Gants Hill testing centre
Due to the severity of Storm Eunice, all COVID testing sites in Redbridge are closed to the public today.
For further updtes on storm Eunice please visit here.
Gants Hill Library car park is the new permanent coronavirus testing centre.
Please pre-book your test online or by calling 119.
There is also Mildmay car park testing centre, mobile testing in Redbridge and at-home tests available, find out more and apply on our coronavirus testing page.
Location
The test centre is located in Gants Hill Library Car Park.
Gants Hill Library Car Park
Cranbrook Rd
Ilford
IG2 6SX
Opening times
Open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm.
From 1 November the Gants Hill testing site will operate from 8am to 6pm.
Getting a test
The walk-through facility is accessible without a car and provides easy access to testing if you have any of the following coronavirus symptoms:
- a new continuous cough
- a high temperature
- a loss of or change in normal sense of smell or taste
The free swab test takes less than a minute. For the test to be effective, it must be taken within five days of your symptoms appearing.
If you test positive, NHS Test and Trace will get in touch with you about self-isolating and tracing anyone you came in close contact with.