Francis Crick Institute, Camden, London. Open Wednesday - Saturday. Free entry.
Details
Accessibility:
There are five disability parking spaces around the building - three on Brill Place and two on Ossulston Street but - but the nearest public car park is at Euston station and St Pancras station. There is a entrance which provides step-free access on Midland Road with a wheelchair-accessible door.
There are disability toilets throughout the building both specifically for the exhibition and for the seminar suites. The building is wheelchair-accessible and there are audio loop facilities in reception, the auditorium, seminar rooms and meeting rooms. Assistance dogs are welcome.
Accessibility statement: https://www.crick.ac.uk/contact-us/how-to-find-us/visitors-with-disabilities/
There is a Shopmobility service in the London Borough of Camden, further details of the scheme can be found here: https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1839/111976.php.
Brief Description:
The Francis Crick Institute is an independent organisation that works to understand why disease develops and to use this information to create methods to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections and neurodegenerative diseases, etc.
"The Crick" was formed in 2015 by a number of medical and pharmaceutical bodies.
Visitors can view its exhibition for free and discover how some of London's most brilliant minds are re-thinking research to help shape the future of human health.
Further Information:
Address:
1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, Greater London, NW1 1AT
Telephone:
020 379 60000
Email:
Website:
Opening Hours:
Wednesday 10:00-20:00
Thursday 10:00-15:00
Friday 10:00-17:00
Saturday 10:00-17:00 (cafe 11:00-15:00)
The cafe and exhibition are sometimes closed for private events. Please view the following link for details of upcoming closures:
https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/about/
Directions:
The nearest tube stations is King's Cross St Pancras (Northern, Piccadilly, Hammersmith and City, Circle and Metropolitan).
Bus routes - 45, 46, 214 stop outside the Crick on Midland Road
Bus routes - 10, 30, 59, 73, 91, 205, 390, 476 stop on Euston Road outside the British Library
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Transport:
There is an excellent public transport system throughout London and Greater London. For more information on buses, trains (including the Tube), airports and river traffic please contact Transport For London on 0343 222 1234 (Textphone 0800 112 3456). For further details on accessible services please see the website: https://tfl.gov.uk/
Amenities:
There is a cafe on site, with a variety of takeaway food outlets around the neighbouring stations of St Pancras and King's Cross, as well as other places in Camden where you can purchase food and drink.
Travel Information
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Or call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33
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NB London ULTRA-LOW EMISSION ZONE
This started on 8 April 2019 in the Central London Congestion Charge Zone, and will extend to the whole of the London area within the
M25 Motorway from 25 October 2021.
For more details please see:
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Vehicles registered with a 'disabled' or 'disabled passenger vehicles' tax class will benefit from a grace period after the ULEZ starts until 26 October 2025 as long as their vehicle doesn't change tax class, and this also applies to a 'disabled' vehicle registered outside the UK.
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