young and McKenzie, opened as the Purdysburn Fever Hospital in 1906. The facility became known as Montgomery House in 1953 and it then became Belvoir Park Hospital in the 1960s. The hospital became the main regional centre for oncology, offering radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments and in 1983, the hospital was the first in the province to take delivery of a CT scanner. Friends of Montgomery House, a charity founded by Dr Gerard Lynch to help cancer sufferers and their families, was established in 1984 and the hospital's Gerard Lynch Centre held many cancer support groups, in order to aid both sufferers and their families. After services had been…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5441, -5.9322
- District
- Belfast
- Postcode
- BT8 8SJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
- Established
- 1906
- Nearest railway station
- Balmoral — 3.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4884927 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Belvoir Park Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Belvoir Park Hospital?
- Belvoir Park Hospital is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT8 8SJ).
- What is Belvoir Park Hospital?
- Belvoir Park Hospital in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Belvoir Park Hospital?
- The nearest railway station is Balmoral, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode BT8 8SJ.
- When was Belvoir Park Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1906.
- Is Belvoir Park Hospital free to visit?
- Yes, Belvoir Park Hospital is free to enter.
- How do I get to Belvoir Park Hospital?
- The nearest railway station is Balmoral, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BT8 8SJ.