Care system Public NHS Number of beds 104 | Phone +44 1865 901000 Founded 1826 Emergency department No Accident & Emergency | |
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Location Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Address Warneford Ln, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK Similar John Radcliffe Hospital, Warneford Meadow, Radcliffe Infirmary, Horton General Hospital, Aston Martin Heritage | ||
The Warneford Hospital is a hospital in east Oxford, England. The Warneford and Littlemore Mental Health Centre are the major mental health hospitals serving Oxford.
The hospital opened as the Oxford Lunatic Asylum in July 1826 and subsequently (but no longer) was named the Radcliffe Lunatic Asylum and then the Warneford Lunatic Asylum. It was designed by Richard Ingleman (1777–1838) and built of Headington stone. The name commemorates the philanthropist Samuel Wilson Warneford.
The hospital is in the suburb of Headington, east of Oxford city centre. It is located on Warneford Lane, which runs between Morrell Avenue and Old Road. It was the first hospital to be based in east Oxford. Almost all of the major Oxford hospitals are now based in Headington.
Warneford Hospital is extensively mentioned in the book Dark Clouds Gather by Katy Sara Culling about mental illness.