Opening hours and visiting
Find out how to find us and when we’re open for visits and services.
Opening hours
The hospital is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and a veterinary surgeon is on-site at all times.
The hospital reception is open during normal working hours:
- Monday 8am-6pm
- Tuesday 8am-6pm
- Wednesday 8am-6pm
- Thursday 8am-6pm
- Friday 8am-6pm.
Outside normal working hours, the duty veterinary team can be contacted for emergency admissions and urgent in-patient enquiries by calling +44 (0)151 794 6041 (calls will be handled via our emergency answering service provider).
Visiting the hospital
Hospital clients
Visiting hours for owners of hospital in-patients are by arrangement with the hospital team and are:
- Monday 3pm-6pm
- Tuesday 3pm-6pm
- Wednesday 3pm-6pm
- Thursday 3pm-6pm
- Friday 3pm-6pm
- Weekends and Bank Holidays: 10am-noon and 2pm-4pm.
Veterinary students, professionals and physiotherapists
We welcome visits to the hospital by veterinary students from other veterinary schools in the UK and overseas wishing to undertake extra mural studies (EMS), veterinary surgeons including those undertaking post-graduate training (Cert AVP, Residency programmes) and veterinary physiotherapy professionals.
We advise booking visits well in advance as we are busy with visitors most times of the year.
To arrange a visit, contact Janet Hardman (Departmental secretary) by email at: jhardman@liverpool.ac.uk.
School work experience visits
Work experience visits are arranged centrally by the School of Veterinary Science. For more information and details on how to register your interest please see the School of Veterinary Science school visits page. Please note applicants must be aged 16 and over.
How to find the hospital
We are located on University of Liverpool’s Leahust Campus.
Postcode: CH64 7TE
Follow signs for the Equine Hospital. The electric gate will open automatically during normal working hours (8am-6pm).
Out of hours, please press the buzzer on the post to the left of the driveway, just before the gate and you will be connected to the duty on site veterinary surgeon.
If you have any delays or problems getting to us, please contact the hospital reception on +44 (0)151 794 6041 (out of hours, this will go through to the emergency answering service who will be able to contact the duty team).