Beckenham Hospital

Beckenham Hospital was a healthcare facility based in Beckenham, Kent.

Beckenham Hospital
Beckenham Hospital before the site was redeveloped between 2005 and 2008
Shown in Bromley
Geography
Location	Beckenham, London, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.405°N 0.033°W
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
History
Opened	1872
Closed	2005
Links
Lists	Hospitals in the United Kingdom

History

The hospital was founded by Peter Richard Hoare, the younger (1803-1877) of Kelsey Manor as the Beckenham Cottage Hospital in 1872.[1] Additional facilities were added in 1877 (the Lea Wilson Ward), in 1899 (the Diamond Jubilee Extension) and in 1924 (the Percy Jones Ward).[1] It became the Beckenham General Hospital in 1929 and benefited from further facilities in 1932 (the Ruth Sutton Ward) and in 1939 (the Trapnell Wing).[1]

After it joined the National Health Service in 1948, a new out-patients department was completed in 1959 and the Douglas Lindsay Ward was added in 1969.[1] The hospital closed in 2005 and the site has been developed as a primary healthcare centre known as Beckenham Beacon which opened in 2009.[1][2][3]

See also

• List of hospitals in England

References

1. "Beckenham Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
2. "Getting there". Beckenham Beacon. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
3. "Beckenham Beacon meeting reveals 'gold standard' healthcare target". This Is Local London. Retrieved 15 July 2018.