How to find us
The Freeman Hospital is situated towards the north of the city in High Heaton and can be easily accessed by public transport or by car. If you have a sat nav, you can use our postcode - NE7 7DN - to find us easily.
There are over 400 public car park spaces in the two main car parks at the front of the hospital, and a further 200 spaces on levels 0 and 1 of the multi-storey car park at the rear of the hospital, opposite the Northern Centre for Cancer Care. Please note that all other levels are for staff parking only.
Below is a map to help with directions and links to websites with helpful information on local public transport and other ways of getting to Newcastle such as driving or flying.
Level 3
Main Entrance
Ward 1 - Adult Urology
Ward 2 - Adult Urology
Ward 3 - Adult Urology
Ward 4 - Day Treatment Centre
Urology Clinic
Cardiothoracic Entrance
Ward 25 - Adult Cardiothoracic Surgical Ward
Ward 25a - High Dependency unit
Ward 26 - Adult Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
Ward 27 - Adult Cardiology Unit
Ward 27a - Adult Cardiothoracic Transplant Unit
Level 4
Main Entrance
Ward 5 - Adult Surgical Ward specialising in bowel (colorectal) problems, and disorders of the liver and pancreas (hepatobiliary)
Ward 6 - Adult General Surgical Ward - open Monday to Friday only
Ward 7 - Adult General Surgical Ward specialising in vascular problems (part of the Regional Northern Vascular Centre)
Ward 8 - Adult General Surgical Ward specialising in vascular problems (part of the Regional Northern Vascular Centre)
Endoscopy Unit
Cardiothoracic Entrance
Ward 30 - Adult Cardiothoracic Surgical Ward
Level 5 - Main Entrance
Ward 9 - Older People's Medicine
Ward 10 - Adult ENT Ward
Ward 11 - Children's ENT Ward
Ward 12 - Regional Liver Unit
Level 6 - Main Entrance
Ward 13 - Acute Medical Conditions and Older People's Medicine
Ward 14 - Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Unit
Ward 15 - Older People's Medicine
Ward 16 - General Medical Ward specialising in Gastric and Liver Conditions
Level 7 - Main Entrance
Ward 17 - Older People's Medicine
Ward 18 - Older People's Medicine
Ward 19 - Adult Orthopaedic Surgery
Ward 20 - Adult Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital
Parking area
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Metro station
Wayfinder Kiosk
Entrance / Main entrance
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Public Transport
To help you get in and around Newcastle more easily, link onto the Nexus Tyne & Wear passenger transport website. Here you will find travel details for all public transport including bus routes into and out of the city centre, the extensive underground Metro system, the cross Tyne ferry service, and local rail services.
If you are travelling by Metro or Bus Services, the nearest station to the Hospital is "Longbenton".
Metro
Exit at Lonbenton.
Bus Services
Should you require further information regarding Public Transport please go to www.nexus.org.uk or Travel Telephone 0871 2002233.
High speed rail links
Access to all our hospitals in Newcastle is easy with high speed rail links directly to Newcastle’s Central Station from many destinations in England and Scotland. We are less than an hour and a half away from both Leeds and Edinburgh, and you can get here directly from London Kings Cross, Peterborough Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester and Glasgow in just 3 hours or less.
Find out more information on times and fares at the East Coast and Virgin Trains websites.
Driving to Newcastle
Newcastle is easily accessible if you are driving or prefer to travel by coach with major road routes straight to the centre from both the north (A1) and south (A1M) and from the west (A69).
This means you can get here from Carlisle in under an hour and a half, from Leeds, York and Sheffield in less than 2 hours and from Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow in 3 hours or less.
Fly direct to Newcastle International Airport
Newcastle’s International Airport is just 20 minutes away from the city centre which is easily accessible by the local Metro system, car or taxi. Direct flights are available in less than an hour from many parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, including Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Exeter and London (Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted).
There are a number of daily connections with many major cities in Europe including Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, and Paris and regular flights come and go from many other European destinations including Faro, Malaga, Murcia, Palma Mallorca and Tenerife, all accessible by reasonably priced airlines such as Easyjet, Jet2, Flybe and Ryanair.
Newcastle can also be reached directly from as far afield as Dubai, all year round, and Orlando, Florida and Toronto, Canada during the summer months when regular scheduled flights are available.
Click onto Newcastle International Airport to find out more about direct flights to Newcastle.
