Visit The Invention Rooms

How to find us

Where to find us

The Invention Rooms,
68 Wood Lane, 
White City, 
London W12 7TA

By public transport

The Invention Rooms are just a 2 minute walk from White City Underground Station (Central line). Wood Lane station (Hammersmith and Circle lines) is a 5 minute walk away. Shepherd's Bush station (Central line, Overground and National Rail connections) is a 20 minute walk away. Local bus routes include: 72, 95, 220, 228 and 272. 

Opening hours

The Invention Rooms is open for scheduled events and programmes only. Find out more about what's on at The Invention Rooms by signing up to the Community Engagement email newsletter.

Contact us

For general enquiries, please contact theinventionrooms@imperial.ac.uk

Three unique spaces

Make girl on the maker challenge

The Dangoor Reach Out Makerspace

A unique workshop and design studio where the local community can get hands-on experience of making and prototyping.

There are free after-school programmes for local young people and equipment to make just about anything – from wearable technology to household gadgets.

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Advanced Hackspace

A cutting-edge workshop facility for staff, students and partners to develop new ideas and prototypes.

The workshop has 3D printing and digital manufacturing, woodwork and metalwork, and a bio-lab for synthetic biology and molecular fabrication.

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Community woman and child at community event in the invention rooms cafe

The Interaction Zone

A warm and welcoming space with events and activities for the local community, including science workshops and tech drop-in sessions.

The Interaction Zone also has meeting rooms available for community-university projects with WiFi connectivity throughout the venue.

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