Nottingham Blood Donor Centre

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

Donor centre address

Trinity Square
North Church Street
Nottingham
NG1 4BR

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Where to park

Trinity Square Car Park
North Church Street
Nottingham
NG1 4BT

View this car park on the Nottingham City Council website

Accessibility

The building is fully wheelchair accessible, with street level access. There is a lift to take you up to the donor centre on the 1st floor. Please ring the buzzer to be granted access.

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

You can find the centre at Trinity Square, just around the corner from TK Maxx.

If you are travelling by:

bus: the nearest bus stops are on Victoria Centre, Parliament Street and NTU City.
tram: the nearest tram stop is Royal Centre, which is only a 5 minute walk from the centre.
train: the nearest train station is Nottingham Train Station, which is approximately a 20 minute walk from the donor centre. You can also catch a tram from the train station to the Royal Centre stop, which is a short walk from the centre.
car: please park at Trinity Square Car Park. This is a pay and display multi storey car park, you can validate your ticket at your appointment for a discount on the fee.

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By train, from Nottingham Train Station

The donor centre is a 20 minute walk from the train station through the city centre:

Walk west on Station Street and turn right onto Carrington Street
Continue straight, then bear right onto Lister Gate
Walk straight onto Albert Street
Turn right onto St Peter's Gate, then left onto Exchange Walk
Turn left onto South Parade, then right onto Old Market Square
Continue onto King Street and follow it to Upper Parliament Street
Turn left onto King's Walk, then right onto Forman Street
Turn left onto Trinity Row, then right onto Burton Street
Turn left onto North Church Street

By car, from M1 South

Take the A610 exit towards Nottingham
At Nuthall Interchange, take the 1^st exit onto A610
At the roundabout, take the 3^rd exit and stay on A610
At the roundabout, take the 2^nd exit onto Nuthall Road/A610, continue to follow A610
Slight left onto Talbot Street
Continue onto Burton Street
Turn left onto Sherwood Street
Turn right onto Shakespeare Street
Turn right onto North Church Street
Turn left and arrive at destination on the left

By car, M1 North

At Junction 24, take the A453 exit to Nottingham.
At Kegworth interchange, exit onto Remembrance way/A453
At Mill Hill Roundabout, take the 2^nd exit onto Barton Lane/Remembrance Way/A453
At the roundabout, take the 2^nd exit onto Clifton Lane/Remembrance Way/A453
At the roundabout, take the 1^st exit and stay on Clifton Lane/Remembrance Way/A453
At the Farnborough Road Roundabout, take the 2^nd exit onto Clifton Lane/A453
Merge onto Clifton Boulevard/A52
Exit onto Queens Drive/A453 towards City Centre
Continue straight onto Wilford Road
Turn right onto Castle Boulevard
Immediately turn left onto Maid Marian Way
Turn right onto Parliament Street/A6008 from Maid Marion Way
Upper Parliament Street turns left and becomes Sherwood Street
Turn right on Shakespeare Street
Turn right onto North Church Street and the donor centre will be on the left

Where to find us

Opening hours

The donor centre is open on weekdays, evenings and weekends, as follows:

Monday - 8:50am to 4:30pm
Tuesday - 10:50am to 6:30pm
Wednesday - 10:50am to 6:30pm
Thursday - 8:50am to 4:30pm
Friday - 8:50am to 4:30pm
Saturday - closed
Sunday - 8:50am to 4:30pm (platelets only)

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.