British Consulate General
Paseo de Recoletos, 7-9 4
28004 MADRID
Tel: (91) 5249770
British Consulate
Plaza Mayor 3D
07002 PALMA DE MALLORCA
Tel: (971) 712445/716048/712085
British Consulate General
Alameda de Urquijo 2 8
48008 BILBAO
Tel: (94) 4157600/4157711
Hon. British Consulate
Plaza Compostela 23-6
36201 VIGO
Tel: (986) 437133
Hon. British Consulate
Paseo de Pereda 27
39004 SANTANDER
Tel: (942) 220000
/ British Consulate
Edifico Cataluña
Luis Morote 6
35007 LAS PALMAS
Tel: (928) 262508
British Consulate General
Edif. Torre de Barcelona
Avenida Diagonal 477, 13
08036 BARCELONA
Tel: (93) 419 90 44
BritishConsulate
Plaza Weyler 8-1
38003 TENERIFE
Tel: (922) 286863
British Vice-Consulate
Avda. Isidoro Macabich 45
07800 IBIZA
Tel: (971) 301818/303816
/ BritishConsulate
Plaza Calvo Sotelo 1-2
03001 ALICANTE
Tel: (96) 5216022/5216190
Hon. British Consulate
Calle Real 33, 1-1
43080 TARRAGONA
Tel: (977) 220812
British Consulate
Edificio Duquesa
Duquesa de Parcent 8-1
29001 MALAGA
Tel: (95) 2217571/2212325
Hon. British Vice-Consulate
Sa Casa Nova
Cami de Biniatap 30
07720 Es Castell, MENORCA
Tel: (971) 363373
Contacting the Consulate. (first floor, above Barclays Bank in Plaza Weyler)
BritishConsulate
Plaza Weyler 8-1
Apartado 10088
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canary Islands.
Tel: 922 286863Fax: 928 289903
Office Hours:
Normally open to the public between 0830 and 1400 local time (GMT plus any Daylight Saving Time)
During July and August, 0800 - 1330 on Monday to Thursdays, and 0800 - 1300 on Fridays.
Commercial Department - (La Palmas de Gran Canaria) Tel: 928 262508.Fax: 928 267774
HOSPITALS & CLINICS IN TENERIFE
Santa Cruz
* Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra. de la Candelaria, Ctra. del Rosario 145 Tel: 922 602000/2010/2135 Fax: 922 600608
Hospiten Rambla, Rambla Gral.Franco 115 Tel: 922 291600/248484 Fax: 922 291088
* Hospital Psiquiátrico Provincial, Domingo J. Manrique 2 Tel: 922 286600/04/50 Fax: 922 241841
Servicio de Urgencias Pediatricas (Hospitalito), C/ Dr. Miguel López s/n Tel: 922 470904/05/06 Fax: 922 470907
Clínica Parque, Mendez Nuñez 40 Tel: 922 274400/04 Fax: 922 247674
Clínica Santa Cruz, Enrique Wolfson 8 Tel: 922 534733/31 Fax: 922 281166
Clínica La Colina, Poeta Rguez Herrera 1 Tel: 922 270700/280700 Fax: 922 270908
Clínica Capote, Rambla Gral.Franco 84 Tel: 922 278200/04/08 Fax: 922 276698
Hospital San Juan de Dios Ctra. General del Norte 53 Tel: 922 645511/90 Fax: 922 648790
La Laguna
* Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ctra. Cuesta-Taco Tel: 922 678000/8256 Fax: 922 578071
* Hospital Enfermedades del Torax , Ctra. Cuesta-Taco Tel: 922 602461 Fax: 922 602466 (is National Health)
* Hospital Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, Curva de Gracia No.2, Las Oblatas Tel: 922 255312/1376 Fax: 922 259532
Puerto De La Cruz
Hospiten Bellevue, c/ Alemania 6 Tel: 922 383551 Fax: 922 370312
Hospiten Tamaragua, Agustin de Bethencourt 30 Tel: 922 380512 Fax: 922 380850
La Orotava
Clínica Orotava Urb. San Miguel 2 Tel: 922 330550 Fax: 922 331862
Playa De Las Americas
Hospiten Las Americas Playa de las Americas Tel: 922 750022/1434 Fax: 922 793618
Hospital Costa Adeje, Ctra. Gral. del Sur Tel: 922 752626/791000 Fax: 922 796570
La Palma
* Hospital General, Buenavista de Arriba s/n Tel: 922 185000/5277
La Gomera
* Hospital Insular Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, El Calvario No.4, San Sebastian de La Gomera Tel: 922 140200 Fax: 922 870021
El Hierro
* Hospital Ntra. Sra. de Los Reyes , c/ Constitución No.29, Valverde, El Hierro Tel: 922 552800/2990 Fax: 922 550330
USEFUL WEB SITES
Authorities in Spain
Spanish Home Office; Residence registration information, in Spanish
Government information, in Spanish
Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: information on The Pet Travel Scheme
What the Consulate may be able to do for you
- Emergency - issue emergency passports.
- Emergency - contact relatives and friends and ask them to help you with money or tickets.
- Emergency - cash you a sterling cheque worth up to £100 if supported by a valid banker's card.
- Emergency - as long as you meet certain strict rules, give you a loan to get you back to the UK. (Note there is no law that says they must do this, and you must demonstrate no one else can help you.)
- Tell you how to transfer money.
- Help you get in touch with local lawyers, interpreters and doctors.
- Arrange for next of kin to be told of an accident or a death and advise on procedures.
- Visit you if you have been arrested or put in prison and in some circumstances, arrange messages
- Give guidance on organisations who help trace missing persons.
- Speak to the local authorities for you, in certain circumstances.
What the Consulate CANNOT do for you
- Intervene in court cases.
- Get you out of prison.
- Give legal advice or start court proceedings for you.
- Get you better treatment in hospital or prison than is given to local nationals.
- Investigate a crime.
- Pay your hotel, legal, medical or any other bills.
- Pay your travel costs, except in special circumstances.
- Do work normally done by travel agents, airlines, banks or motoring organisations.
- Get you somewhere to live, a job or work permit.
- Formally help you if you are a dual national, in the country of your second nationality.
The Canary Islands are part of Spain and are divided into two provinces; the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which comprises the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera and Hierro and the Province of Las Palmas, consisting of the islands of Grand Canary, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
The Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has a total population of about 750,000. Tenerife is the main island, its capital being Santa Cruz with a population of over 200,000. The principal holiday resorts are Puerto de la Cruz on the NorthCoast and Playa de las Americas/Los Cristianos in the South. The island had 4 million visitors in 2001, of whom some 1.8 million were British. The large port at Santa Cruz handles over 52 million tons of shipping annually.