Bethlem Royal Hospital

Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, . Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and television series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.
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  • Hospital
  • …lies at an elevation of 226 feet (69 metres)
  • Description: psychiatric hospital in London
  • Address: Beckenham, BR3 3BX
  • Also known as
    “Bedlam”
    “Bethlem Hospital”
    “St Mary Bethlehem”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum and Eden Park railway station.

Museum
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is situated 800 feet southeast of Bethlem Royal Hospital.

Railway station
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serves , in the… is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Bethlem Royal Hospital.

School
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is an 11–16 mixed, secondary… is situated 1,700 feet west of Bethlem Royal Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monks Orchard and Eden Park.

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is a suburb on the edge of the…

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is a suburban area in …

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is an area of , England, within the .

Bethlem Royal Hospital

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Latitude
51.38263° or 51° 22′ 58″ north
Longitude
-0.03168° or 0° 1′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C3X9XM9+38
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35776498
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­hospital
Open­Street­Map feature
healthcare=­hospital
Geo­Names ID
6289066
Wiki­data ID
Q831377

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Bethlem Royal Hospital” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Bedlam”
  • Basque: “Bethlem Errege-Ospitalea”
  • Bosnian: “Kraljevska bolnica Betlehem”
  • Chinese: “伯利姆皇家醫院”
  • Chinese: “伯利恆皇家醫院”
  • Chinese: “伯利恒皇家医院”
  • Chinese: “貝特萊姆皇家醫院”
  • Danish: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Dutch: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Finnish: “Bedlam”
  • Finnish: “Bethlem Hospital”
  • Finnish: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • French: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • German: “Bedlam”
  • German: “Bethlehem Hospital”
  • German: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Greek: “Βασιλικό Νοσοκομείο Μπέθλεμ”
  • Hebrew: “בית החולים בת’לם”
  • Hebrew: “בית החולים בתלם”
  • Igbo: “Bedlam”
  • Igbo: “St Mary Betlehem”
  • Igbo: “Ụlọ ọgwụ Betlem Royal”
  • Italian: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Japanese: “ベドラム”
  • Japanese: “王立ベスレム病院”
  • Kazakh: “Бедлам”
  • Lithuanian: “Bedlamas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Norwegian: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Persian: “بیمارستان سلطنتی بتلم”
  • Portuguese: “Bethlem royal hospital”
  • Portuguese: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Russian: “Бедлам”
  • Russian: “Бетлемская королевская больница”
  • Spanish: “Hospital Real de Bethlem”
  • Swedish: “Bedlam”
  • Swedish: “Bethlehem Royal Hospital”
  • Swedish: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”
  • Turkish: “Bedlam ingiltere”
  • Ukrainian: “Бедлам”

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