at Glossop Road, Sheffield , S10 2JF
<p>The <b>Royal Hallamshire Hospital</b> is a general and <a href="/pages/w/105527612813204">teaching hospital</a> located in <a href="/pages/w/108299645860446">Sheffield</a>, <a href="/pages/w/105531399479647">South Yorkshire</a>, England. It is in the city's <a href="/pages/w/107727159257427">West End</a>, facing Glossop Road and close to the main campus of <a href="/pages/w/108081239216467">University of Sheffield</a> and the Collegiate Crescent campus of <a href="/pages/w/108472812510761">Sheffield Hallam University</a>. The hospital is run by the <a href="/pages/w/135540033144332">Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</a> (which also runs the <a href="/pages/w/133014190067223">Northern General Hospital</a>), and is also in proximity to the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital and <a href="/pages/w/116430038405073">Weston Park Hospital</a>, both of which are part of the Trust, and the <a href="/pages/w/132958530074265">Sheffield Children's Hospital</a>, which is not.</p><h2>History</h2><p>The main building was completed in 1978 and was opened by HRH <a href="/pages/w/111870758837524">Prince Charles</a>, <a href="/pages/w/107393849290477">Prince of Wales</a>. The previous low-rise outpatient buildings (in the foreground) date from the 1950s and the 1960s. The building is in the shape of a T with the rear part of the building overhanging a service road. The hospital consists of three main interlinked buildings, the most significant being the monolithic 21-storey <a href="/pages/w/111987408817518">concrete</a> <a href="/pages/w/113196282027320">structure</a>, the third highest in Sheffield after <a href="/pages/w/624208900962925">St Pauls Tower</a> and the <a href="/pages/w/136969586324962">Arts Tower</a> which results in some commanding views over most of the city. The hospital can also be seen from just about anywhere in the city and is a distinctive landmark. The incinerator stack is at the foot of the T.</p>