Peterborough City Hospital at Bretton Gate, Peterborough, is a state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility which opened to its first patients in November 2010. The hospital has over 700 inpatient beds and patients are cared for on modern wards with either single ensuite rooms or three to four-bedded ward areas, each with their own bathroom. This affords our patients far greater privacy than before and meets the NHS same sex accommodation criteria.
The hospital has a Haematology/Oncology Unit, including a radiotherapy suite, an expanded Renal Unit, an Urgent Emergency Centre with an Emergency Department, Urgent Treatment Centre and a separate children’s emergency department. The hospital also has a dedicated Women’s and Children’s unit, a cardiac unit, a respiratory investigations facility and full diagnostic imaging facilities.
We have a variety of shops and cafes to choose from across the hospital, as well as a cashpoint machine in located in the main atrium (near the car parking payment machines) and in the Women's and Children's atrium.
In partnership with Medirest, we're excited to announce that our new Wellspring restaurant has now reopened!
We hope that the newly transformed Wellspring Restaurant will enhance your dining experience and serve as a wonderful space to eat your food and feel replenished.
Serves a selection of hot and cold drinks, and snacks
A variety of ewspapers, magazines and some toiletries are available. They also have snacks, meal deals, treats and a selection of electronics
Delimarche is a cafe with hot and cold bakery items, drinks and snacks.
Sells a selection of clothes, handbags and scarves
Get timetable and route information for buses that stop outside or near the hospital below:
Stagecoach 4: Parnwell - City Hospital
Stagecoach 2: Paston - Bretton
Stagecoach 3: Park Farm - Bretton
Peterborough City Hospital is accessible by bicycle from many parts of the city. Bretton is linked to the city centre and other parts of the city by a growing number of cyclepaths.
A map of cycle routes is obtainable from the Tourist Information Centre on Bridge Street in the city centre.
There are cycle sheds available within the grounds of Peterborough City Hospital. Please click on the map below for the locations.
Postcode: PE3 9GZ
The hospital is situated off Junction 16 of the A47 on Bretton Gate. It is easily accessed from routes in the city and is just two miles from the city centre.
All our car parks are 'pay on leaving'. Please take a ticket when entering the car park and pay at the pay machines in either the main atrium, the Emergency Department foyer or outside the Women's and Children's Unit entrance.
Parking for motorcycles is free. There are motorcycle parking bays outside our multi-storey car park to the left of the main hospital entrance.
Please note that we accept all the usual methods of payment throughout the Trust to include cash, debit/credit card and contactless payment.
A concessionary rate of £2.60 per day applies for:
There is no parking charge for:
Ward contacts and visiting times for Peterborough City Hospital
Location: Level 2 core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Urology/Ear, Nose and Throat
Telephone: 01733 677595
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 2 core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Medicine for Older People
Telephone: 01733 677607
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 2 Core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Colorectal and General Surgery
Telephone: 01733 677619
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 3 core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Renal and General Medicine
Telephone: 01733 677749
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 3 core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Telephone: 01733 677767
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 3 core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Gastroenterology
Telephone: 01733 677773 or 01733 677784
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 1 core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Elective and emergency surgical patients
Telephone: 01733 673979
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 1 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Isolation
Telephone: 01733 677320
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 2 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Trauma Orthopaedics
Telephone: 01733 677637
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 2 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine
Telephone: 01733 677643
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 2 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Orthopaedic
Telephone: 01733 677655
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 3 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Stroke
Telephone: 01733 677711
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 3 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Acute adult respiratory and general medicine
Telephone: 01733 677725 (out of hours: 01733 678764)
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 3 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Medicine for the Elderly
Telephone: 01733 677737
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Ground floor core C, Peterborough City Hospital (entrance external only — to the rear of the hospital site)
Specialty: Medicine
Telephone: 01733 971561
Visiting times: 2-4pm and 6-8pm
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Location: Ground floor, Women and Children’s entrance, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Paediatric
Telephone: 01733 678401
Visiting times: We welcome 1 resident parent/carer at all times with the availability of an overnight stay for 1 parent or carer. We welcome any other visitors and siblings between 8am-8pm. We ask for there to be no more than 2 visitors at a time.
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Location: Level 1 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Cardiology
Telephone: 01733 673820
Visiting times: 11am-8pm
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Location: Level 1 core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Critical Care
Telephone: 01733 673900
Visiting times: 11am–3pm and 4pm-8pm, we ask that there are only 2 visitors per bed. We can adjust times for families, please speak to our Nurse in Charge who will be able to help.
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Location: Core A, Level 1. Enter the hospital through the hospital main entrance.
Telephone: 01733 673958
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 7am to 9pm.
Visiting: Due to limited space in our areas, we ask to please liaise with our co-ordinators before visiting, we ask that there is only 1 visitor at a time for a patient.
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On the day of your operation:
On arrival you will be admitted onto the unit and asked to change into a hospital gown. You will be seen by a member our nursing and medical teams before and after your operation or procedure.
We have 30 trolley bay areas and two sitting rooms where you will be able recover before you are discharged.
We provide single sex accommodation in our waiting areas and aim to ensure the privacy and dignity of all our patients at all times.
We carry out operations and procedures relating to a wide range of specialties that are specified by The British Association of Day Surgery.
Specialities include:
Location: Ground floor core B, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Haematology and Oncology
Telephone: 01733 673119
The visiting times are 2-4pm and 6-8pm
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Location: Ground floor core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Up to 72 hours
Telephone: 01733 673343 or 01733 673006
Visiting times 2-4pm and 6-8pm
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Location: Ground floor core A, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Up to 72 hours
Telephone: 01733 673343 (or 01733 673006)
Visiting times: 2-4pm and 6-8pm
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Location: Ground floor, women and children’s unit, Peterborough City Hospital
Specialty: Gynaecology and Breast
Telephone: 01733 677460
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