How to find us

The Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) is situated in the heart of Newcastle's city centre and can be easily accessed by public transport or by car. If you have a sat nav system, the postcode for the RVI is NE1 4LP.

There is a multi-storey car park on the RVI site accessible from Queen Victoria Road and a number of public parking facilities are available in the vicinity. 

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.

There is also a leaflet below called "Finding your way around the RVI" which you can print to help you when you arrive on the hospital site.

Having arrived on site:

Please use the following entrances to the main hospital:  

Claremont Wing (off Queen Victoria Road) leading to:

Level 2 - access to:

• Children's Eye Outpatient Department
• Eye Outpatient Department
• Ophthalmic Photography Department

Level 3 - access to:

• Eye Day Case
• Ophthalmic Wards 20 and 21

Level 4 - access to:

• Orthopaedic Wards 22 and 23
• Orthopaedic, Trauma and Spinal Surgery

Leazes Wing (off Richardson Road) leading to:

Level 3 - access to: 

• Main Reception, Retail Facilities, Cafe and Lifts.  
• Link Corridor to New Victoria Wing (walk past the Main Reception and turn right at Costa Coffee Outlet and follow the corridor). 
• Immunology and Allergy Clinic, Assessment Suite, Emergency Assessment Unit, Endoscopy Suite, Neurology Day Unit, Oesophageal Laboratory, Richardson Unit, Falls and Syncope Unit and Wards 30, 31, 31A and 39 (Day Unit).
• Chaplaincy Quiet Room

Level 4 - access to:

• The Maternity Unit which includes the Antenatal Clinic, the Delivery Suite, the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit, Fetal Medicine, Maternity Admissions (reception), the Maternity Assessment Unit, Maternity Ultrasound, the Special Care Baby Unit and Maternity Wards 32, 33, 34 and 35 (lifts can be accessed behind Leazes Wing Main Reception).
• Neurology Ward 43.
• Gynaecology Ward 40 (Day Unit) and Wards 41, 42 and 43.

Level 5 - access to:

• The Northern Regional Adult Burns Unit (Ward 37)
• Critical Care - also known as Intensive Care (Ward 38)
• Medical Photography
• The Northern Oesophago-Gastric Unit (Ward 36)
• The Park Suite, for private patients (Ward 47)
• Plastic Surgery (Ward 47)
• Wards 36, 37 to 38 and Wards 44, 45, 46 and 47

Level 6 - access to:

• The Clinical Research Facility
• Coronary Care Unit (Ward 50)
• Cystic Fibrosis Unit (Ward 52) 
• Programmed  Investigation Unit (Ward 51)
• Wards 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52

New Victoria Wing (off Queen Victoria Road) leading to:

Level 1 - access to: 

• Main Outpatient Department - Clinics A to G, Breast Clinic and Breast Screening and Assessment, Cardiology Clinic, Chest Clinic, Child Development Centre, Children's Outpatient Department, ECG Clinic, Plastic Surgery and Hand Unit, INR Clinic, Pain Clinic, Trauma Clinic and the Warfarin Clinic.
• Cashiers
• Retail/Café area
• Multi-Storey Car Park
• Pharmacy

Level 2 - access to:

• Great North Children’s Hospital
• Colposcopy Clinic
• Claremont Wing
• Dermatology Outpatients and Treatment Clinics 
• EEG Clinic (Neurophysiology)
• Hydrotherapy (Rehabilitation)
• Laser Suite
• Medicinema
• Multi-Storey Car Park
• Neurophysiology
• Occupational Therapy 
• Physiotherapy
• Psychology
• PUVA (Dermatology Treatment Clinic)
• Speech Therapy
• Wards 1, 5 (Dermatology)
• Women's Health Unit
• Food Court – via Escalator or Lifts (located opposite the Main Reception Desk)

Level 3 - access to:

• Emergency Department (Accident & Emergency / Casualty)
• Bridges School
• Chest Pain Assessment Unit
• Children's Emergency Assessment Unit
• Children and Young People's Clinic
• GP out of hours service
• Main X-ray (Radiology)
• Minor Injuries Unit
• MRI (Main X-ray)
• Wards 2, 6 and (Childrens)

Level 4 - access to:

• Bone Marrow Transplant
• Children's Burns and Plastic Unit (Ward 11)
• Children's Intensive Care and High Dependency (Ward 12)
• Children's Oncology Day Unit (Ward 14)
• Children's Orthopaedic Ward (Ward 10) 
• Children's Surgical Day Unit (Ward 8)
• Children's Immunology Ward - SCIDS (Ward 3)
• Teenage Cancer Unit (Ward 14)
• Wards 3 and 4, and 8 to 14

Level 5 - access to:

• Critical Care (also known as Intensive Care and High Dependency) - Ward 18
• Home Ventilation Service
• MRI (Neuro)
• Neuroradiology (X-ray)
• Neurosurgery (Wards 15 and 16)
• Neurosurgery Day Unit (Ward 17)
• Wards 15, 16, 17 and 18

Level 6 - access to:

• Infection and Tropical Medicine Outpatients (Ward 19)
• Infectious Diseases (Ward 19)

Finding your way around the RVI - leaflet

To help you find your way around the RVI, please see our "Finding your way around the RVI" leaflet which shows all departments and wards on the RVI site, and can be downloaded for printing.

Hospital

Parking area

Disabled Parking

Train station

Bus stop

Metro station

Wayfinder Kiosk

Entrance / Main entrance

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