Our network of 28 Centres spans England, recruiting participants for the national BioResource, with some Centres also specialising in certain health or disease areas.
Each BioResource Centre is connected to the corresponding local Clinical Research Facility (CRF), which are National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) supported infrastructure.
Use the interactive map to locate your nearest BioResource centre, or use the list below.
Our first location in 2006, the BioResource Centre - Cambridge supports both local and national studies by providing access to pre-collected biological samples and clinical research facilities at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Box 299, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ
cbr@bioresource.nihr.ac.uk
0800 090 1212
The Norfolk Clinical Research Facility (CRF) in the Quadram Institute is home to a host of research initiatives to aid the development of new treatments and improve patient care.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UY
Tel: 01603 286286
The BioResource Centre - Leicester specialises in cardiovascular research and aims to increase the understanding about human heart health and living with heart illness.
Glenfield General Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP
0300 303 1573 Ext: 2814
NIHR Leicester CRF
The BioResource Centre - Nottingham joined our network in 2022 and is hosted by one of the largest clinical research facilities (CRF) in the Midlands.
E Floor, South Block, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH
The BioResource Centre - Barts is based at the 2 Barts CRF locations:
11th Floor, Royal London Hospital, Stepney Way, E1 1BB
020 7882 7150
Junction 9, Lower Ground Floor, Whipps Cross Hospital, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, E11 2NR
020 8539 5522 ext. 6730
The BioResource Centre - Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is hosted by the GOSH Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and joined our national network of centres to support recruitment of research participants from the local area in 2022.
BioResource@gosh.nhs.uk
The Guy's and St Thomas' Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is based within Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), one of the NHS’s largest hospitals. We serve a rich and diverse inner urban London population through 3 of our hospital sites, St Thomas’ (Lambeth), Guy’s (Southwark) and since 2021, Royal Brompton (Chelsea).
The BioResource Centre - Imperial is hosted by the NIHR Imperial Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and supports recruitment of research volunteers from the local area.
Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS
imperial.crf@nhs.net
020 3313 8070
NIHR Imperial CRF
The BioResource Centre - Maudsley is hosted by NIHR King's CRF and leads GLAD and EDGI, part of the Mental Health BioResource.
1st Floor, Cheyne Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
BioResource@kcl.ac.uk
NIHR Kings CRF
Our BioResource Centre - Moorfields focuses on patients and families with rare inherited eye conditions as well as the common blinding conditions of age-related macular disease, primary open angle glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 162 City Road, London, EC1V 2 PD
moorfields.crfenquiries@nhs.net
At the Royal Free Clinical Research Facility (CRF), we provide innovative facilities, equipment, and experienced staff to enable early-phase clinical research in healthy adults and patients with acute, complex, and long-term conditions.
Royal Free Hospital, Pond St, London, NW3 2QG
rf.crf@nhs.net
The Royal Marsden CRF builds on the success of the NIHR Imaging CRF, with an expanded focus to include experimental medicine and early phase cancer trials.
131-139 Dovehouse St, London, SW3 6JZ
RoyalMarsdenCRF@rmh.nhs.uk
NIHR Royal Marsden CRF
The Clinical Research Facility, managed by St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, provides staff and facilities to enable university and Trust researchers to offer and run high-quality clinical trials for our patients and volunteers.
St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London SW17 0QT
crf@stgeorges.nhs.uk
NIHR St George's CRF
University College London Hospital Trust and UCL partner hospitals work to support the national effort to recruit individuals to the NIHR BioResource.
2nd Floor UCL Institute of Health Informatics, 222 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DA
020 3447 2248
uclh.bioresource@nhs.net
BioResource Centre - UCLH
The BioResource Centre - Newcastle specialises in research in ageing and multiple long-term conditions.
Room G48 Edwardson Building Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle, NE4 5PL
0191 2081186 Ext: 81186
newcastlebioresource@ncl.ac.uk
NIHR Newcastle CRF
The NIHR Lancashire Clinical Research Facility (CRF) aims to improve patient care by increasing understanding of the causes of disease and improving diagnosis and treatment.
LancashireCRF@lthtr.nhs.uk
01772 522031
NIHR Lancashire CRF
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals. We treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.
1st Floor, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP
0151 252 5570
research@alderhey.nhs.uk
The Liverpool Clinical Research Facility (CRF) first opened in 2009, and provides a state of the art purpose built facility. The facility is based on the 4th floor of the Royal Liverpool Hospital site with access to specialist teams and equipment, providing a safe environment to do clinical research studies.
Royal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot St, Liverpool, L7 8XP
0151 706 4860
crf.contact@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
NIHR Liverpool CRF
The BioResource Centre - Manchester is hosted by the NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and supported by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
Find out more or get involved in the BioResource in Manchester:
D-CYPHR and IBHO – If you are a clinician, healthcare professional, school or a community group who would like to get involved, please contact:
Laura Crowther
Clinical Trials Manager
Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine
Laura.crowther@mft.nhs.uk
Lynsey Priest
Strategic Project Manager
Lynsey.Priest@mft.nhs.uk
Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases – If you are a clinician or healthcare professional who would like to get involved, please contact:
Fiona Stirling
IMID BioResource Project Manager
The University of Manchester
Fiona.stirling@manchester.ac.uk
Oxford Experimental Medicine Clinical Research Facility (CRF) provides a resource for early phase, experimental research across the Medical Sciences Division.
Churchill Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LE
oxcrf@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
NIHR Oxford CRF
The Oxford Health Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is a dedicated centre for improving mental and cognitive health treatments through clinical research. The CRF is based at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford and is the only NIHR-supported CRF dedicated to mental health.
Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX
NIHR Oxford Health CRF
Based at the University of Surrey in Guildford, Surrey Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is a purpose-built clinical area dedicated to research trials and studies in adults.
Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XP
+44 1483 689797
NIHR Royal Surrey CRF
The BioResource Centre - Southampton serves the Wessex Clinical Research Network, combining superb clinical research facilities with academic and clinical excellence to advance health, with programme specialties in nutrition, respiratory and critical care, cancer and musculoskeletal research.
Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research, C Level West Wing, Mailpoint 218, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD
david.stockley@UHS.NHS.UK
023 8120 4989
NIHR Southampton CRF
The NIHR Bristol Clinical Research Facility (CRF) provides a space for patients and volunteers from our local population to take part in studies, set apart from the busy hospital setting, safely and to the very highest standards.
60 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DX, UK
CRF@uhbw.nhs.uk
NIHR Bristol CRF
The NIHR BioResource in Exeter facilitates research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of rare and common diseases.
Level 2, RILD Building, Barrack Rd, Exeter, EX2 5DW
NIHR Exeter CRF
The BioResource Centre - Birmingham is hosted by Birmingham Clinical Research Facility (CRF) which was established in 2001 and is based across University Hospitals Birmingham and Birmingham Women’s and Children’s hospital. The CRF provides a high-quality clinical environment where volunteers and patients of all ages can take part in experimental and early phase clinical research.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2GW
Joanne.O'Neill@uhb.nhs.uk
NIHR Birmingham CRF
The BioResource Centre - Leeds, led by Dr Sinisa Savic, sits within the wider NIHR infrastructure at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and is committed to delivering research to transform the outcomes and lives of people with a range of diseases.
leedsth-tr.nihrbioresource@nhs.net
0113 206 0476
NIHR Leeds CRF
The BioResource Centre - Sheffield is part of the NIHR Sheffield Clinical Research Facility (CRF), hosted by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the University of Sheffield.
0 Floor, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 2JF
sth.sheffieldbioresource@nhs.net
NIHR Sheffield CRF
The NIHR BioResource provides researchers with access to over 350,000 consented volunteers, with and without health conditions, through a single, streamlined database and repository.
