Blaenavon Hospital

Blaenavon Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Blaenafon) was a small community hospital located in Blaenavon, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

Blaenavon Hospital
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenavon Hospital
Shown in Torfaen
Geography
Location	Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.7747°N 3.0908°W / 51.7747; -3.0908
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Community
Services
Beds	9
History
Opened	1924
Closed	2014
Links
Website	www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/866/home
Lists	Hospitals in Wales

History

In 1924, Ty Mawr, a house on the eastern side of Church Road, originally built for Sam Hopkins, ironmaster of Blaenavon Ironworks, was converted into a hospital.^[1]

A new purpose-built hospital was built on the western side of Church Road in 1985 and Ty Mawr became a nursing home known as The Beaches.^[2] The beds in the new hospital were closed to in-patients in October 2010^[3] and, after primary care services were transferred to the new Blaenavon Resource Centre on Middle Coed Cae Road, it closed completely in autumn 2014.^[4]