These sessions provide a safe and comfortable environment to start and continue breastfeeding or support with other methods of feeding in the antenatal or postnatal period.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding or mixed feeding, come and discuss your needs with our health visiting team and Breastfeeding Network peer support team.
Find your nearest infant feeding drop-in session
Lambeth infant feeding drop-in sessions:
Mondays, 10am to 11.30am
Gracefield Gardens Health Centre
2-8 Gracefield Gardens
SW16 2ST
Phone: 020 3049 5030
Tuesdays, 12 noon to 2pm (arrive by 1.30pm)
Clapham Manor at Clapham Triangle*
25 William Bonney Estate Clapham Crescent
SW4 7JQ (*Please use postcode to locate centre)
Phone: 020 7622 1393
Wednesdays, 10am to noon (arrive by 11.30am)
St Stephen’s Better Start Children’s Centre
Meadow Place
Vauxhall, SW8 1XZ
Phone: 020 7735 1540
Thursdays, 10am to noon (arrive by 11.30am)
Benton's Lane Better Start Children's Centre
18 Benton's Lane, West Norwood
SE27 9UD
Phone: 020 4542 3520
Fridays, 10am to noon (arrive by 11.30am)
Jubilee Better Start Children's Centre
Tulse Hill
SW2 2JE
Phone: 020 8678 6530
Please note that drop-in group availability may vary due to public or school holidays, please phone in advance or check our Facebook page for up-to-date information.
Specialist one-to-one breastfeeding support is available through referral from your midwife or health visitor and the drop-in groups.
Southwark infant feeding drop-in groups
Mondays, noon to 2pm (arrive by 1.30pm)
1st Place Family Hub
12 Chumleigh Street
SE5 0RN
Phone: 020 7740 8070
Tuesdays, 12pm to 2pm (arrive by 1.30pm)
Crawford Family Hub
Camberwell
SE5 9NF
Phone: 020 7274 8543
Thursdays, 10am to noon (arrive by 11.30am)
Rotherhithe Family Hub
Hawkstone Park (Hawkstone Road entrance)
SE16 2PF
Phone: 020 7358 2878
Fridays, 10am to noon (arrive by 11.30am)
Rye Oak Family Hub
Whorlton Road
SE15 3PD
Phone: 020 3848 5780
Specialist one-to-one breastfeeding support is available through referral from your midwife or health visitor and through the drop-in groups.
More information on Facebook
The ‘Lambeth & Southwark Breastfeeding Groups' Facebook page has the most up-to-date information about our breastfeeding groups, including holiday closures of children’s centres.
Drop-in sessions at St Thomas' Hospital
If you're staying on the maternity unit, you can come to our daily breastfeeding information session, which is held in the postnatal ward.
If you or your baby are staying somewhere else in Guy's and St Thomas', please contact us for support and information:
Further support and information
More information about breastfeeding and guidance about how to express your breastmilk is available on the Guy's and St Thomas' website.