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Getting to Buckland Hospital

The Trust, like the rest of the NHS, has preparations in place to ensure essential services for patients can continue to be available if local traffic routes are disrupted, in the same way it prepares for other potential disruptions, from heavy snowfall to flooding. If you have an appointment, please still plan to attend. If we need to reschedule your appointment we will contact you. 

Please allow plenty of time for your journey, and ensure you are well-prepared for potential disruption to your journey. Please check the latest travel updates before you set off. 

By car

Address

Buckland Hospital
Coombe Valley Road,
Dover,
Kent,
CT17 0HD.

Phone: 01304 201624

Plan your route

You might find the following websites useful in planning your route to our hospital (other websites are available)

  • AA Map finder - enter your postcode, town or area to find online maps of your area

  • Google maps- enter your postcode, town or area and the hospital postcode CT17 0HD

  • AA Route Planner - you can search for a route using street or postcode, town or city and enter the hospital postcode CT17 OHD.

  • Follow @KentHighways for the latest information on traffic and travel news or visit www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel

Parking

Please see the Parking webpages for full details of parking at each of our Hospitals.

Public transport

Bus services

Stagecoach bus routes 90, 91, 92 and 92A provide buses between the hospital and Dover town centre every 20 minutes throughout the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays. These routes also provide a direct service to the hospital from areas such as Folkestone, Deal, Whitfield, Elvington, Eythorne and River. At the town centre connections can be made with other buses to and from outlying areas.

To plan your bus journey to and from Buckland Hospital, please use the journey planner on the Stagecoach website here [https://www.stagecoachbus.com/plan-a-journey] or call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company's access charge).

Image of a StageCoach bus

Train services

Trains to Dover (Buckland Hospital)

Dover Priory is the nearest rail station to Buckland Hospital. No buses run directly from the train station to Buckland hospital. The town centre is a short walk from the train station where you can catch a bus to the hospital.

Please visit the South Eastern Railway website for full details and times of rail connections and timetables.

For information on the PlusBus service, which adds unlimited bus travel around town when you purchase your train ticket, please visit the PlusBus website.

Taxi services

There are many local taxi companies that will serve each of the hospital sites in east Kent. Many taxi companies advertise their contact numbers near the phones by entrances to hospitals. Here are some useful links to help you find a taxi in your area.

  • Taxis in Kent - a list of taxi companies depending on which area you are in.

  • Yell - Yellow Pages online.
Patient Transport offered by East Kent Hospitals

NHS Transport

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) provides a free non-emergency ambulance healthcare transport service for patients who have a clinical and medical need for transport, where their current mobility needs would not allow them to use their own, or public transport to get to or from an NHS health care appointment.

To find out if you are eligible, please see the 'Getting to our hospitals by NHS transport' webpage.