Foresterhill

Foresterhill[1]
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Fhorsair[2]
Scots: Foresterhill
Foresterhill[1]
 Foresterhill[1] shown within the City of Aberdeen
Population Not applicable
OS grid referenceNJ917070
Council areaCity of Aberdeen
Lieutenancy areaAberdeen
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ABERDEEN
Postcode district AB25, AB16
Dialling code 01224
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentAberdeen North
Scottish ParliamentAberdeen Central
Websiteaberdeencity.gov.uk
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Scotland
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Coordinates: 57°09′17″N 2°08′15″W / 57.1546°N 2.1374°W / 57.1546; -2.1374

Foresterhill[1] is an area in the city 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

From 2015, it will also be the site of the new Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health building which is currently under construction. [6]

Other buildings

See also

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sometimes written as Forresterhill
  2. http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/lorg.php?faclair=sbg&seorsa=Beurla&facal=foresterhill&eis_saor=on&tairg=Lorg
  3. University of Aberdeen (2006-08-01). "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. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  6. "Main contractor announced for new Rowett centre of excellence at Foresterhill". University of Aberdeen. University of Aberdeen. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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