Dataset (draft)
Where the A&E departments are: dataset
Where the nearest hospital emergency departments are, from official NHS lists.
Draft dataset
If someone’s life is in danger, call 999. This page lists where hospital emergency departments are. It is not medical advice, and Never Caught Out is not affiliated with the NHS.
What it is
A list of hospital emergency departments in England, Scotland and Wales from official NHS lists, with a location for each, and for each pilot council, the nearest ones to its largest built-up areas by straight-line distance.
- England: 180 type 1 a&e sites
- Scotland: 31 minor injury unit or other (type 3) sites
- Scotland: 30 type 1 a&e sites
- Wales: 12 major emergency department sites
- Wales: 6 other emergency department or minor injury unit sites
| Council | Built-up area | Nearest major department | Straight-line km |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | Truro | Treliske Hospital | 2.8 |
| Plymouth | Plymouth | Derriford Hospital | 2.4 |
| Torbay | Paignton | Torbay Hospital | 6.4 |
| Somerset | Taunton | Musgrove Park Hospital | 1.6 |
| Bristol | Bristol | Bristol Royal Hospital For Children | 0.8 |
| Tewkesbury | Churchdown | Gloucester Royal Hospital | 3.6 |
| Shropshire | Shrewsbury | Royal Shrewsbury Hospital | 2.7 |
| Birmingham | Birmingham | Heartlands Hospital | 2.2 |
| Manchester | Manchester | Manchester Royal Infirmary | 1.7 |
| Leeds | Leeds | Leeds General Infirmary | 0.6 |
| Calderdale | Halifax | Calderdale Royal Hospital | 3.2 |
| York | York | York Hospital | 1.3 |
| Hull | Kingston upon Hull | Hull Royal Infirmary | 2.8 |
| Cumberland | Carlisle | Cumberland Infirmary | 1.0 |
| Southwark | Southwark | Denmark Hill Hospital | 2.5 |
| Maidstone | Maidstone | Maidstone Hospital | 2.6 |
| Glasgow | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Infirmary | 2.9 |
| Highland | Inverness | Raigmore Hospital | 2.0 |
| Cardiff | Cardiff | University Hospital Of Wales | 0.8 |
| Conwy | Colwyn Bay | Ysbyty Glan Clwyd | 16.5 |
Method
- England: NHS England’s list of hospitals in England with a type 1 emergency department (published 14 April 2026).
- Scotland: Public Health Scotland’s list of A&E sites, keeping those marked open, type 1 and type 3 (minor injury units and similar).
- Wales: the sites reporting attendances to StatsWales for September 2026, split as StatsWales does into major emergency departments and other emergency departments or minor injury units. StatsWales also reports some minor injury units only as a health board total; those are not listed. Postcodes come from the NHS Organisation Data Service.
- Each site is placed at the centre of its postcode (postcodes.io, from the ONS Postcode Directory). One Scottish site, Aviemore Health Centre, has a postcode that has since been retired; its last published location is used.
- Distances are straight lines from the centre point ONS gives for each built-up area. Roads, ferries and traffic make real journeys longer.
- Department names are as published, with one spelling correction.
Limits
- We have not found an open official list of urgent treatment centres and minor injury units for England, so England shows only type 1 departments. Use the NHS website’s service finder.
- Some type 1 departments are for children only; their names say so.
- Services and opening hours change. Check with the NHS before you travel.
Licences and credits
- NHS England, List of A&E type 1 departments: Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Public Health Scotland, NHS Scotland accident and emergency sites: Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Welsh Government, StatsWales emergency department dataset: Open Government Licence v3.0, as set out in the Welsh Government copyright statement.
- NHS England, Organisation Data Service (ODS): published under the Open Government Licence.
- Postcode locations: postcodes.io (Great Britain postcode data under the OS OpenData licence). Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2025. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
- Built-up areas: ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence.
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How to cite it
Never Caught Out (2026). Hospital emergency department sites, England, Scotland and Wales, version 0.1, 1 November 2026. https://nevercaughtout.co.uk/data/a-and-e/
Please also credit the original publishers listed above, as their licences require.