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Taunton

Musgrove Park Hospital

Postgraduate Academy

Address

Postgraduate Academy
Musgrove Park Hospital
Parkfield Drive
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 5DA

Simulation suite · Postgraduate Academy

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Public transport

Taunton is the nearest train station, approximately 1.3 miles from the hospital: around 29 minutes on foot.

The park and ride bus serves the front of the hospital. From the station, walk into the town centre to catch it; allow approximately 20 minutes for the journey.

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Car parking

On-site visitor parking is available in the Cedars multi-storey car park, managed by Q-Park. Follow the signs around the hospital site.

Whole-day parking is approximately £17 (October 2026).

Taunton Gateway Park and Ride, near junction 25 of the M5, is another option, with a bus directly into the hospital site. Allow plenty of time as morning traffic can be busy.

Current parking information
Taunton Gateway Park and Ride

Finding the sim rooms

From the main entrance

  1. From the front of the hospital, at the top of Parkfield Drive, use the entrance on the far right into the Queens Building, under the covered brick shelter. Look for the brown and grey sign: “Queens Building: Entrance, Pedestrian Access to All Buildings”. If you enter the emergency department waiting room you have taken the wrong entrance.
  2. Follow the corridor straight ahead for approximately 100 metres, then take the stairs or lift to the first floor.
  3. On the first floor, turn left from the lifts or right from the stairs. Follow the white corridor, with pictures and artwork to the concourse with M&S Food and the coffee shop.
  4. Turn right. The Academy is on your right, down three steps or a small slope.

If you enter the Old Building or Jubilee Building, you have gone too far.

From Cedars multi-storey car park

  1. Leave the car park on foot (stairs or lift). Cross the zebra crossing and follow signs towards the main hospital site, down a short slope to the ground-floor entrance of the Duchess Building.
  2. Continue straight along the ground-floor corridor, which has green and white walls. At the end, the corridor bends left through the Queens Building, where the walls are brick.
  3. Continue as the corridor bends left and then straight ahead, past the back of the emergency department. At the end, take the stairs or lifts on your left to the first floor.
  4. On the first floor, turn left from the lifts or right from the stairs. Follow the white corridor, with pictures and artwork to the concourse with M&S Food and the coffee shop.
  5. Turn right. The Academy is on your right, down three steps or a small slope.

If you enter the Old Building or Jubilee Building, you have gone too far.

Last updated: October 2026

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Bristol

Bristol Royal Infirmary

Education and Research Centre

Address

Education and Research Centre
Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI)
Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8HW

Simulation suite · Level 5

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Public transport

Nearby railway stations include Bristol Temple Meads, Montpelier, Redland and Clifton Down. Each has bus connections to the hospital.

Many bus services stop near the BRI. Use Travel West to plan your route.

The hospital operates a free shuttle bus for patients, visitors and staff. Its circular route includes Bristol Temple Meads station and the city hospital site.

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Free hospital shuttle bus

Car parking

Due to the location, parking is very challenging in the Bristol City Centre. There is no available parking at the simulation centre. If you are parking, use a public or hospital visitor car park near the hospital. Do not park in staff-only car parks.

Check the payment arrangements: some car parks are pay and display; others use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and require payment before you leave.

Whole-day parking is approximately £20 (October 2026).

Hospital travel and parking information

Finding the sim rooms

From the main BRI entrance

  1. From the front entrance on Upper Maudlin Street, cross at the traffic lights to the building directly opposite: the Education and Research Centre.
  2. Enter through the main doors and proceed directly to the lifts. Take the lift to Floor 5.
  3. The Simulation Centre is immediately on your right as you leave the lifts.

If you are not a Bristol Foundation Trust employee, use the lift: access via the stairs requires an access card.

Last updated: October 2026

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Bristol

Southmead Hospital

Learning & Research Centre

Address

Learning & Research Centre
Southmead Hospital
Southmead Road
Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol
BS10 5NB

Simulation suite · Ground floor

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Public transport

Nearby railway stations include Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Temple Meads. Each has bus connections to the hospital.

Many bus services stop directly outside the Brunel Building on the Southmead site. Allow time to walk to the Learning & Research Centre.

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Car parking

Southmead has a mixture of pay-and-display and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) car parks, with payment on exit in the ANPR car parks. Check the arrangements where you park.

Do not park outside the Learning and Research centre - these parking spaces are reserved. You cannot use the staff parking if you are not hospital staff.

Whole-day parking is approximately £14 (October 2026).

Hospital travel and parking information

Finding the sim rooms

The Clinical Simulation Space is on the ground floor of the Learning & Research Centre. After entering, turn right at reception. The simulation space is signposted on the right of the corridor

From Southmead Road

  1. Enter the hospital site via 'southmead way'. The Police station is on your left. You will pass the NHSBT (Blood donor Centre)
  2. Continue walking. There will be short stay car parking spaces along each side of the road.
  3. Turn left at Beaufort way - this is at the first mini roundabout.
  4. Follow the road to nearly the end, where the Learning and Research Centre is on the right

This route if using buses stopping at Greenway Park
(2A, 76 and Y6)

From Hospital Main Entrance (Brunel Building)

  1. Orient yourself to face AWAY from the main entrance revolving doors. There are 4/5 bus stops infront of the entrance
  2. Walk straight ahead with the bus stops on your right side. Cross the road (infront of you is the Bristol Breast Centre) and turn right.
  3. At the mini-roundabout cross over the road and turn left.
  4. At the second mini roundabout, turn right onto Beaufort way. Follow the road to nearly the end, where the Learning and Research Centre is on the right.

This route if using buses stopping at Southmead Hospital stops A-D
(First Bus 17, 18, 24, 76, Y6) (Stagecoach 10, 11, 13, 71, 505)

Last updated: October 2026

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