Abertillery and District Hospital | |
Map Type: | Wales Blaenau Gwent |
Location: | Aberbeeg, Abertillery |
Region: | Blaenau Gwent County Borough |
State: | Wales |
Country: | UK |
Coordinates: | 51.7086°N -3.1489°W |
Healthcare: | NHS |
Type: | Community Hospital |
Emergency: | No |
Beds: | 52 |
Founded: | 1922 |
Closed: | 2008 |
Abertillery and District Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Abertyleri a'r Cylch) was a community hospital in Aberbeeg, near Abertillery, in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
The site for the hospital was acquired from the Hanbury Estate.[2] A foundation stone was laid on behalf of the directors of the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company and the Lancaster Steam Coal Company, another on behalf of their workers and a third stone on behalf of the people of Abertillery on 25 September 1920.[2] The hospital was designed by Walter Prosser and built by John Henry Monks.[2] It opened on 30 September 1922.[2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3]
The hospital closed in 2008 and was subsequently acquired by the St Luke's Hospital Group who continue to operate it as a mental health facility.[4]
The hospital was used for scenes in the Doctor Who episode "The Eleventh Hour"[5] and the film Skellig.[6]