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Information to help you plan and prepare for your visit to the event.

Introduction to The Beautiful Octopus Club

Photograph of the Beautiful Octopus Club. At the club night people are wearing vibrant, colourful clothes, there are bright lights, balloons, inflatable unicorns and DJs on stage.
Heart n Soul’s The Beautiful Octopus Club © Tim Mitchell.

The Beautiful Octopus Club is an inclusive club night.

A club night is an evening for dancing and other entertainment.

The imposing white edifice of a neoclassical 1930s building. Wellcome Collection building, Euston Road, London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

The event is at Wellcome Collection, throughout the building.

Calendar showing the date July 12

The event is on Friday 12 July 2024 at 7pm to 11pm.

A pound sign that is crossed out.

You do not need to pay to visit.

Getting to Wellcome Collection

Rectangular white road sign for Euston Road in Camden, London N1, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

We are a big stone building on Euston Road in central London.

Large white stone building. The entrance to Wellcome Collection museum.
Wellcome Collection entrance, Photographer Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Our address is:

Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BW

This is what the building looks like from the outside.

Two revolving doors with an accessible door in between them for entrance to Wellcome Collection museum.
Wellcome Collection revolving door, Photographer Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

You can enter through one of the two revolving doors, or via the accessible door in between them.

Drawing showing different modes of transport, such as train, bus and bicycle.

Transport

There are different ways you can travel to visit us.

Train icon.
Tube, London Underground icon.

Arriving by Tube or train

Entrance to Euston Square underground rail station in a modern steel and glass building.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

The nearest Tube and train stations are:

Euston Square

Front entrance to Euston train station, London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

Euston

Entrance to Warren Street Underground station, London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

Warren Street

Bus icon.

Arriving by bus

A steel and glass bus shelter and bus stop sign on a wide pavement in front of the Wellcome building on Euston Road London, UK.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

These buses stop close to the museum main entrance:

18, 30, 73, 205, 390

This is what the nearest bus stop looks like.

Bicycle icon.

Arriving by bike

Four large bright yellow metal lockers in a row next to nine smaller grey lockers, stacked in three rows of three.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

If you have a folding bike, you can put it in a locker. The lockers are on level 0 of our building.

If you have a non-folding bike, you can park it in a bike rack. The bike racks are at Euston Station.

Car icon.

Arriving by car

Standard rectangular Blue Badge for people with mobility issues. The text “Blue badge holders only” is written below the image of a figure in a wheelchair.
© Wellcome Collection.

If you have a Blue Badge, you can use one of our limited parking spaces.

A young man and a young woman wearing tops with Wellcome Collection logos to show they are staff.

To book a parking space, contact the Visitor Experience Team.

Visitor Experience
+ 4 4. 0 2 0. 7 6 1 1. 2 2 2 2
Taxi icon.

Arriving by taxi or minibus

The entrance to Gower Place, London, UK.
© Wellcome Collection.

If you are arriving by taxi or minibus, please ask to be dropped off at:

42 Gower Place
London WC1E 2BN

Details from two sections of map showing the location of Gower Place in one and the route to the front entrance of Wellcome Collection from Gower Place in the other.
© Wellcome Collection.

Gower Place is at the back of the Wellcome Collection building.

You can go around the corner to the main entrance at 183 Euston Road.

Three large doors in a row. The two outer doors are glass revolving doors, each with the sign 'wellcome collection' next to them. The central doorway is wider and has a plain glass door.
Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection.

You can also enter via Gower Place through two revolving doors or the accessible door in between them. This entrance has step-free access.

Wellcome Collection accessibility

We want Wellcome Collection to be accessible. Accessible means easy to use for everyone.

The staircase at Wellcome Collection.
WC staircase, Photographer: Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

You can get to every floor in the building by the stairs or the lifts.

The four lifts in the Wellcome Collection building.
WC lifts, Photographer Kevin Percival. Source: Wellcome Collection. © Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

There are 4 lifts in the building.

If your wheelchair or mobility device is 75 cm or wider, access to certain lifts may be limited. Please contact us if you have a larger device and we can help you plan your visit. 

Visitor Experience
+ 4 4. 0 2 0. 7 6 1 1. 2 2 2 2
Icon showing someone using a wheelchair.

There are accessible toilets on all floors of the building.

Changing Places toilet icon.

There is a Changing Places toilet on the ground floor, level 0.

Drawing showing ear defenders.
Drawing showing tinted glasses.
Drawing showing a visor.
Drawing showing a weighted lap pad.

We have:

  • ear defenders
  • tinted glasses
  • tinted visors
  • weighted lap pads

Available on a first-come, first-served basis.

A young man and a young woman wearing tops with Wellcome Collection logos to show they are staff.

If you want to borrow any of these things, please ask a member of staff.

Photo of a wheelchair.

You can borrow a wheelchair when you visit Wellcome Collection.

A long sweeping metal structure forms a contemporary information desk in the reception area of a museum.
© Wellcome Collection.

To borrow a wheelchair, contact our Visitor Experience Team or ask at the Information Desk on the ground floor, level 0.

The information desk looks like this.