History
The hospital was founded in 1914 and was one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK.
During the First World War, the United States Army established Camp Hospital 40 on the site, operated by Hospital Unit Q and, subsequently, Unit W. American sources commonly refer to Alder Hey as being within Liverpool's Knotty Ash area.
The hospital became an NHS hospital trust in 1991. It employed about 2,400 staff and treated over 270,000 children from across the UK each year.
In August 2008 the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust became an NHS foundation trust and changed its name.
This site is expected to be demolished within the next year, although exact dates have not been confirmed. Once the site is gone, work will start on the new park land.
Our Visit
We decided to take a visit to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, after seeing many reports from other explorers. Access onto the premises wasn’t too difficult, but it did take us some time to find access to the main building on site. Once in the building we kept the noise down due to there being rumors of security patrolling the inside.
The explore lasted around 2 hours, until we saw and heard a woman in the main corridor. By this point, we decided to depart from the site due to the activity on it. We are planning a revisit as we only got though a portion of the site, due to it being so large.
The hospital was founded in 1914 and was one of the largest children's hospitals in the UK.
During the First World War, the United States Army established Camp Hospital 40 on the site, operated by Hospital Unit Q and, subsequently, Unit W. American sources commonly refer to Alder Hey as being within Liverpool's Knotty Ash area.
The hospital became an NHS hospital trust in 1991. It employed about 2,400 staff and treated over 270,000 children from across the UK each year.
In August 2008 the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust became an NHS foundation trust and changed its name.
This site is expected to be demolished within the next year, although exact dates have not been confirmed. Once the site is gone, work will start on the new park land.
Our Visit
We decided to take a visit to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, after seeing many reports from other explorers. Access onto the premises wasn’t too difficult, but it did take us some time to find access to the main building on site. Once in the building we kept the noise down due to there being rumors of security patrolling the inside.
The explore lasted around 2 hours, until we saw and heard a woman in the main corridor. By this point, we decided to depart from the site due to the activity on it. We are planning a revisit as we only got though a portion of the site, due to it being so large.
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