Drive to A&E, every council ranked
How long a drive to the nearest major A&E takes from where people here live, worked out from the straight line distance at typical speeds. An estimate, not a route. Figures for September 2026, published for 360 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: Camden and Westminster, 8 min. The council in the middle: Wakefield, 19 min. Joint highest: Aberdeenshire and Powys, 44 min.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | CamdenLondon | 8 min |
| 1 joint | WestminsterLondon | 8 min |
| 3 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 9 min |
| 3 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 9 min |
| 5 joint | HackneyLondon | 10 min |
| 5 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 10 min |
| 7 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 11 min |
| 7 joint | City of LondonLondon | 11 min |
| 7 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 11 min |
| 7 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 11 min |
| 7 joint | ExeterSouth West | 11 min |
| 7 joint | HarlowEast of England | 11 min |
| 7 joint | IslingtonLondon | 11 min |
| 7 joint | LewishamLondon | 11 min |
| 7 joint | MertonLondon | 11 min |
| 7 joint | NewhamLondon | 11 min |
| 7 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 11 min |
| 7 joint | WatfordEast of England | 11 min |
| 19 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 12 min |
| 19 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 12 min |
| 19 joint | GreenwichLondon | 12 min |
| 19 joint | HaringeyLondon | 12 min |
| 19 joint | HastingsSouth East | 12 min |
| 19 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 12 min |
| 19 joint | LambethLondon | 12 min |
| 19 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 12 min |
| 19 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 12 min |
| 19 joint | ReadingSouth East | 12 min |
| 19 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 12 min |
| 19 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 12 min |
| 19 joint | SuttonLondon | 12 min |
| 19 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 12 min |
| 19 joint | WandsworthLondon | 12 min |
| 19 joint | WorthingSouth East | 12 min |
| 35 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 13 min |
| 35 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 13 min |
| 35 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 13 min |
| 35 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 13 min |
| 35 joint | BristolSouth West | 13 min |
| 35 joint | DartfordSouth East | 13 min |
| 35 joint | EalingLondon | 13 min |
| 35 joint | IpswichEast of England | 13 min |
| 35 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 13 min |
| 35 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 13 min |
| 35 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 13 min |
| 35 joint | OldhamNorth West | 13 min |
| 35 joint | OxfordSouth East | 13 min |
| 35 joint | PrestonNorth West | 13 min |
| 35 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 13 min |
| 35 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 13 min |
| 35 joint | SalfordNorth West | 13 min |
| 35 joint | StevenageEast of England | 13 min |
| 35 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 13 min |
| 35 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 13 min |
| 55 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | BedfordEast of England | 14 min |
| 55 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 14 min |
| 55 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 14 min |
| 55 joint | CardiffWales | 14 min |
| 55 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 14 min |
| 55 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 14 min |
| 55 joint | CroydonLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 14 min |
| 55 joint | EnfieldLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 14 min |
| 55 joint | HarrowLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | HaveringLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | HillingdonLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | HounslowLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 14 min |
| 55 joint | LutonEast of England | 14 min |
| 55 joint | MedwaySouth East | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 14 min |
| 55 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 14 min |
| 55 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 14 min |
| 55 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 14 min |
| 55 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 14 min |
| 55 joint | TamesideNorth West | 14 min |
| 55 joint | ThanetSouth East | 14 min |
| 55 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 14 min |
| 55 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 14 min |
| 86 joint | BoltonNorth West | 15 min |
| 86 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 15 min |
| 86 joint | BrentLondon | 15 min |
| 86 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 15 min |
| 86 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 15 min |
| 86 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 15 min |
| 86 joint | InverclydeScotland | 15 min |
| 86 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 15 min |
| 86 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 15 min |
| 86 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 15 min |
| 86 joint | LancasterNorth West | 15 min |
| 86 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 15 min |
| 86 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 15 min |
| 86 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 15 min |
| 86 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 15 min |
| 86 joint | SloughSouth East | 15 min |
| 86 joint | StockportNorth West | 15 min |
| 86 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 15 min |
| 86 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 15 min |
| 86 joint | TorbaySouth West | 15 min |
| 86 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 15 min |
| 86 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 15 min |
| 108 joint | BarnetLondon | 16 min |
| 108 joint | BasildonEast of England | 16 min |
| 108 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 16 min |
| 108 joint | BromleyLondon | 16 min |
| 108 joint | BuryNorth West | 16 min |
| 108 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 16 min |
| 108 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 16 min |
| 108 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 16 min |
| 108 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 16 min |
| 108 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 16 min |
| 108 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 16 min |
| 108 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 16 min |
| 108 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 16 min |
| 108 joint | NorwichEast of England | 16 min |
| 108 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 16 min |
| 108 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 16 min |
| 108 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 16 min |
| 108 joint | SeftonNorth West | 16 min |
| 108 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 16 min |
| 108 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 16 min |
| 108 joint | TorfaenWales | 16 min |
| 108 joint | TraffordNorth West | 16 min |
| 108 joint | WirralNorth West | 16 min |
| 108 joint | WrexhamWales | 16 min |
| 132 joint | AdurSouth East | 17 min |
| 132 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 17 min |
| 132 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 17 min |
| 132 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 17 min |
| 132 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 17 min |
| 132 joint | BridgendWales | 17 min |
| 132 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 17 min |
| 132 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 17 min |
| 132 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 17 min |
| 132 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 17 min |
| 132 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 17 min |
| 132 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 17 min |
| 132 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 17 min |
| 132 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 17 min |
| 132 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 17 min |
| 132 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 17 min |
| 132 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 17 min |
| 132 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 17 min |
| 132 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 17 min |
| 132 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 17 min |
| 132 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 17 min |
| 132 joint | West LothianScotland | 17 min |
| 132 joint | WiganNorth West | 17 min |
| 132 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 17 min |
| 156 joint | BexleyLondon | 18 min |
| 156 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 18 min |
| 156 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 18 min |
| 156 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 18 min |
| 156 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 18 min |
| 156 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 18 min |
| 156 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 18 min |
| 156 joint | FalkirkScotland | 18 min |
| 156 joint | HavantSouth East | 18 min |
| 156 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 18 min |
| 156 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 18 min |
| 156 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 18 min |
| 156 joint | Orkney IslandsScotland | 18 min |
| 156 joint | SwindonSouth West | 18 min |
| 170 joint | AshfordSouth East | 19 min |
| 170 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 19 min |
| 170 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 19 min |
| 170 joint | CherwellSouth East | 19 min |
| 170 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 19 min |
| 170 joint | RochfordEast of England | 19 min |
| 170 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 19 min |
| 170 joint | SwanseaWales | 19 min |
| 170 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 19 min |
| 170 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 19 min |
| 170 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 19 min |
| 170 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 19 min |
| 170 joint | WokingSouth East | 19 min |
| 170 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 19 min |
| 184 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 20 min |
| 184 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 20 min |
| 184 joint | HaltonNorth West | 20 min |
| 184 joint | MidlothianScotland | 20 min |
| 184 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 20 min |
| 184 joint | NewportWales | 20 min |
| 184 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 20 min |
| 184 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 20 min |
| 184 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 20 min |
| 184 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 20 min |
| 184 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 20 min |
| 184 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 20 min |
| 184 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 20 min |
| 184 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 20 min |
| 184 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 20 min |
| 184 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 20 min |
| 200 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 21 min |
| 200 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 21 min |
| 200 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 21 min |
| 200 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 21 min |
| 200 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 21 min |
| 200 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 21 min |
| 200 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 21 min |
| 200 joint | EastleighSouth East | 21 min |
| 200 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 21 min |
| 200 joint | FyldeNorth West | 21 min |
| 200 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 21 min |
| 200 joint | GosportSouth East | 21 min |
| 200 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 21 min |
| 200 joint | HartSouth East | 21 min |
| 200 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 21 min |
| 200 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 21 min |
| 200 joint | North DevonSouth West | 21 min |
| 200 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 21 min |
| 200 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 21 min |
| 200 joint | WyreNorth West | 21 min |
| 220 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 22 min |
| 220 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 22 min |
| 220 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 22 min |
| 220 joint | DenbighshireWales | 22 min |
| 220 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 22 min |
| 220 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 22 min |
| 220 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 22 min |
| 220 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 22 min |
| 220 joint | RotherSouth East | 22 min |
| 220 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 22 min |
| 220 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 22 min |
| 220 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 22 min |
| 220 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 22 min |
| 220 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 22 min |
| 234 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 23 min |
| 234 joint | ArunSouth East | 23 min |
| 234 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 23 min |
| 234 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 23 min |
| 234 joint | FarehamSouth East | 23 min |
| 234 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 23 min |
| 234 joint | LewesSouth East | 23 min |
| 234 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 23 min |
| 234 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 23 min |
| 234 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 23 min |
| 234 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 23 min |
| 234 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 23 min |
| 246 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 24 min |
| 246 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 24 min |
| 246 joint | CaerphillyWales | 24 min |
| 246 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 24 min |
| 246 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 24 min |
| 246 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 24 min |
| 246 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 24 min |
| 246 joint | New ForestSouth East | 24 min |
| 246 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 24 min |
| 246 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 24 min |
| 246 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 24 min |
| 246 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 24 min |
| 246 joint | WealdenSouth East | 24 min |
| 259 joint | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 25 min |
| 259 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 25 min |
| 259 joint | CrawleySouth East | 25 min |
| 259 joint | DacorumEast of England | 25 min |
| 259 joint | FifeScotland | 25 min |
| 259 joint | FlintshireWales | 25 min |
| 259 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 25 min |
| 259 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 25 min |
| 259 joint | MorayScotland | 25 min |
| 259 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 25 min |
| 259 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 25 min |
| 259 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 25 min |
| 259 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 25 min |
| 259 joint | WaverleySouth East | 25 min |
| 259 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 25 min |
| 274 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 26 min |
| 274 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 26 min |
| 274 joint | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 26 min |
| 274 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 26 min |
| 274 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 26 min |
| 274 joint | DorsetSouth West | 26 min |
| 274 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 26 min |
| 274 joint | SomersetSouth West | 26 min |
| 274 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 26 min |
| 274 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 26 min |
| 274 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 26 min |
| 285 joint | BaberghEast of England | 27 min |
| 285 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 27 min |
| 285 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 27 min |
| 285 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 27 min |
| 285 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 27 min |
| 285 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 27 min |
| 285 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 27 min |
| 285 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 27 min |
| 285 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 27 min |
| 285 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 27 min |
| 285 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 27 min |
| 285 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 27 min |
| 297 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 28 min |
| 297 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 28 min |
| 297 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 28 min |
| 297 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 28 min |
| 297 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 28 min |
| 297 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 28 min |
| 303 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 29 min |
| 303 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 29 min |
| 303 joint | MaldonEast of England | 29 min |
| 303 joint | PendleNorth West | 29 min |
| 303 joint | South HamsSouth West | 29 min |
| 303 joint | StirlingScotland | 29 min |
| 303 joint | StroudSouth West | 29 min |
| 303 joint | SwaleSouth East | 29 min |
| 303 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 29 min |
| 312 joint | CeredigionWales | 30 min |
| 312 joint | ConwyWales | 30 min |
| 312 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 30 min |
| 312 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 30 min |
| 312 joint | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 30 min |
| 312 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 30 min |
| 312 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 30 min |
| 312 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 30 min |
| 312 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 30 min |
| 312 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 30 min |
| 322 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 31 min |
| 322 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 31 min |
| 322 joint | East DevonSouth West | 31 min |
| 322 joint | East LothianScotland | 31 min |
| 322 joint | HorshamSouth East | 31 min |
| 327 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 32 min |
| 327 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 32 min |
| 327 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 32 min |
| 327 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 32 min |
| 327 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 32 min |
| 327 joint | TendringEast of England | 32 min |
| 327 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 32 min |
| 334 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 33 min |
| 334 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 33 min |
| 334 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 33 min |
| 337 joint | CanterburySouth East | 34 min |
| 337 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 34 min |
| 337 joint | GwyneddWales | 34 min |
| 337 joint | HighlandScotland | 34 min |
| 337 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 34 min |
| 337 joint | West DevonSouth West | 34 min |
| 337 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 34 min |
| 344 joint | CornwallSouth West | 35 min |
| 344 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 35 min |
| 344 joint | DoverSouth East | 35 min |
| 344 joint | FenlandEast of England | 35 min |
| 344 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 35 min |
| 344 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 35 min |
| 350 | BrecklandEast of England | 36 min |
| 351 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 37 min |
| 351 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 37 min |
| 351 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 37 min |
| 354 | AngusScotland | 38 min |
| 355 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 39 min |
| 355 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 39 min |
| 357 | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 41 min |
| 358 | North NorfolkEast of England | 43 min |
| 359 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 44 min |
| 359 joint | PowysWales | 44 min |
Not in this list
- Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly have no road to a major A&E: the nearest is on the mainland, by sea or air.
Worked out from the places of every major A&E (220), from NHS England, Public Health Scotland, the Welsh Government and the Department of Health · September 2026 · fetched 16 October 2026 · How this is measured
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