The first birth control clinic in Britain was opened by Marie Stopes and her husband in Holloway on 17 March 1921. A framed inscription on the wall of the clinic ran as follows

This, the first Birth Control Clinic in the British Empire, was opened on the 17 March 1921, by Humphrey Verdon Roe and his wife Marie Carmichael Stopes, in order to show by actual example what might be done for mothers and their children with no great difficulty, and what should be done all over the world when once the idea takes root in the public mind that motherhood should be voluntary and guided by the best scientific knowledge available.

The clinic is free to all, and is supported entirely by the two founders. Those who have benefited by its help are asked to hand on a knowledge of its existence to others and help to create a public opinion which will force the Ministry of Health to include a similar service in Ante-Natal and Welfare Centres already supported by the Government in every district.