Disabled parking at the Royal
The main visitors car park has provision for 27 disabled car parking bays, of which 17 are located on the ground floor and additional spaces on the upper level.
When entering the main visitors’ car park the spaces are located in the corner to the far right as you go underneath the top deck of the park.
The Children’s hospital has a further 5 disabled spaces in the visitors car park.
There are 8 spaces available to disabled drivers adjacent to the main Children’s Hospital. Access can be obtained by activating the intercom and showing evidence of your blue badge via a CCTV camera at the barrier.
Please note that demand for these spaces is very high.
At the Elliot Dynes Unit there are 5 disabled spaces at the front of the building.
| Royal Hospitals Car Park Provision | Disabled Spaces |
| Main Car Park Public | 27 |
| Estates GMU | 6 |
| Front of Boilerhouse | 5 |
| New Children's Disabled | 8 |
| New Children’s | 5 |
Shop Mobility
Also located at the disabled parking bays in the Main Car Park is “Shop mobility” who will assist disabled drivers if required.
This service assists patients and visitors with limited mobility and was the first hospital-based scheme of its kind in Northern Ireland, offering appropriate patient and visitor electric scooters and wheelchairs to help them get to their destination anywhere on the Royal Hospitals site.
Read more about Shop mobility at the Royal
Disabled Drop Off/Short Stay Areas
Disabled drivers and patients can access the barrier controlled area at the front of the main entrance to the Royal site as a short stay/drop off area. There are four disabled spaces in this area.
There is an intercom at the barrier where patients can gain entrance. This will allow patients and their carer’s time to proceed to appointment venues and reduce any anxieties or frustrations.
There is also a drop off/set down area adjacent to the main Hospital entrance. There is room for approximately 4 vehicles.
The Children’s Hospital has a drop off/set down area at the front of the main entrance. There is room for 3 vehicles.
Abuse of Disabled Spaces
In general the issue around unauthorised parking in disabled bays across the Trust is not problematic. Whilst there may be instances where disabled bays are used by people who do not display a blue badge, no significant issues of misuse have been reported
In relation to abuse of disabled car park spaces all reasonable measures have been taken to eradicate these problems. Where designated disabled bays are full, the general public/visitor parking spaces may be used. Any vehicle parked in a designated disabled space at any time without displaying a valid disabled blue badge is subject to wheel clamping.
