Foresterhill[1]
Foresterhill[1] is located in Aberdeen
Foresterhill[1]
Foresterhill[1]
Location within the Aberdeen City council area
Foresterhill[1] is located in Scotland
Foresterhill[1]
Foresterhill[1]
Location within Scotland
PopulationNot applicable
OS grid referenceNJ917070
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Aberdeen
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townABERDEEN
Postcode districtAB25, AB16
Dialling code01224
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Websiteaberdeencity.gov.uk
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°09′17″N 2°08′15″W / 57.1546°N 2.1374°W / 57.1546; -2.1374

Foresterhill[1] is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the site of the city's main hospitals (Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital), as well as the medical school and medical science departments of the University of Aberdeen. It is the largest hospital complex in Europe.[3]

Foresterhill is situated at the highest point in the city, a site identified by Professor Matthew Hay in 1900. He had the vision of an integrated medical campus, with a combined hospital and medical school for the City of Aberdeen.[4]

The site has its own helicopter landing site due to the hospitals' roles as tertiary hospitals for the North of Scotland and the rurality of Grampian as a catchment area, plus this is the primary emergency hospital for the offshore industries.

Hospitals at Foresterhill

Buildings at Foresterhill

Notable university buildings

Other buildings

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Sometimes written as Forresterhill
  2. ^ "Rannsaich an Stòr-dàta Briathrachais Gàidhlig". www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk.
  3. ^ University of Aberdeen (1 August 2006). "First step towards state-of-the-art medical teaching and learning centre".
  4. ^ Gorsky M (2004). "'Threshold of a New Era': The Development of an Integrated Hospital System in Northeast Scotland, 1900–39". Social History of Medicine. 17 (2): 247–267. doi:10.1093/shm/17.2.247.
  5. ^ "Location of Teaching". Division of Medical and Dental Education, University of Aberdeen. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
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