Population Not applicable Post town ABERDEEN Dialling code 01224 Lieutenancy area Aberdeenshire | OS grid reference NJ917070 Postcode district AB25, AB16 | |
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Aberdeen foresterhill cornhill 28 03 2011
Foresterhill 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.
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- Aberdeen foresterhill cornhill 28 03 2011
- Hospitals at Foresterhill
- Notable university buildings
- Other buildings
- References

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.

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
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.
Other buildings
