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Travel details
The conference venue is the Low Wood Hotel, Windermere, located on the east shore of Lake Windermere, just off the A591 mid-way between the towns of Windermere and Ambleside. (See on-line (UK Street Map or Multimap maps of the area).
If you are travelling from outside the UK, the most suitable airports to use are Manchester or one of the London airports (Gatwick or Heathrow). Although Manchester has the best access to the conference venue, the London airports may offer you better airfares and/or connections. Once in the UK, you can travel to the conference venue by either rail (to the local "Oxenholme, the Lake District" station) or road.
From Manchester Airport:
by rail,
by taxi,
by hire car
From the London airports:
by rail,
by hire car
From elsewhere in the UK:
by rail,
by road
The conference organisers will be operating a free minibus shuttle service between Oxenholme station and the Hotel on Monday 14th September and Tuesday 15th September. This service will be frequent, aiming to meet all trains, and does not need to be pre-booked; information will be available at the railway station. This shuttle service will also be operating the return journey from the Hotel to Oxenholme railway station on Friday 18th September.
If you arrive at Oxenholme station outside shuttle operating times, you can take a taxi to the Hotel. Taxis are there to meet every train and the journey to the Hotel takes about 20-30 mins for a cost of approximately 16ukp. In case of difficulty, you can call the Blue Star Taxi Company on +44 1539 723670. Alternatively, you can take a train from Oxenholme to Windermere (approximate cost 3ukp single, 4ukp return) then from Windermere railway station take a 10 minute taxi journey to the Hotel (approximate cost 5ukp).
Contact numbers of for local taxi firms include:
- Windermere (24 hour services):
Alistair's: +44 15394 46535
Cooper's: +44 15394 45282
Lakes: +44 15394 46777
Tarn: +44 15394 47070
Ambleside (not 24 hours):
Steve's: +44 15394 33544
Billy's: +44 15394 31287
Brown's: +44 15394 33263
Kevins: +44 15394 32371
From Manchester Airport
Take a train from Manchester Airport's own station (situated between the two terminals) to "Oxenholme, the Lake District" station. Direct trains take about 2 hours, although not all services are direct. The cost is approximately 17ukp single, 23ukp return and train times are available on-line at http://www.railtrack.co.uk/travel/.
Direct Travel Taxis (you will need to liaise with them direct on +44 1524 33753) are servicing the route from Manchester Airport to the Low Wood Hotel. The journey takes about 2 hours and single person hire costs approximately 90ukp for the return trip or 50ukp for one way. The company has cars, minibuses and coaches available and the cost per person reduces when more than one person can share a vehicle. We will provide a bulletin board service which enables you to team up with other travellers and potentially share taxi costs.
You can hire a car at Manchester Airport from one of the companies listed below and drive direct to the Low Wood Hotel.
- Alamo: +44 161 4898855
Avis: +44 161 4362020
Budget: +44 161 4993042
EuroCar: +44 161 4893229
Hertz: +44 161 4378208
National Car Hire: +44 161 4993320
From Manchester Airport join the west-bound M56 motorway at junction 5. Follow the M56 west until you reach junction 9 (junction 20a of the M6) where you join the north-bound M6. Continue along the M6 until you reach junction 36 where you take the A591 to Windermere and beyond. You will see the Low Wood Hotel on the right hand side of the road approximately 3 miles past Windermere.
From the London airports
From either Gatwick or Heathrow airports, take the London Underground to London Euston railway station. From there take a train to "Oxenholme, the Lake District" station (approximate cost 50ukp single, 56ukp return). The journey from Euston takes approximately 3.5 hours. Train times are available on-line at http://www.railtrack.co.uk/travel/.
You will need to hire a car at either Gatwick or Heathrow airport and head for the north of England on the motorway system. Aim to join the M1 and then the M6. Continue along the M6 until you reach junction 36 where you take the A591 to Windermere and beyond. You will see the Low Wood Hotel on the right hand side of the road approximately 3 miles past Windermere. Note beforehand: This journey will take approximately 6-7 hours and is not recommended unless you are amply endowed with time and patience!
From elsewhere in the UK
Take a train to "Oxenholme, the Lake District" station. Train times are available on-line at http://www.railtrack.co.uk/travel/.
If you are coming from either the north (Scotland) or the south, head for junction 36 of the M6 (this is the main west side north-south artery). From junction 36 take the A591 to Windermere and beyond. You will see the Low Wood Hotel on the right hand side of the road approximately 3 miles past Windermere.
Should you require any further clarification of the above travel information, please E-mail Dr. Geoff Coulson.