How to find us
Hospital site map
To help find your way around, the hospital has been divided into 19 areas A - W. The site map| shows the main departments and wards alongside the area they are in. When you come to the hospital, each lettered area is signposted throughout, so all you need to do is follow the signs to that area and then to the department you require.
Northampton General Hospital is located between the Billing and Bedford Roads, approximately half a mile east of the town centre. The main car park is accessed from the Cliftonville Road entrance to the east of the site.
By car
From the M1
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Leave the M1 at Junction 15, and follow the A508 to Northampton
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Continue for three miles on this dual carriageway
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After the Brackmills turn, take the A428 Bedford/Town Centre exit down to the large roundabout (Barnes Meadow interchange)
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Take the first exit from the roundabout – A428 Town Centre
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Get into right hand lane, and turn right at the traffic lights (Cliftonville Road)
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Continue up Cliftonville Road until the next set of traffic lights
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Turn left at the lights into the hospital entrance
From other routes
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From the north, follow the ring road and A45 west to the Barnes Meadow interchange
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From the east, follow the A45 west to the Barnes Meadow interchange
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From the west, follow the A45 east (ring road) to the Barnes Meadow interchange
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In each case, take the A428 Town Centre exit, and follow instructions above
Download a simplified location map| here, or a more detailed version from Multimap|
By rail
Northampton railway station is half a mile west of the town centre and one mile from the hospital. There is a taxi rank at the station.
By bus
Services 5 or 5B leave Greyfriars bus station every half hour, and stop on the Billing Road near to the main entrance of the hospital five minutes later.
Non-emergency patient transport
It is normally your responsibility to make your own way to and from hospital by using public transport, or asking friends or family to bring and collect you. Hospital transport is only provided for those patients whose mobility or medical condition makes it difficult or impossible to attend hospital appointments without assistance.
Please click here for further details in our guidance booklet|
More information
For more information about travelling to the hospital, please contact our Travel Information Office (01604)545966 and 544600.