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Travelling to and from The Royal London Hospital

The Royal London Hospital is located in Whitechapel, in London’s East End. There are excellent transport links to the hospital.

Receptions

The receptions at the Stepney Way entrance to the main building and Whitechapel Road entrance to the old building are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The reception at the Whitechapel Road entrance will close in March 2012.

Accessing the new main building at The Royal London Hospital

There are several public entrances to the new building including:

Stepney Way – pedestrian and vehicle access (main drop-off point for patients arriving by car and taxi).

Whitechapel Road/East Mount Street – pedestrian access only.

A&E entrance off the north end of Milward Street – pedestrian access for Accident and Emergency only.

Map showing the location of the Accident and Emergency Department at the new Royal London Hospital

The two South Tower clinic entrances: 
Ophthalmology Clinic and Clinic 3.
Haematology Day Unit and access to Outpatients on first and second floors via lift core six.

 

By tube and rail

The hospital is located opposite Whitechapel underground station. It is served by the Hammersmith and City and District lines as well as the London Overground.

For full details of tube services, please call 020 7222 1234 or visit the Transport for London website.

Liverpool Street is the nearest National Rail station.

For general rail enquiries please call National Rail enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or visit the National Rail website.

 

By bus

The following buses stop outside or close to the hospital on Whitechapel Road: numbers 25, 106, 205, 253 and 254 as well as night buses N25, N106 and N253. Bus numbers 15, 115 and D3 stop close to the hospital on Commercial Road. Low-floor wheelchair accessible buses run on all routes serving The Royal London Hospital.

 

Download Bus routes to The Royal London Hospital.

Or visit the Transport for London website for further bus information.  

 

By car and taxi

The drop-off/pick-up point is outside the hospital's main entrance on Whitechapel Road.

Parking 

There is no public parking at the hospital itself, but there is limited metered parking available around The Royal London. However, meters can be found on the following streets located to the rear of the hospital 

• Turner Street
• Ashfield Street
• Varden Street
• Cavell Street

There is no disabled parking at the hospital, but drivers who are registered disabled and have a blue badge should check where to park via the link http://webgis.towerhamlets.gov.uk. In the 'address finder' box type in The Royal London Hospital postcode: E1 1BB and then click

Congestion charge 
The hospital is situated just outside the congestion charging zone. If you need to drive through the zone to get to hospital, please visit the Transport for London website at www.cclondon.com for advice on how to pay and possible exemptions (for example, if you are registered as disabled).

 

By bike

The Royal London is serviced by Bicycle Superhighway Route CS2, which runs from Bow to Aldgate, taking in the Whitechapel Road.

Cycle parking facilities are available around the hospital.

The hospital appears on the free Cycle Guide for area 10. You can order this map by calling 020 7222 1234 or by going to the Transport for London / cycling website. 

Barclays cycle hire docking points are available outside the hospital on Whitechapel High Street, more information can be found on the Transport for London - cycle hire website.

 

Journey Planner

Transport for London offers an on-line Journey Planner: this allows you to plan your journey to and from The Royal London Hospital. To use this service click here on Journey Planner.

Alternatively, call the 24-hour London travel information line on tel 020 7222 1234.

Information for patients and visitors travelling to and from The Royal London Hospital is available in a leaflet from Transport for London. Download Travelling to and from The Royal London Hospital - information from Transport for London.

 

For patients

For patients - your transport questions answered

 

Disabled access guides available online for The Royal London, Barts, and The London Chest

Disabled access guides for the Trust’s three hospitals are available online at www.disabledgo.com.

Each of the Trust’s hospitals was surveyed to produce the information held in the guides, which are part of Trust’s work to meet the needs of disabled people through a three year strategy for equality and diversity. The guides provide reliable access information about our facilities, increasing the confidence of disabled people visiting our hospitals and therefore improving the patient experience.

The DisabledGo website provides disabled access guides for a range of public venues across the UK, including cinemas, colleges and hospitals.