Getting tested is the easy bit.

The NHS service for Birmingham and Solihull. Free kit by post or from a clinic, plus walk-in clinics.

Birmingham and Solihull · 16+

Brighton and Hove's NHS service. Free home kit for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV, ordered online and results through their portal.

Brighton and Hove

The NHS service for Bristol and around (it used to be Unity). Free postal kits through SH:24, no appointment needed, plus clinics if you'd rather see someone.

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Free postal kit for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis if you live in Buckinghamshire and have no symptoms.

Buckinghamshire

NHS clinics across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Milton Keynes, Norfolk and Peterborough, plus a free Express Test kit posted to you if you've no symptoms.

Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes

Brook runs Cornwall's NHS service. Free postal kit through SH:24 for over 16s in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, delivered next working day.

Cornwall · 16+

Derbyshire's NHS service. Order a free STI test online through SH:24 from 16, results by text within about a week.

Derbyshire · 16+

Devon's NHS service. Order a self-test kit online if you've no symptoms, or book into a clinic in Exeter, Torbay and elsewhere.

Devon

Dorset's NHS service, including Bournemouth and Poole. Their Click-It online testing sends a free kit to your door after a few questions.

Dorset

For Bracknell Forest, Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead. Free home kit for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV, ordered online.

East Berkshire

Run with Kent Community Health NHS Trust for East Sussex. Free at-home STI kits ordered online, plus clinics in Eastbourne, Hastings and around.

East Sussex

Preventx's free NHS postal kit, used by dozens of local services from Kent to Leeds. Answer a few questions, kit comes first class in a plain pack, results by text.

England

Free NHS postal kits in a lot of areas. Pop your postcode in, kit lands in a plain envelope, results by text.

England · 16+

Free HIV (and often syphilis) test posted to you, run with SH:24. Pick a rapid self-test or a lab one.

England · 16+

Register on the Essex portal and a free self-test kit arrives in a plain, letterbox-friendly envelope. Covers the most common STIs.

Essex

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's sexual health service. No symptoms? Order a free home kit online.

Glasgow and Clyde · 16+

Brook's Manchester clinic, with free chlamydia and gonorrhoea postal kits through SH:24 for 16 to 19s in Manchester, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford.

Greater Manchester · 16 to 19

The NHS service for Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton. Free STI and HIV kits by post once you've set up their online health record.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Herts' NHS service explains your options: a free postal kit from SH:24, or grab a chlamydia and gonorrhoea kit from a local pharmacy or youth hub.

Hertfordshire

Kent's NHS service. If you've no symptoms, order a free online kit through SH.UK; otherwise book a clinic appointment from this page.

Kent

Leeds' NHS service. Free online STI testing at home through SH.UK, plus clinics and online chlamydia treatment.

Leeds

Free kit for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV if you're 16 or over in Leicester. One routine order every three months.

Leicester · 16+

Lincolnshire's NHS postal kit. Free for anyone 15 or over in the county, tests chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV, results within a week.

Lincolnshire · 15+

For Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton, Warrington and Cheshire East. Free postal kit through SH:24 for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis.

Liverpool and Cheshire

Free NHS kit by post for most London boroughs. Order at shl.uk, sorted the same day, results in a few days.

London · 16+

The New Croft Centre's service for Newcastle. Free home testing kits ordered online if you've no symptoms, and a big city-centre clinic if you have.

Newcastle

NHS service for Northumberland and North Tyneside. Free STI home kits for over 16s, and chlamydia and gonorrhoea kits for 15 to 24s, ordered online.

Northumberland and North Tyneside · 16+

Anyone in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire can order a free postal kit through SH.UK for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV.

Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

Free kit for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis if you're 18 or over and live in Oxfordshire. You can order one every four months.

Oxfordshire · 18+

Sheffield's NHS service. No symptoms? Register online and a free self-testing kit is posted to you, results in a few days.

Sheffield

Somerset's NHS service. Answer a quick triage and order a free home kit through SH.UK, or ring them if you'd rather talk to a person.

Somerset

The NHS service for Stoke, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Telford. Free home testing kits ordered online, plus clinics across the area.

Staffordshire and Shropshire

Surrey's NHS service. Free home kit for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV from 16, or a quick chlamydia and gonorrhoea kit if you're under 25.

Surrey · 16+

Public Health Wales' free postal kit. Anyone in Wales, up to four kits a year, negative results by text.

Wales · 16+

West Sussex's NHS service. Free STI screening online with a kit posted to you, or face to face in clinic. No GP referral needed.

West Sussex

Free home kit for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and syphilis if you're 16 or over with a Wiltshire postcode.

Wiltshire · 16+

Wirral's NHS service. Free postal kits through SH.UK, everything you need in the box and results straight to your phone.

Wirral

Private testing at hundreds of UK clinics or by home kit. Quick results and someone to talk them through, but it's not cheap, so check the price before you book.

SH:24's paid sister service for anywhere in the UK. From about £23, results within three days of the lab getting it.

16+

The UK arm of the home-testing brand. Their Complete 11 kit is about £199, results in two to five days after the lab gets your sample.

18+

Paid kits from a big-name pharmacy if you'd rather not wait. Results in about three working days.

18+

Paid kits from the high street chain. Chlamydia from about £35, chlamydia and gonorrhoea about £43, full screens run to £140 or more.

18+

Private clinics nationwide plus postal kits. Single tests are cheaper, the full comprehensive profile starts around £165.

Charity clinics for under 25s. Free, friendly and nobody makes a face.

under 25

Every NHS clinic in England, by postcode. Free, no GP referral, no one tells your GP.

Belfast's free sexual health service for under 25s on Waring Street. STI testing, contraception and advice, drop in most days.

Belfast · under 25

NHS Lothian's service at Chalmers in Edinburgh. Book a free test online, and check here for when their home sampling kits are back.

Edinburgh and the Lothians

Manchester's LGBTQ+ charity. Free rapid HIV and STI testing and sexual health advice in Greater Manchester and Liverpool, no judgement.

Greater Manchester

Northern Ireland's HIV charity. Free rapid HIV testing at their office and pop-up clinics, plus support if you need it.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's LGBTQ+ charity. Book a free rapid HIV and syphilis test straight from the homepage.

Northern Ireland

Scotland's HIV and hepatitis charity. Free rapid HIV and syphilis tests in Edinburgh and the Lothians, and finger-prick tests in Glasgow, Clyde and Lanarkshire.

Scotland

HIV and sexual health charity for Plymouth, Devon, Torbay, Cornwall, Somerset and Gloucestershire. HIV testing, PrEP help and free condoms for under 25s.

South West England

Find your nearest NHS sexual health clinic in Wales.

Wales

The charity's Welsh arm. Free postal kits, pick-up points and clinic info for all of Wales.

Wales · 16+

Free, confidential STI and HIV testing in Leeds, Bradford, Hull and South Yorkshire, with a focus on LGBTQ+ people and other communities clinics often miss.

Yorkshire

The NHS's plain guide to STIs, symptoms and where to get tested for free.

England

The Public Health Agency's guide for Northern Ireland, including free postal kits via SH:24 if you have no symptoms.

Northern Ireland

The NI government's guide. Testing is free and confidential at GUM clinics and some GP surgeries, and this explains how to get seen.

Northern Ireland

NHS Scotland's plain guide to testing and where to go. Every health board has a free clinic.

Scotland