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Overview
Cross Lane Hospital in Scarborough provides mental health services for people in Whitby, Ryedale and Scarborough.
It provides inpatient facilities for adults and older people.
It is a base for our:
- Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Scarborough Community Team
- Adult Mental Health Crisis Team
- supporting teams such as estates, corporate services and training facilities.
Visiting times
Please contact individual wards for visiting times.
Parking
There are plenty of free car parking spaces available to use at Cross Lane Hospital. Disabled parking is also available.
Public transport
By bus – there is a bus stop right outside Cross Lane Hospital. Buses run from Scarborough bus station.
By train – the nearest train station is Scarborough station.
Other information
Artwork is a prominent feature at Cross Lane Hospital. The bright canvases and photographs were chosen with the help of the hospital’s patient groups.
There is also distinctive artwork in the gardens at Cross Lane Hospital which include tactile wall ceramics for patients to touch and feel.

Wards at Cross Lane Hospital
- Rowan Lea – a 20 bed Mental Health Services for Older People ward
- Esk – a 20 bed female adult mental health ward
- Danby – a 20 bed male adult mental health ward