Preparing for your Wellbeing & Gender Scan

You must attend your routine scans with the NHS.

You can prepare for your gender scan by ensuring that you are properly hydrated in the 24 hours prior to your appointment. Please arrive to your appointment with a full bladder.

This is a 20 minute appointment. Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes early for your scan in order to complete the necessary paperwork. Failure to do so may result in your appointment time being reduced.

Please bring your pregnancy notes with you. We may not need them, but it is helpful if our qualified Sonographers need to refer to them at any stage during your gender scan.

Additional images, digital downloads of your scan images and a variety of products are available at Hey Baby 4D Preston to purchase on the day.

Finding Hey Baby 4D Preston

By Public Transport

• By train: The nearest major station is Preston railway station. From there it’s about a 4–5 minute walk to our clinic
• By bus: Many local buses stop very close — including services 1, 41, 61, 125, 280 (among others). Use stops like Ring Way (≈ 3 minutes’ walk) or Corporation Street / Railway Station stop (≈ 4 minutes’ walk) for easiest access.

Once you step off at the appropriate stop:

• From Ring Way: walk approximately 150–200 metres to Lune Street.
• From Preston railway station / Corporation Street stop: exit the station (or bus), turn towards the city centre and walk down Corporation Street into the area around Lune Street, following pedestrian signs (or map) to number 37.

By Car or Taxi / Driving

If you’re driving, or coming by taxi, aim for Lune Street, PR1 2NN in central Preston. Lune Street lies within a short walking distance from the railway station and the city-centre bus stops, so once you're on Lune Street (or nearby) you are already close — look for the clinic signage.

If you are arriving from outside Preston:

• From the motorway network (e.g. via the M6 / M55), follow the local signs toward Preston City Centre
• Once in the city, aim to reach the central area around the old town / city centre — Lune Street is just a short distance from the heart of Preston, and near major public-transport hubs.

A taxi dropped at “Preston Railway Station” or “Railway Station / Ring Way” stop will leave you within 3–5 minutes’ walk of the clinic.

Local Landmarks & What to Look For

• The clinic is on Lune Street, right in the city centre of Preston — very close to the central transport links.
• A well-known nearby landmark is the old Corn Exchange, Preston building, which is also on (or very near) Lune Street and may help as visual reference.