Full address
Sir Michael Uren Building
UK Dementia Research Institute's Care Research & Technology Centre
Sir Michael Uren Hub
86 Wood Lane
London
W12 0BZ
Sir Michael Uren Building at the White City Campus - view or download a large version of the campus map and vicinity map.
By public transport
The nearest Underground station is White City, served by the Central line.
The Campus is also just six minutes walk from Wood Lane station (Circle and Hammersmith and City lines) and just under 20 minutes walk from Shepherd’s Bush station (Central line, Overground and National Rail connections).
Plan your route with the Transport for London journey planner
By bicycle
To plan cycling routes to the White City Campus visit Transport for London’s cycling routes pages.
You can also order free, printed cycling maps of White City and the surrounding area via TfL. The White City area is covered by guides number 6 and 7.
Wood Lane is designated as a ‘route signed or marked for use by cyclists on a mixture of quiet or busier roads’. The section of the Westway on the west side of Wood Lane has an off-road cycle path running parallel to the main road.
By road
Imperial’s White City Campus lies directly next to the A40 dual carriageway road, which serves as a key 'arterial' corridor into the heart of London, and outwards to the North Circular ring road surrounding central London and also onto the M25 Orbital Motorway surrounding greater London.
From overseas
The closest airport is Heathrow, from where a taxi or other private road transport will take approximately 35 minutes to reach the Campus. Alternatively, the Heathrow Express and Hammersmith and City / Circle line trains will take you into Wood Lane station in approximately 45 minutes.
Future rail
The Campus is also close to a planned station for a High Speed Rail II service at Old Oak Common, which will take go to Heathrow Airport and beyond to Birmingham and the North of England.
From Imperial’s South Kensington site
A free 35-seat shuttle bus runs hourly, Monday to Friday from the South Kensington Campus (picking up outside the Central Library on Imperial College Road) from 8.10 to 17.10. The route also loops to the Hammersmith Campus. The service also now covers the lunchtime hours.
Find the timetable as well as pick up locations
From Hammersmith Campus
White City Campus is a 10 minute walk from Imperial’s Hammersmith Hospital Campus, via Wood Lane and Du Cane Road
Car parking
There is parking provision for external, registered visitors and for maintenance contractors who need to access the site. There are also permanent parking spaces for disabled staff and disabled students based at the White City Campus.
Push bicycle parking
All staff and students currently have access to bike parking at the Gradpad facility on the North Site, with 50 internal spaces and 38 secured external spaces.
Find out more about the facilities on Campus and in the surrounding area.
Established in 2017 by its principal funder the Medical Research Council, in partnership with Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK, The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the UK’s leading biomedical research institute dedicated to neurodegenerative diseases.