Hospital ahead with accident and emergency facilities
A blue rectangle with the white H hospital symbol and a small ambulance/A&E icon. Indicates a hospital with full A&E facilities ahead — useful when you or a passenger needs urgent care. Hospitals without A&E use a similar sign without the ambulance icon.
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Background
- Red
- Border
- White
- Text type
- Number (Other)
- Primary symbol
- Other
- Diagram reference
- 827.2
Where you'll see this sign
Approaches to district general hospitals, motorway exits leading to major hospital sites, and on signed driver-information routes in cities.
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