General Optical Council

This section tells you how to contact us if you have any queries.

Our address
41 Harley Street
London
W1G 8DJ

Contact numbers
T: +44 (0)20 7580 3898
F: +44 (0)20 7307 3939

Email
E: goc@optical.org

Office hours 
9:00 - 17:00 Mon – Thurs 
9:00 - 16:45 Fri

Finding us
Our central London office has excellent public transport links.  We are a 5-10 minute walk from London Underground stations at Oxford Circus (Bakerloo, Victoria and Central lines), Regent's Park (Bakerloo line), Great Portland Street (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines) and Bond Street (Central and Jubilee lines). Nearby Oxford Street and Portland Place are both well served by buses. See www.tfl.gov.uk for details.

See the Westminster Council website for details and prices of nearby car parks. Please be aware that the office is in the central London congestion charging zone.

Map of the GOC office 

Accessing our office
The entrance to our office has a short flight of steps. If you use a wheelchair or may have difficulty accessing the building, please telephone 020 7580 3898 and ask for reception (option 0) before you visit - we will make arrangements for you to be able to access the building. Our main meeting room is on the ground floor, as is a toilet suitable for wheelchair users. We also have a street level doorbell, at a comfortable height for wheelchair users, so that visitors do not have to use the steps to let us know when they arrive at the building.