The Royal Oldham Hospital

The hospital is well served by bus, particularly on Rochdale Road during the day. The most frequent service being the 409 between Ashton under Lyne, Oldham, Royton and Rochdale, plus other bus services to a number of locations serving the hospital. The nearest main bus stops for the hospital are located on each side of Rochdale Road, outside the hospital grounds (Stops A, B, C and D). There are also bus stops on Featherstall Road North, Sheepfoot Lane and Westwood Way. Bus stops surrounding the hospital have information posted and are letter coded. 

The hospital is around a 10 minute bus ride from Oldham Bus Station and also Oldham King Street Metrolink Stop, where further connections to services from other areas are available. For more detailed information on buses serving Royal Oldham and bus stops at the site, see link to Bee Network website at Royal Oldham Hospital | Bee Network | Powered by TfGM.

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The nearest Metrolink stop is Westwood, this is approximately 1 mile and 20 minutes walk from the Royal Oldham Hospital.To view a map of the walking routes to the Royal Oldham from Westwood Metrolink stop - click here.  Alternatively, the Oldham King Street Metrolink stop is around a 10 minute ride on bus route 409 from the hospital site, please see under 'By Bus' for more details.

Metrolink Maintenance and Improvement Works

Work taking place through September 2024 may impact upon your journey, particularly if you are travelling via Manchester City Centre. The latest customer information related to planned Metrolink maintenance and improvements works can be found on the TfGM website and customer updates for disruptive works are communicated across customer webpages, social media channels, customer and stakeholder newsletters as well as via on-stop passenger information displays, passenger announcements, and posters.

GetOnBoard with the Bee Network!

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is highlighting the benefits of travelling sustainably through their #GetOnBoard campaign. Choosing to walk, wheel or cycle, or to catch the bus or tram, has proven health benefits, and with their range of ticket offers can save you money too.  

You can find out more about how you can #GetOnBoard with the Bee Network, walking and cycling , and find out about a range of ticket offers on public transport.

The hospital is located just off the A671 Rochdale Road, with access to the lower part of the hospital also on Westhulme Way, off the A627 Chadderton Way. 

Visit the Car Parking page for more informnation on where to park and charges.  Please note that our parking does get very busy during Monday to Friday daytimes and parking restrictions apply on surrounding streets.  If possible, please try to use an alternative travel choice to our hospital, which does not include the need to park a vehicle.

Taxis are permitted to drop off and collect patients and visitors at all hospital entrances and locations signed or marked as drop off/ pick up areas.

Active ways of travelling (walking and cycling) are great ways of incorporating physical activity into all or part of a journey.  For those who are able to do so, encouraging active travel such as cycling and walking is part of our commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of our wider community and also help to deliver a net zero emissions National Health Service.  For further information in relation to walking and cycling in Greater Manchester, please see Home | TfGM Active Travel.

There are shared cycle/walking routes from Oldham Town and Westwood linking to the Royal Oldham Hospital site, plus we have a Bike Hub located opposite the Main Entrance on Royal Parade where the public can also secure bikes. For the routes, please see Home | TfGM Active Travel and check out 'Schemes near me' using the OL1 2JH postcode.

Travel is a useful journey planner to find bike routes which avoid busy roads, or for planning a walking route, try Walk it.

GetOnBoard with the Bee Network!

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is highlighting the benefits of travelling sustainably through their #GetOnBoard campaign. Choosing to walk, wheel or cycle, or to catch the bus or tram, has proven health benefits, and with their range of ticket offers can save you money too.  

You can find out more about how you can #GetOnBoard with the Bee Network, walking and cycling , and find out about a range of ticket offers on public transport.

The Main Entrance, Entrance 1 and Entrance 2 are located at the front of the hospital. Accident and Emergency (A&E) has its own entrance alongside Entrance 1. An information desk for directions and assistance is situated at the main entrance.

Patient and visitor parking areas 1,2 and 6 are located around the main entrance off Rochdale Road or via Granville Street at the front of the hospital, with patient and visitor car park 3 being located in an area just after Westhulme Way Gate entrance. Drop off/pick up areas and some further small areas of blue badge or patient and visitor parking are located near to Entrances 1, 3 and 4; and also located close to some departments within the site itself.

Please visit our car parking information page for more details of parking arrangements at our sites.

The Royal Rover is a minibus service operated by volunteers, between the hours of 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday, to provide transport around the hospital site only.

The bus operates as hail and ride, or you can call 07972 142 907 to book a journey.

For public transport information and journey planning, including walking or cycling, visit www.tfgm.com (Transport for Greater Manchester).  Alternatively, contact Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (10p per minute from BT landlines) for public transport information across the North West.  Google maps will also allow you to plan journeys by car, public transport, walking or cycling.

A number of door to door demand responsive transport services (Local Links) also provide journeys to/from our hospital sites. For further details please visit www.tfgm.com and look in the accessible transport section or contact Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (10p per minute from BT landlines).Also, for those less able to use conventional public transport, a door to door Ring and Ride service operates across Greater Manchester.
For more details including how to register, visit www.ringandride.info or telephone your local Ring and Ride depot.

In a medical emergency, where the need is critical, or life-threatening, patients or their carers should dial 999 for a paramedic-led ambulance response. NHS Choices states that ‘it will generally be obvious if the patient, or someone else, is seriously ill, or injured, and will need emergency care’. A medical professional may also call for an ambulance on your behalf where this is appropriate. For non-emergencies, other use of ambulance transport is based on agreed eligibility criteria, according to the medical needs of the patient.

If you need to arrange patient transport for an appointment, please contact the NWAS transport service, direct on 0800 032 3240.

You may be able to claim a refund under the ‘Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme’ (HTCS) of the cost of travelling to hospital or other NHS premises for NHS-funded treatment or diagnostic test arranged by a doctor or dentist, if you are in receipt of certain allowances or benefits.
To obtain a HTCS refund you will need to complete a HC5 (T) form, available from the Cashier’s or General Office at each hospital site. More information on the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme can be found on the NHS Choices website.

Butler Green is our community intermediate care unit for patients.

Visiting times are between 13.30-16.30 and 18.00 -19.00

Main number: 0161 206 0447

Address: Butler Green Enhanced Intermediate Care, Wallis Street, Chadderton, OL9 8NG.