lavery549@yahoo Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Went to visit Mum at Northern General . I was driving all over trying to find a parking spot . Failed miserably , ended up parking on a side street . They need to provide more car parking facilities . My brother used to work there & said they were supposed to build more , but never happened . A hospital of this size ,should have more parking available . So during the week , we are getting taxis , less hassle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 I've had most success in the slightly hidden overflow carpark here Alternatively, I've parked at Hillsborough Morrisons and caught the H1 bus from in front of B&Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 If you add more parking, more people (currently using bus, taxi etc) will choose to drive, the extra spaces will fill up, and you're back to square one. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Northern General Hospital is bad, but the Hallamshire Hospital is positively catastrophic. The multi storey is invariably full and there's pretty much nowhere else to go; double yellow lines on all side roads. Disabled parking is very limited and even that is fair walk to get to the hospital. Bottlenecks all over the place. It might have seemed like a good idea to put 5 major hospitals in the same area, but the parking needs to be much improved, especially for the disabled who can't use public transport. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 We have a direct bus service from S17, it takes circa one hour and drops you off outside the Herries Road entrance. As a Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer one hour of sitting on a bus seat and then having a long walk to the Rheumatology Dept is too much for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 13 hours ago, lavery549@yahoo said: Went to visit Mum at Northern General . I was driving all over trying to find a parking spot . Failed miserably , ended up parking on a side street . They need to provide more car parking facilities . My brother used to work there & said they were supposed to build more , but never happened . A hospital of this size ,should have more parking available . So during the week , we are getting taxis , less hassle It is the largest hospital in the uk by area and most of the parking is taken up by the staff, once again running the place for the benefit of the staff and not the end user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 3 hours ago, crookesey said: We have a direct bus service from S17, it takes circa one hour and drops you off outside the Herries Road entrance. As a Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer one hour of sitting on a bus seat and then having a long walk to the Rheumatology Dept is too much for me. I don't know what bus you catch, but if the route crosses the H1 bus from The Hallamshire to TNG, then if you can swap busses, it drops you off at the clock tower. Only runs about every 30 minutes and no evening weekend service though https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/timetabledetails/4179a789-0ec8-454f-923e-a1dcb7ef6f8c 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Providing unregulated car parking at Weston Hospital Park is an example of what happens when one group of hospital users dominates. The inconsiderate blocking of roads in the area delays everybody and prevents the vast majority of users 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavery549@yahoo Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 3 hours ago, choogling said: It is the largest hospital in the uk by area and most of the parking is taken up by the staff, once again running the place for the benefit of the staff and not the end user. I have no idea how many carparks are for Staff Choogling , but there are a lot of staff . I was speaking to the Ward Manager the other day & she was saying , even though they pay directly out of their wages , like I did , they are not guaranteed a space . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavery549@yahoo Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 14 hours ago, Anna B said: Northern General Hospital is bad, but the Hallamshire Hospital is positively catastrophic. The multi storey is invariably full and there's pretty much nowhere else to go; double yellow lines on all side roads. Disabled parking is very limited and even that is fair walk to get to the hospital. Bottlenecks all over the place. It might have seemed like a good idea to put 5 major hospitals in the same area, but the parking needs to be much improved, especially for the disabled who can't use public transport. Oh Anna , please don't get me started on the Hallamshire . That is a complete disaster for parking , hence it's taxis again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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