Gait Lab directions (207KB pdf) - Newcastle Hospitals

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
Gait Analysis in the North
Department of Orthopaedics
and
Regional Medical Physics Department
at the
Campus for Ageing and Vitality
(formerly known as Newcastle General Hospital)
Directions to the Gait Analysis Unit
Attending an appointment at the Gait Analysis Unit based at Campus for
Aging and Vitality (formerly Newcastle General Hospital)
The site is easily accessible by car (with plenty of parking) and has bus stops to the front and rear of
the site. The nearest Metro and railway station is Newcastle central station.
Park and ride in Newcastle.
If travelling from outside Newcastle, an option is to use the park and ride facility with the Metro train,
however this will also involve a bus journey from the city centre.
You can phone Traveline North East for information on buses, trains and metros in the region. Their
contact number is 0870 200 22 33.
Directions by car to Newcastle General Hospital
The hospital is off Westgate Road (A186) and is signposted either as Newcastle General Hospital or
Campus for Aging and Vitality (signs at the entrance to the site are Campus signs).
If you are using GPS, the postcode of the Hospital is NE4 6BE.
Car parking:
There is good parking on site with many disabled places. Disabled parking is free. Charges for nondisabled
places are £1.20 per hour. The closest spaces to the gait lab are marked on the map below.
If you park near the main entrance, there is a long walk.
Author: Penny Hewart Page 1 of 2 Date written: 12/05/11 Version:6
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Map of the site
The gait lab can ONLY be accessed from the entrance to building 15 where there is nearby parking.
BUILDING 15
PARK HERE
Pay and display
on road
ENTRANCE
TO
GAIT LAB
Belsay
Unit
Gait
lab
Disabled parking
by entrance to lab
Turn left immediately after the
ramp and narrow white building
sign: Building 15
Hospital
building main
entrance
CLOSED
Hospital site main
vehicle entrance
Contacting the Gait Analysis Unit.
For more information, or if you get lost on the day, please contact:
Penny Hewart, Clinical Engineer
Gait Analysis Unit
Phone: 0191 256 3416
If there is no answer please leave a message
follow signs to Belsay Unit /
Building 15
Gait Lab, Building 15
Campus for Ageing and Vitality
Westgate Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 6BE
Email:penny.hewart@nuth.nhs.uk
If you have any problems reading or understanding this leaflet, please contact Penny Hewart at the
address / phone number above.
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