Luton Blood Donor Centre

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

Donor centre address

St George's Square
Bridge Street
Luton
LU1 2NF

Get directions to the donor centre
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Where to park

There is no parking for donors at the donor centre.

Luton City Centre has several public car parks within walking distance of the donor centre. Please be aware that parking charges apply.

Accessibility

The building is fully wheelchair accessible with street level access on the ground 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

Secure bike storage

You can find a 360 degree tour of the centre on Google Maps

Travelling to the donor centre

You can find the donor centre in the town centre on the corner of St George's Square, next to Luton Central Library.

If you are travelling by:

bus: the nearest bus stop is Galaxy Centre, about a 1 minute walk from the donor centre.
train: Luton station is about 5 minute walk away from the donor centre
bicycle: there is a bike rack inside the donor centre for secure storage.
car: there are several public car parks within a short walk of the donor centre. Please be aware that parking charges apply.

View directions

By train, from Luton station

By car, from M1 South

At junction 10, use the left lane to exit towards A1081/Luton (s)/Airport
Continue on London Road to Chapel Viaduct/A505
Follow A505 to Dunstable Place
Continue on Dunstable Place
Take Upper George Street and Alma Street Manchester Street
Luton Donor Centre is on the corner of St George's Square

Please be aware, there is no parking at the donor centre. There are several public car parks within walking distance. Parking charges apply here.

By car, from M1 North

Where to find us

Opening hours

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

Monday - 8:20am - 4:05pm
Tuesday - 8:20am - 4:05pm
Wednesday -11:45am - 7:30pm
Thursday - closed
Friday - 8:20am - 4:05pm
Saturday - 7:50am - 3:35pm
Sunday - 7:50am - 3:35pm

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.