St Christopher’s Hospice 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6DZ

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Brief description

"A quick guide to St Christopher's and useful information for planning a visit:

It’s important to have the people who are important to you with you, so we welcome visitors from 8am until 10pm. We can arrange for visitors to stay the night by your bedside, please tell us if you would like to arrange this. If you have visitors who are travelling to see you and want to stay for a while, our reception staff also have a list of local hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation.

The Anniversary Centre on the ground floor is a friendly and relaxing place where you and your visitors can enjoy refreshments together looking out on to the beautiful Rotary Garden. The cafe is open from 8am. Children are very welcome to visit; there are toys on each ward and in the cafe for them to play with.

We also welcome pets – they are part of the family too! If you’d like to arrange a visit from a furry friend please speak to one of the St Christopher’s team to arrange this.

We will only give information about you to people you have identified as your next of kin. Please make sure you let the staff know who these people are. If other people ask about you we will ask them to speak to your identified next of kin."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Christopher's_Hospice

"St. Christopher's Hospice is a hospice in south London, England, established in 1967 by Cicely Saunders, whose work is considered the basis of modern hospice philosophy.[1] Among the first staff at St. Christopher's was Florence Wald, who took Saunders' philosophies back to the United States to become the founder of the hospice movement in the United States.[2][3][4] In 1971 Robert Twycross was appointed as a Clinical Research Fellow by Saunders. During his tenure there, his studies on the effectiveness of morphine, diamorphine and methadone helped standardize and simplify the management of cancer pain.[5]

The hospice houses an exhibition of sculptures by the Polish artist Witold Gracjan Kawalec."

Address

St Christopher’s Hospice 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham London, SE26 6DZ

Email

info@stchristophers.org.uk

Phone

020 8768 4500 & Fax: 020 8659 8680

Website

https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/visiting

https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Christopher's_Hospice

Directions

"There is limited parking in the hospice grounds, including disabled bays. There is free parking in adjoining residential roads.

There is a drop off and pick up bay directly outside the main entrance."

Opening Times

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

"Visitors are welcome any day of the week between 8am and 8pm (and outside these hours by arrangement)."

Transport

2024: "Buses:

Bus numbers 197 and 176 pass by the hospice. Bus number 227 stops at the end of Lawrie Park Road.

Trains:

London Victoria to Penge East

Two trains an hour, journey time about 18 minutes, plus a 15-minute walk to St Christopher’s. Don’t get off the train at Sydenham Hill, stay on to Penge East.

London Bridge to Sydenham

Four trains an hour, journey time about 15 minutes, plus a 10-minute walk.

East Croydon to Penge West

Two trains an hour, journey time about 30 minutes, plus a 10-minute walk.

Overground Train

Overground train every 15 minutes starting from Highbury & Islington, via Canada Water"

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