Prepare for your visit
It’s great that you’re making plans to visit us at IKEA!
Here you’ll find information about features and facilities at our stores so your visit can be planned with confidence. Accessibility, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our culture, with our teams always ready to give a warm welcome for everyone.
Family friendly store & parking
For many a trip to IKEA is a fun day out for the whole family. We take pride in ensuring there are features and facilities available that families need and with something for everyone to enjoy.
All our IKEA stores have free parking*, which includes Disabled and Parent & Baby parking bays.
*Free parking is only available for a defined period of time and subject to a minimum spend at our IKEA Southampton and for a maximum of 5 hours at IKEA Greenwich stores. Free parking is not available at IKEA Hammersmith as it is run by Livat shopping centre and is pay hourly.
All our stores in the UK are also equipped with electric car chargers supplied by GRIDSERVE, which accepts contactless card payment. For pricing, please visit the GRIDSERVE website, and for availability and specifications, please visit the GRIDSERVE map and search for 'IKEA' for more information.
Småland
We have now reopened Småland at a few of our IKEA stores, with the rest opening soon!
To find out more about Småland and which stores are now open, please read more below.
Family friendly toilets / baby care rooms
Each store offers family friendly toilets located in all toilet areas as well as nursing and changing facilities. These contain step stools and toilet seat boosters in each family toilet cubicle.
There are nappy vending machines and pull down changing tables in both male and female toilets, with separate changing facilities available.
We are also proud to offer accessible places to change in many of our stores.
Shopping bags & trolleys
We have shopping bags for picking up smaller items that are available whilst exploring our show room and trolleys in both our Market Hall and Self-Serve areas for your bigger shopping items, which are available at the entrances.
All family, wheelchair and disabled specific need trolleys are available at the main entrance of our stores.*
*Please note, at IKEA Southampton, wheelchairs are available from level 1 at Customer Services.
Free wifi
Our free WiFi is available all over the store and we are proud to be members of the Friendly WiFi scheme.
Accessibility
At IKEA, accessibility, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our vision to create a better every day life for the many people. That's why we are committed to being as accessible as possible, so that everyone has a wonderful shopping experience whenever, wherever and however they choose to shop.
Accessible store
To support your visit we offer a number of manual wheelchairs*, accessible parking spaces and wide aisles in store. Our pay points are also fully equipped with detachable chip & pin pads with easy release for those with mobility issues.
Assisted shopping
For visitors with specific needs, we offer a range of services, including assisted shopping.
This can range from support in getting around the store, help with picking items in our Self-Serve warehouse to loading/unloading goods from your vehicle.
To book, please contact us prior to your visit or alternatively you may request help upon arrival at the store in the Customer Service area.
Electric vehicle charging
At IKEA, we believe in having a positive impact on people and planet, therefore when visiting our store we encourage our customers to travel via sustainable modes of transport.
Our service partner GRIDSERVE provide an Electric Vehicle Charging service at our IKEA stores, at which they charge a small fee for a rapid charge.
For more information visit GRIDSERVE here
Food and drink you can trust
All our UK stores are now open, this includes our Restaurants, Swedish Food Markets and Bistros. However, we’re currently unable to provide up-to-the minute information on our IKEA Food operating times. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.