Bristol Blood Donor Centre

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

Donor centre address

Southmead Hospital
Southmead Road
Bristol
BS10 5LX

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Where to park

There is free parking for donors outside the donor centre in areas marked 'donor parking'.

Your number plate will be automatically detected when you park. To avoid any issues, kindly ensure you enter your vehicle registration details into the computer upon arrival.

Accessibility

The building is fully wheelchair accessible.

For more information, see blood donors and disability.

Facilities

The following facilities are available at this donor centre:

Free Wi-Fi

Refreshments

Toilets

Free parking

Travelling to the donor centre

The centre is located on the Southmead Hospital site.

If you are travelling by:

bus: Southmead Hospital is served by over 12 bus services which stop either on site outside the main entrance to the Brunel building, or very close by. Plan your bus journey using travel west
train: the nearest stations are Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood and Temple Meads. Each station has bus connections to the hospital.
bicycle: cycle parking is available outside the donor centre.
car: there is free parking for donors outside the donor centre in spaces labelled 'donor parking'. Please let us know your number plate on arrival.

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By car, from the M4

M4 junction 19 take the M32 towards Bristol. Leave the M32 at the first exit, (A4174 signposted Parkway).
Turn right at the roundabout.
Proceed along the dual carriageway.
At Filton Hill round about (junction with A38) go straight across onto B4056 Southmead Road.
Go straight across the double mini roundabout. The hospital is 250 yards beyond the roundabout on left.

By car, from the M5

At junction 17 leave motorway towards Bristol (W). Take fourth available exit off roundabout on to A4018 (Cribbs Causeway).
Take second available exit off roundabout onto A4018 (Cribbs Causeway).
Take first available exit off roundabout on to A4018.
Take second available exit off roundabout on to A4018 (Passage Road).
Take third available left on to Greystoke Avenue.
Turn right at mini-roundabout on to Doncaster Road.
Turn left on to B4056 (Southmead Road).

Where to find us

Opening hours

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

Monday - 11:20am to 7pm
Tuesday - 11:20am to 7pm
Wednesday - 8:20am to 4pm
Thursday - 11:20am to 7pm
Friday - 8:20am to 4pm
Saturday - closed
Sunday - 8:20am to 4pm (closed every other week)

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.