Parking in Christie Hospital

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Christie Hospital, or the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, is located on Wilmslow Road in the Withington area of Manchester. It is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe, and the home of the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research. 

The hospital serves a population of 3.2 million people across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, but around a quarter of patients are referred from all over the country for specialist care. The hospital treats over 44,000 patients every year and employs around 2,500 staff. It has one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world, with around 400 clinical trials happening at any one time. 

The hospital has a cashiers office, a chapel and multi-faith prayer room, a charity centre, a conservatory and gardens, a restaurant, shop, coffee shop, pharmacy, and Wi-Fi. There is also an app for iOS and Android which will help you to find your way around the hospital, as well as providing information about Christie Hospital’s history, charity-funded projects, and give you useful travel information. The hospital can provide for any special dietary requirements you might have, such as diabetic, gluten-free, dairy-free or liquidised. There are also Kosher and halal meals available on request. 

When visiting patients, please don’t have more than 2 people coming at any one time. Visitors are also asked not to bring flowers, and visitors cannot be at the wards during meal times. If you can avoid it, please try not to bring babies or small children into the wards so as to avoid disturbing patients as much as possible. 

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Christie Hospital parking is available, however they are almost always very busy, so you should make use of public transport whenever you can. There are drop-off points at the Oak Road, Palatine Road and Wilmslow Road entrances. There are also wheelchairs at these entrances that need a £1 coin for you to use. 

Car park C opens at 5:30am and closes at 10:00pm, and Car park D is open 24 hours a day.

You must pay for your parking before you leave the car park. Please insert your parking ticket and cash into a pay station to get a validated ticket. Then, as you’re leaving, insert the validated ticket into the barrier to exit. If you need cash, you will find cash machines in the Oak Road main reception, and in the main corridor near department 12. The pay station for car park C is on the ground floor and only accepts coins. There is a pay station at car park D, and another outside the Oak Road patient treatment centre for park D. It also only accepts coins. 

Parking is free for the first 30 minutes, and then costs £1.50 per day (as of April 2020). 

Alternatively, you can browse the options available at YourParkingSpace. We have short term and long term options available near Christie Hospital.

By Train: The Mauldeth Road train station is a 20-minute walk from the hospital and services the Transpennine Express and northern lines. 

By Bus: The Christie Hospital bus stop services lines 42, 42A, 42B, 42C and 142. 

By Car: The Christie Hospital is located on Wilmslow Road, about 17 minutes drive south of central Manchester. 

By Tram: The West Didsbury tram station is a 7-minute walk from the hospital and services the pink line. 

Blue badge holders can park for free at Christie Hospital. Please leave your clock visible in your car, and take your blue badge with you. When you go to leave, take your ticket and your badge to the information desk at the Oak Road entrance in department 3. If there is nobody there, please go to the security entrance. If you are using car park C, you can also go to the Palatine Road reception between 8am and 4pm from Monday to Friday. 

Both car parks C and D have disabled parking bays.

To search for the disabled car park that is closest to Christie Hospital, see the Blue Badge Parking website. 

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Where is Christie Hospital located? 

It is on Wilmslow Street in the Withington area of Manchester, less than 20 minutes’ drive from the city centre. 

What facilities does the Christie Hospital have? 

Within the hospital, you’ll find a cashiers office, a chapel and multi-faith prayer room, a charity centre, a conservatory and gardens, a restaurant, coffee shop, tea bar, pharmacy, and Wi-Fi. 

What services does the Christie Hospital offer? 

• Treatment for the following types of cancer: bladder, leukaemia, neurological, peritoneal, prostate, skin, teen and young adult, testicular and thyroid
• Emergency surgery 
• Endocrinology 
• Intensive care
• Lymphoma 
• Nursing 
• Occupational therapy 
• Oncology 
• Paediatric surgery 
• Social work
• Speech and language 

What are the visiting hours?

• Wards 1 and 10: afternoon visiting is from 2:15pm to 5:15pm, evening visiting is from 6:30pm to 8:15pm. 
• Wards 4, 11 and 12: 2pm - 9pm.
• Brachytherapy and molecular radiotherapy unit: not allowed unless agreed with the unit sister.
• Chemotherapy day services: no visiting times. 
• Oncology critical care unit: unrestricted, but please allow patients time to rest between 2pm - 4pm. 
• Oncology assessment unit (OAU): 9am - 9pm.
• Palatine treatment centre: no later than 10pm.
• Surgical day case unit: from 7am to 7pm from Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.