Kent and Sussex Hospital

The Kent and Sussex Hospital was a district general hospital located on Mount Ephraim in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England serving the West Kent and East Sussex areas. It was managed by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust until it closed in 2011.

Kent and Sussex Hospital
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Kent and Sussex Hospital
Shown in Kent
Geography
Location	Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°8′10.36″N 0°15′34.23″E
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Funding	Public hospital
Type	District General
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	281[1]
History
Opened	1934
Closed	21 September 2011
Links
Website	www.mtw.nhs.uk/your-visit/kent-sussex2.asp
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

The Kent and Sussex Hospital was built on the site of a mansion called Great Culverden House, designed by Decimus Burton.^[2] The foundation stone was laid by the Duchess of York in 1932.^[2] The hospital building was designed by Cecil Burns, a local architect, and opened in 1934. The original building was surrounded by lawns on three sides, but the hospital expanded upwards and outwards over the decades. This expansion included the installation of six wartime emergency huts shortly after the hospital's completion; four of these huts were still in use as wards into the 21st century.^[2]

Closure

Nearby Pembury Hospital was rebuilt as the Tunbridge Wells Hospital in the 2000s. Services were then transferred from the Kent and Sussex Hospital, which closed on 21 September 2011.^[3]

Planning permission was granted to redevelop the hospital site for a mix of housing, offices and a school in December 2012.^[4]

See also

• Healthcare in Kent
• List of hospitals in England