Getting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital
St Peters Road
Margate
Kent
CT9 4AN
Phone: 01843 225544 (switchboard)
Public transport to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital
Bus services
Bus routes to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, Margate
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Route 9 Stagecoach – from Canterbury, Ramsgate, Broadstairs and Margate
Route 34 Stagecoach – from Ramsgate, Newington, Westwood and
Cliftonville
Route 36 Stagecoach – from Herne bay, Beltinge, Birchington and Margate
Route 56 Eastonways – from Broadstairs, St Peters, Westwood and Margate
Thanet Loop Stagecoach – from Margate, Cliftonville, Broadstairs, Dumpton
Park and Ramsgate
Train services
Train to Thanet (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital)
Ramsgate is the most convenient rail station for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Hospital. The Thanet Loop bus service runs a direct service every seven or eight
minutes from Ramsgate station forecourt.
There are regular direct train services from Margate, Herne Bay, Faversham, Dover,
Folkestone, Canterbury West and Ashford International, as well as many other
stations.
Please visit the South Eastern Railway website for full details and times of rail
connections and timetables.
For information on the PlusBus service, which adds unlimited bus travel around town
when you purchase your train ticket, please visit the PlusBus website.
Taxi services
There are many local taxi companies that will serve each of the hospital sites in east
Kent. Many taxi companies advertise their contact numbers near the phones by
entrances to hospitals. Here are some useful links to help you find a taxi in your area.
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Taxis in Kent - a list of taxi companies depending on which area you are in.
Yell - Yellow Pages online.
TrainTaxi - provides details on train stations in Great Britain, which have taxi
ranks or cab offices.
Pay and display
All car parking at William Harvey Hospital, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, and Buckland Hospital is pay and display.
Hours stay
0 - 2 hours
2 - 3 hours
3 - 4 hours
4 - 5 hours
6 - 24 hours
Cost
£2
£3
£4
£5
£8
Pay and Display charges may also be paid through RingGo, which is a cashless
method of paying for your parking. Details are posted on the pay and display
machines, and you will require a mobile phone and debit or credit card to use this
service. Please note there is a 20 pence convenience charge for using this service.
Disabled facilities
There are disabled bays near the main entrances of the hospital where parking for
disabled badge holders is free for up to three hours. Current charges apply if parking
in a standard pay and display bay.
Car parking rules
1. Parking is prohibited in the following areas and these rules also apply to holders
of disabled blue badges.
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on double yellow lines and hatched areas
in ambulance bays
access roads
on pathways and soft grassed areas and verges
fire access routes and by fire escapes
all areas not designated for parking.
2. No stopping/waiting on red lined or red hatched areas.
3. All vehicles parking in pay and display areas must display a valid parking ticket
clearly in the windscreen.
4. Vehicles must park within the marked bays.
5. Parking in areas designated for “Staff” requires a valid permit. Only holders of Hot
Permits may park in the Hot Parking Zones.
6. Only vehicles displaying a valid blue badge may park in the marked disabled bays.
Permit also required for Staff disabled bay.
7. Motorcycles must park in designated areas not in car park bays.
8. No vehicle shall occupy a drop off bay for longer than 15 minutes.
9. Any vehicle observed parked in contravention of the above rules will make the
owner/driver liable to enforcement action for which a fee will be payable.
Motorcycle parking
Motorcycle parking is available free of charge at Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
Useful transport links
Here you will find a selection of website links that can provide more information on
travelling to east Kent hospitals by train.
South Eastern Railway
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Contact South Eastern Railway
South Eastern Railway timetables
National Rail Enquiries
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Contact National Rail
National Rail timetables
National Rail journey planner
The Train Line
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Contact Train Line
Train Line quick timetable
Train Line journey planner
PlusBus
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PlusBus information
TrainTaxi - Find out if local stations have taxi services
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National Rail TrainTaxi information
Ashford International TrainTaxi
Canterbury East TrainTaxi
Ramsgate TrainTaxi
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Welcome to
Departmentnt
A&E
Anaesthetics
Ante Natal Clinic
Audiology
Birchington Ward
Bishopstone Ward
Broadstairs Suite
Café
Café
Café
CCU (Critical Care Unit)
Central Admissions Lounge
Chapel
Chapel of Rest
Cheerful Sparrows (Male & Female)
Clinical Decision Unit (CDU)
Crèche
Day Surgery Theatres
Day Surgery Ward
Deal Ward
Dentaline
Diabetes Centre
Endoscopy
Estates Offices
Fordwich Ward
Friends Day Hospital
High Dependency Unit (HDU)
Heart Centre
ITU (Intensive Therapy Unit)
Kingsgate Ward
Kitchen Block
Labour Suite
Library
Main Reception (Ramsgate Road Wing)
Maternity Reception
Medical Imaging (X-Ray)
Medical Records
Minster Ward
Monkton Suite (Fracture Clinic)
MRI Unit
North Foreland Suite
Occupational Health
Occupational Therapy
Outpatients Dept
PALS
Pathology / Blood Tests
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
Pre-Assessment
Queens Centre for Clinical Studies
Quex Ward
Rainbow Ward
Reculver Ward
Rehabilitation Gym
Renal Unit
Restaurant
Richborough Ward
South East Health
Speech & Language Therapy
Spencer Wing (Private Patients Unit)
St Augustine’s Ward
St Margaret’s Ward
St Nicholas’ Suite (Ante Natal Clinic)
Theatres
Ultrasound
Viking Day Unit
Walmer Suite
X-Ray
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Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother Hospital
Outpatients &
Occupational
Health
East Kent Hospitals University
Viking
Day Unit
NHS Foundation Trust
St Peter’s Road
Wing Entrance
(Ground Floor)
ST PE TE R’S RO AD
Pharmacy
Pathology
Crèche
Maternity
Entrance
Estates
Offices
College Rd
Entrance
Library
Renal Unit
(Access to Renal Unit)
Heart Centre
Central Admissions
Lounge
Queens Centre
for Clinical
Studies
Physiotherapy
Entrance
MRI
Entrance
A&E
Spencer
Wing
Entrance
A&E
Entrance
INFORMATION
South East
Health
Entrance
LINK CORRIDORS
ENTRANCES
PHARMACY
Ramsgate Road
Main Entrance
RESTAURANT
(Lower Ground Floor)
CAFÉ
DISABLED
CAR PARKING
The products and services advertised hereon should
not be regarded as carrying the Trust’s recommendation.
CAR PARKING FOR
PATIENTS & VISITORS