| St. Margaret's Hospital | |
| Location: | Epping |
| Region: | Essex |
| State: | England |
| Country: | UK |
| Healthcare: | National Health Service |
| Type: | District general |
| Affiliation: | None |
| Patron: | None |
| Coordinates: | 51.705°N 0.1238°W |
| Map Type: | Essex |
St Margaret's Hospital is a hospital in Epping, Essex. It is managed by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.
The hospital has its origins in the Epping Union Workhouse Infirmary built in 1846.[1] New infirmary buildings were constructed in 1876, in the 1880s and again in 1911.[1] The site became the Epping Institution in 1930 and St. Margaret's Hospital in 1938.[2]
On 22 March 1945 the hospital was hit by a German V-2 rocket, which destroyed the water tower, flooding nearby houses. 7 men were killed. Some houses, the elderly unit and the laundry block at the hospital and a single storey timber built casual ward were destroyed.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948[2] and the workhouse building itself was demolished in 2001.[1]