Contact Us

Our Address

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Cliftonville

Northampton

NN1 5BD

Main Switchboard

You can contact the trust's switchboard on:

01604 634700

Or use our list of ward telephone numbers to dial direct to a particular ward.

Car Parking Charges

Time		Charge
0 to 1 hours		£1.10
1 to 2 hours		£2.20
2 to 3 hours		£3.30
3 to 6 hours		£5.20
6 to 24 hours		£10.00
Concessionary weekly ticket		£10.00 (See below)
Parking charge notice		£80.00 (£40.00 if paid within first 14 days)

Concessionary weekly ticket

A concessionary weekly parking ticket may be purchased from the Travel Office near main reception (Cliftonville, area D) with a letter of authorisation from the ward. Permits must be displayed at all times when parking at NGH.

EV charging costs

Charges for using EV charging points will apply on top of usual car park fees. This will be 43p/kWh. Please see full information in the Car Parking section below.

Consultant Directory

A directory of our current consultants along with their contact details is available in Excel format.

Download our Consultant Directory [xls] 297Kb.

Getting here by car

By car

From the M1 south

Leave the M1 at Junction 15, and follow the A45 to Northampton
After 1.5 miles, ignore town centre exit and stay on ring road A45 dual carriageway (signposted Wellingborough, Kettering and a red H for hospital)
After the Brackmills turn, take the A428 Bedford/Town Centre exit down to the large roundabout (Barnes Meadow interchange)
Take the first exit from the roundabout – A428 Town Centre
Get into right hand lane, and turn right at the traffic lights (Cliftonville Road)
Continue up Cliftonville Road until the next set of traffic lights
Turn left at the lights into the hospital entrance

From other routes

From the north, follow the ring road and A45 west to the Barnes Meadow interchange
From the east, follow the A45 west to the Barnes Meadow interchange
From the west, follow the A45 east (ring road) to the Barnes Meadow interchange
In each case, take the A428 Town Centre exit, and follow instructions above

Car parking

Car Parking Charges

Time		Charge
0 to 1 hours	£1.10
1 to 2 hours	£2.20
2 to 3 hours	£3.30
3 to 6 hours	£5.20
6 to 24 hours	£10.00
Concessionary weekly ticket	£10.00 (See below)
Parking charge notice	£80.00 (£40.00 if paid within first 14 days)

Car Parking

We understand that not having the option to pay using cash was a concern, and we will be reintroducing cash payments. To help us to do this in the safest way we have worked closely with our infection control team to introduce more frequent cleaning. Anyone using the machine should ensure they sanitise or wash their hands before and after use.

Payments will be accepted by cash, card or PayByPhone. Wherever possible we would advise using the PayByPhone or card option. The location number for PayByPhone can be found near pay and display machines.

The standard parking charges will apply:

Time		Charge
0 to 1 hours	£1.10
1 to 2 hours	£2.20
2 to 3 hours	£3.30
3 to 6 hours	£5.20
6 to 24 hours	£10.00
Concessionary weekly ticket	£10.00 (See below)
Parking charge notice	£80.00 (£40.00 if paid within first 14 days)

The hospital offers car parking for visitors, although parking is a significant problem between 9.00am and 4.00pm, and we urge everyone to use public transport if possible or arrange to be dropped off.

There is a 15 minute drop off area is located the new south entrance, near car park 1.

We are unable to guarantee the availability of car parking spaces, so please allow plenty of time. If you cannot park at the hospital, there are public car parks in the town centre or in Bedford Road, a short walk away.

Visitors are asked to note that parking enforcement is in operation on the hospital site to deter illegal parking.

We now also have EV charge points on site detailed below.

Concessionary weekly ticket

Disabled Blue Badge Holders

Parking is free for registered disabled ‘blue badge’ holders in any pay and display car parks. Disabled badge users can park in both pay & display spaces and marked disabled bays, but not within barrier entry and exit car parks.

The blue badges must be fully displayed and the correct side up. Please note that it is illegal to park on double yellow or red lines and any other areas indicated as fire routes within the hospital grounds. It is also illegal to park in any other parking restricted areas indicated by signage and/or permitted time. Please be advised that the Blue Badge Scheme parking regulations do not apply on NGH site.

There are several visitor car park areas at the hospital:

Car Park 1 - Main car park for all wards and departments (Pay and Display)- 275 spaces).
Car Parks 3 and 4 - Parking for maternity, eye department, blood taking unit and outpatients (Pay and display - 100 spaces).
Car Park 5 - Parking for oncology and elderly medicine (Pay and display - 20 spaces).
Child Services, opposite car park 3 - Parking for blood taking unit (Pay and display – 20 spaces)
Billing Road Entrance - 6 spaces

Car Park 2 is for staff use only between 7.00am – 2.00pm Mon-Fri, but available to visitors outside these times.

Additional disabled parking spaces are located near to all major entrances to the hospital.

EV charging

We are really excited to have installed EV charging points on site for our colleagues and patients to use while they are at the hospital. This is part of our Green Plan work to become a more sustainable hospital and support those with electric vehicles to access charging points conveniently. Charging points are available as detailed on the map here.

Charging points are available in car parks 1 and 2 for public use (CP 2 is subject to time restrictions as a staff car park) and patients and visitors are able to use the charging points to charge electric vehicles whilst on the hospital site.

From 28 November 2022 charging points will cost 43p/kWh to use and patients and visitors will be required to pay the usual car parking fees alongside the charging fees. We have tried to keep the price as cost effective as possible and in line with other charging points locally.

Pay by Mobile Phone App

No change for parking? No problem!

A new ‘pay by app’ option is now available in pay and display car parks across our car parks. Simply download the paybyphone app for free from the iTunes App store or Google Play for Android devices.

After creating an account and filling in the payment method, select the location number of the car park you are parked in and choose your required parking time. You can extend your parking time remotely from your mobile if you need to stay longer.

Search ‘paybyphone app’, or you can register and pay online.

Parking for Blue Badge holders

Disabled Blue Badge Holders

Parking is free for registered disabled ‘blue badge’ holders in pay and display car parks and marked disabled bays, but not within barrier entry and exit car parks. The blue badges must be fully displayed and the correct side up. Please note that it is illegal to park on double yellow or red lines and any other areas indicated as fire routes within the hospital grounds. It is also illegal to park in any other parking restricted areas indicated by signage and/or permitted time. Please be advised that the Blue Badge Scheme parking regulations do not apply on NGH site.

There are several visitor car park areas at the hospital:

Car Park 1 - Main car park for all wards and departments (Pay on foot - 275 spaces)
Car Parks 3 and 4 - Parking for maternity, eye department, blood taking unit and outpatients (Pay and display - 100 spaces)
Car Park 5 - Parking for oncology and elderly medicine (Pay and display - 20 spaces)
Child Services, opposite car park 3 - Parking for blood taking unit (Pay and display – 20 spaces)
Billing Road Entrance - 6 spaces

Car Park 2 is for staff use only between 7.00am – 2.00pm Mon-Fri, but available to visitors outside these times.

Additional disabled parking spaces are located near to all major entrances to the hospital.

Getting here by public transport

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

Stagecoach service 1 leaves Northgate bus station from bay 13 every half hour (18 and 48 minutes past the hour), and stops on the Billing Road near to the main entrance of the hospital five minutes later.To plan your jouney, you can use Stagecoach journey plannerhttps://www.stagecoachbus.com/plan-a-journey.