London West End Donor Centre

You can donate blood and platelets over 2 floors at our donor centre in central London. If you need to speak to us, please call our donor helpline on 0300 123 23 23.

Donor centre address

26 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8NB

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Accessibility

The building has wheelchair access to the ground floor donation area. There are more donation chairs on the 1st floor which is not accessible by wheelchair.

For more information, see blood donors and disability.

Facilities

The following facilities are available at this donor centre:

Free Wi-Fi

Refreshments

Toilets

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Travelling to the donor centre

If you are travelling by:

tube: Oxford Circus underground station on the Victoria, Bakerloo and Central lines is less than a 5 minute walk from the donor centre.
bus: Oxford Street and the surrounding area is serviced by a number of bus routes.
bike: there is no bike storage at the centre, however Margaret Street has plenty of bike parking. Please be aware that this is not a secure bike parking facility.
car: there is no car parking at the centre and parking in the area is limited, so public transport is recommended.

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By tube, from Oxford Circus

By bus

Where to find us

Opening hours

The donor centre is split over 2 floors that have different opening times. Both are open on weekdays, evenings and weekends.

Ground floor

Monday - 10:20am to 7:10pm
Tuesday - 10:20am to 7:10pm
Wednesday - 8:20am to 5:10pm
Thursday - 10:20am to 7:10pm
Friday - 8:20am to 5:10pm
Saturday - 8:20am to 5:10pm
Sunday - 8:20am to 5:10pm

First floor

Monday - 8:30am to 5:10pm
Tuesday - 8:30am to 5:10pm
Wednesday - 10:30am to 7:10pm
Thursday - 8:30am to 5:10pm
Friday - 10:30am to 7:10pm
Saturday - 8:30am to 5:10pm
Sunday - 8:20am to 5:10pm

Please note, these hours may be different on bank holidays.

What you can donate

Blood

An appointment to give blood takes an hour, with the donation taking around 5-10 minutes.

Your blood could help someone in an emergency, help save the lives of mothers and babies during childbirth, or help to fight sickle cell.

Find out more about giving blood for the first time

Platelets

An appointment to give platelets takes around 2 hours, with the donation taking up to 90 minutes.

Your platelets could help someone combat cancer or recover from losing a lot of blood after an accident, organ transplant or surgery.