Kent and Canterbury Hospital (K&C)

Plan your route

Vehicle entrances are off Ethelbert Road, or South Canterbury Road.

Useful websites:

• Kentconnected.org - Plan your journey by public transport, car, cycle or by foot.

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

• Google Maps - enter your postcode, town or area and the hospital postcode CT1 3NG

• AA Route Planner - search for a route using your location and the hospital postcode CT1 3NG.

• Follow @KentHighways for traffic and travel news or visit the Kent Government website

Types of car parks

There are 2 types of car park:

Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) – pay when you leave

• To enter, drive to the car park entrance. The camera will read your number plate and the barrier will rise. You do not need to buy at ticket on arrival.

• To leave, pay at the pay machine. You will need to enter your vehicle number plate. Payment is by contactless card, smartphone, or coin (correct change only). 

• After paying, return to your vehicle and drive to the exit. The camera will detect your payment and the barrier will rise.

Pay and Display - Pay on arrival

Buy a ticket from the pay machine on arrival. Display this in your car for the duration of your parking.

Car park locations

Car park 1

• Located opposite the Children’s Assessment Centre / next to the Gate Clinic.

• For clinics in the 1937 building, including oncology, Car Park 1 and Car Park 4 are the closest.

• 45 bays

• Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) – pay when you leave.

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Car park 2 

• Located opposite Fracture clinic.

• 86 bays

• Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) – pay when you leave.

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Car park 3

• Located at the Outpatients end of the site, outside the Haemophilia Centre

• 122 bays

• Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) – pay when you leave.

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Car park Zone 4

• Located outside the Medical Education Centre / opposite Day Surgery.

• For clinics in the 1937 building, including oncology, Car Park 1 and Car Park 4 are the closest.

• Pay and display - pay on arrival

Disabled parking

Designated disabled bays are outside the main hospital entrances. These are only for use by blue-badge holders:

• 22 outside the 1937 building

• 23 outside the Fracture Clinic

• 20 outside Outpatients  

Patient Drop Off

Patient drop-off bays are located at the hospital entrances. These are for drop-off and pick-up only. Please do not wait or park there as space is limited.

Renal, Headway and Clinical Rehabilitation departments each have limited designated bays. Please speak to your clinical contact for further details.

Weekly permits and parking charges

Weekly permits are available from the pay machines.

• On the touch screen, select option “Buy 7 day pass”

• Enter your number plate, and pay £16.

• Your vehicle will then be able to enter and exit the ANPR car park for 7 days from that point.

For details of parking charges, please see parking information and charges.

Restricted Parking areas

Staff parking areas

Staff parking areas are reserved for staff permit holders only. Please do not park in staff areas as you may receive a parking ticket. 

Canterbury Medical Centre

The Canterbury Medical Centre is located on the hospital site at the top of Ethelbert Road. It is not operated by East Kent Hospitals. Please be careful not to park in their patient car park as you may receive a parking ticket from their car park operator.

Important notice - bus disruptions

From Wednesday 14 October, the bus stop outside the Fracture clinic will be closed during a period of improvement works on the site. Please use the bus stop by the Outpatients entrance, which will be operating as usual. You can check our map of K&C to plan ahead. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Bus services

Stagecoach route 25 provides frequent buses between the hospital and Canterbury city centre. At the city centre connections can be made with buses to and from outlying areas.

To plan your bus journey to and from the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, please use the Stagecoach journey planner or call Traveline on 0871 200 2233 (calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company's access charge).

• Kentconnected.org - Use the Kent Connected website to plan your journey.

Trains to Canterbury (Kent and Canterbury Hospital)

Canterbury East is the nearest rail station to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. It is a short walk to the bus station. Canterbury West rail station is further, although several bus services run from there to the bus station. From the bus station you can catch bus service 25 or 25a to the hospital.

There are regular direct train services to Canterbury East from Faversham, Adisham, London Victoria and Dover Priory, as well as many other stations. 

There are regular direct train services to Canterbury West from Margate, Ramsgate, Ashford and Maidstone, as well as many other stations.

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.

• Kentconnected.org - Use the Kent Connected website to plan your journey.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 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 Getting to our hospitals by NHS transport.