If you require assistance to get to hospital please contact the Patient Transport Service 01772 660011 for advice.
Public transport
Royal Preston Hospital
Bus services serve The Royal Preston Hospital via routes through the local areas.
The list below gives you details of where they stop at or near RPH and where they terminate.
Most buses on these routes have been adapted for use by those less able to ensure easy access and exit from public transport.
For further information about bus transport, please call Preston Bus Ltd 01772 821199 or 01772 253671.
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BUS |
PICKUP POINT |
VIA |
TERMINUS |
19 |
HOSPITAL - FRONT CAR PARK + IN FRONT OF ST CLARE’S |
WATLING ST ROAD & DEEPDALE RD |
BUS STATION |
23 |
ACROSS FROM THE SHOPS + ACROSS FROM ST CLARE’S |
BLACK BULL LANE, PLUNGINGTON & ADELPHI |
BUS STATION |
43 |
HOSPITAL - FRONT CAR PARK + ACROSS FROM THE SHOPS |
GARSTANG RD (A6), WYCHNOR, HOYLES LANE COTTAM, ANCIENT OAK, RAILWAY STATION |
BUS STATION |
45 |
IN FRONT OF THE SHOPS + IN FRONT OF ST CLARE’S |
WATLING ST ROAD & GARSTANG RD (A6) |
BUS STATION |
49 |
HOSPITAL - FRONT CAR PARK + IN FRONT OF ST CLARE’S |
SHERWOOD WAY, ASDA, LONGSANDS, DEEPDALE |
BUS STATION |
125 |
HOSPITAL - FRONT CAR PARK + IN FRONT OF ST CLARE’S |
WATLING ST ROAD & GARSTANG RD (A6) |
BUS STATION + CHORLEY/BOLTON |
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23 |
IN FRONT OF THE SHOPS + IN FRONT OF ST CLARE’S |
SHERWOOD WAY & PITTMAN WAY |
ASDA |
45 |
ACROSS FROM THE SHOPS + ACROSS FROM ST CLARE’S |
BROUGHTON, GOOSNARGH, LONGRIDGE & RIBCHESTER |
BLACKBURN |
88 |
ST CLARE’S TURNING CIRCLE + ACROSS FROM THE SHOPS |
CADLEY CAUSEWAY, INGOL & COTTAM |
THE LARCHES |
Taxi service
Local taxi firms also offer a service to and from the hospital. Free-phones are available at the Preston site to make taxi bookings.
Shuttle bus service
Please be aware that the shuttle bus service, which operates between Royal Preston Hospital (RPH) and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital (CDH), is no longer in use.
Stagecoach offer a regular 125 service between RPH and CDH, with more information, including a full route timetable, available on their website. The service currently operates seven days a week and begins earlier and finishes later than the existing Trust shuttle service.
Chorley and South Ribble Hospital
A number of bus companies operate services to Chorley and South Ribble Hospital via routes throughout local areas.
Bus numbers 114, 115, 125, 126, 210, 301, 302, C8, and C9 all pass Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.
For more information contact Chorley Bus Station 01257 241693.
Taxi service
Chorley and South Ribble Hospital has two coin-operated payphones available for public use within the main entrance.