RNIB and Action for Blind People Resource Centres

Drop in for information, product demonstrations and to buy products to help you live independently. If you live in England your local resource centre is now run by our associate charity Action for Blind people.

Please call for details of opening hours if not listed.

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London

Action for Blind People London Resource Centre
105 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9NE
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Tel: 020 7388 1266

Opening hours: Weekdays (excluding Bank Holidays): 9.30am to 5pm (Wednesdays 4pm).

We close at 3.30pm on a Friday before a Bank Holiday.

North West

Action for Blind People Liverpool Resource Centre
The Gateway Centre
71 London Road
Liverpool
L3 8HY
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Tel: 0151 298 3220

Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.30 am - 4.30 pm

Please contact us before making a special journey as occasionally we have to change our hours of opening.

South West

Action for Blind People Bristol Resource Centre
10 Stillhouse Lane
Bedminster
Bristol
BS3 4EB
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Tel: 0117 953 7750

Opening hours: Mondays: Closed; Tuesday to Thursday from 10.30 am - 4 pm; Friday: 10.30 am - 3.00 pm.

West Midlands

Action for Blind People Sight Loss Resource Centre
Solihull Central Library
Homer Road
Solihull
B91 3RG
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Tel: 0121 704 6989
Mobile: 07974 25 07 97

Action for Blind People
Suites 6 - 8
The Forecourt
12 Albion Street
Stoke on Trent
ST1 1QH
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Tel: 01782 215 755
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 9 am - 4.30 pm; Friday: 9 am - 4 pm

Northern Ireland / Isle of Man

RNIB Belfast Resource Centre
40 Linenhall Street
Belfast
BT2 8BA
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Tel: 028 9032 9373
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 9 am - 4 pm; Friday: 9 am - 3 pm


NI Derry Resource Centre
Embassy Building
3 Strand Road
L'Derry
BT48 7BH
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Tel: 028 7136 6060
Opening Hours: Tuesday 9am - 4pm

NI Coleraine Resource Centre
37 Abbey Street
Coleraine
County Londonderry
BT52 1EX
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Tel: 028 7032 0333
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 10 am - 2 pm

NI Omagh Resource Centre
10 James Street
Omagh
County Tyrone
BT78 1DH
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Tel: 028 8225 0220

Isle of Man Resource Centre
Corrin Court
Heywood Avenue
Onchan
Isle of Man
IM3 3AP
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Tel: 0162 467 7626
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 10 am - 4 pm

Scotland

RNIB Resource Centre, Edinburgh
12 Hillside Crescent
Edinburgh
EH7 5EA
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Tel: 0131 652 3140
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 10 am - 4 pm; Friday from 10 am - 3 pm.

Forth Valley Sensory Centre
Redbrae Road
Camelon
Falkirk
FK1 4DD
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Tel: 0132 459 0888

Cymru/Wales

Cardiff Vales and Valleys (previously Cardiff Institute for the Blind) Resource Centre
Shand House
20 Newport Road
Cardiff
CF24 0YB
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Tel: 029 2048 5414

For other resource centres in your local area, see our Find useful organisations database with covers the UK and overseas.

Last updated: 5 January 2012

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