A&E near Ribble Valley

Your nearest A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 7 miles from the middle of Ribble Valley.

In September 2026, 63% of people there were seen, treated and admitted or sent home within 4 hours.

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A&E departments within 25 miles

Nearest first, by straight line from the middle of Ribble Valley. Each figure is for that hospital in September 2026; the 12-hour bed waits are for the whole trust. Live waiting times from trusts that publish them will appear here once each trust's terms are checked.

Royal Blackburn Hospital

7 miles. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. 13,930 A&E visits in the month. 814 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

63%within 4 hours

Royal Preston Hospital

9.5 miles. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 10,605 A&E visits in the month. 425 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

65%within 4 hours

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital

13.3 miles. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 2,415 A&E visits in the month. 425 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

63%within 4 hours

Fairfield General Hospital

18.8 miles. Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. 5,800 A&E visits in the month. 1,103 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

59%within 4 hours

Royal Lancaster Infirmary

19.1 miles. University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. 5,130 A&E visits in the month. 532 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

54%within 4 hours

Bolton Hospital

19.6 miles. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. 8,755 A&E visits in the month. 580 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

49%within 4 hours

Royal Albert Edward Infirmary

20.1 miles. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. 7,020 A&E visits in the month. 238 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

44%within 4 hours

Blackpool Victoria Hospital

21.6 miles. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 6,365 A&E visits in the month. 505 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

31%within 4 hours

Airedale General Hospital

21.8 miles. Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. 5,955 A&E visits in the month. 181 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

60%within 4 hours

North Manchester General Hospital

24.4 miles. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. 8,875 A&E visits in the month. 81 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

59%within 4 hours

Ormskirk District General Hospital

24.5 miles. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. 2,435 A&E visits in the month. 439 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

94%within 4 hours

Royal Oldham Hospital

24.6 miles. Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. 10,370 A&E visits in the month. 1,103 waited over 12 hours for a bed across the trust.

59%within 4 hours

Source: NHS England, Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS) performance by site, experimental statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Site figures are NHS England experimental statistics; sites with under 100 visits a month are not published. Trust totals: NHS England, A&E attendances and emergency admissions, monthly CSV, September 2026.

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