BOULDER-MUNICH II

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Getting to the UCL area

The cheapest, fastest way of getting from Heathrow Airport to central London is on the underground railway public-transport system (`the tube'). The Piccadilly line (the only line that goes to Heathrow) has trains running every 5 minutes or so, and reaches central London in less than an hour, at a cost of 3.20 pounds. There are many interchanges with other lines in the central region; the nearest Piccadilly-line station to UCL is Russell Square (a map of the underground train network can be downloaded for reference). Coach services also run between Heathrow, Gatwick, and central London (see below).

Travel from Gatwick Airport to central London is best done by main-line train (to Victoria station), followed by underground train or taxi. (There is an underground station at Victoria, and a taxi rank.) Two competing train companies service the Gatwick-Victoria route; the differences in price and travel time are slight, and you should simply ask for a ticket for the first train to arrive at Victoria (which is not always the first train to leave Gatwick).

Travel from Stansted Airport to central London is by main-line train (the `Stansted Express') to Liverpool Street station; it may be more convenient to disembark early, at Tottenham Hale (in outer London), for direct transfer to the Victoria Line on the underground, which runs direct to Euston and Warren Street.

If you are arriving anywhere else, contact Ian Howarth for help if necessary.

We remind participants that we will provide coach transport from UCL to Cumberland Lodge (and return). The coach will leave UCL from outside the `Central Collegiate Building' (otherwise, and more readily, identifiable as the `Bloomsbury Theatre') at 10:30 a.m., with a pickup at about 11:30 at Heathrow (Terminal 1, Arrivals, West Door). On Thursday, the coach leaves the Lodge at 9:30 a.m., to arrive at UCL around 11:00; there will be a dropoff at Heathrow at about 10:30. The Bloomsbury Theatre is in Gordon Street, which runs along the back of the main UCL block; the pickup point is shown on our map.

Further details on public transport in London are available here, and UCL provides an interactive tube (underground-train) journey planner. There is a tailored `Boulder-Munich' map of the UCL area here, and more general maps are available here.

It is rather difficult to get to Cumberland Lodge (almost impossible without car transport of some description). The following details are provided for those who prefer to make their own way to the Lodge, but overseas visitors, in particular, are advised to make use of the coach transport from UCL provided by the organizers.

Download Cumberland Lodge map:

NOTE: The GIF map is lower resolution that the Postscript ones.
From the North via M1: Follow the signs for the M25 at Junction 6. Leave the M25 at Junction 13 as below.
From the Midlands via M40: Leave at Junction 4 (A404, Marlow and Maidenhead) and continue along A404 until it joins the M4 at Junction 9. See directions below for the approach via the M4.
From the West via M4: Leave M4 at Junction 6, Windsor. 3rd exit off roundabout to Windsor. 2nd exit off each of the next five roundabouts, following the signs for A308 Old Windsor/Staines. Drive through Old Windsor, pass "The Harvester" pub on the right, and turn right at mini-roundabout up Priest Hill. Turn right on brow of hill into Castle Hill Road and right at T-junction into Bishopsgate Road. See boxed section under "London via M4 and M25" for final directions.
From London via the M4 and M25: Leave at Junction 4b and join the M25 following signs for Gatwick. Leave the M25 at junction 13, taking the second exit off roundabout signposted A30 Egham, Bagshot. Continue as in boxed section below.
From the South via M25: Leave at Junction 13 taking the fourth exit off the roundabout which is signposted A30 Egham, Bagshot. Continue as in boxed section below.
Leaving the M25 junction 13 roundabout, the link road to the A30 crosses the Thames alongside the M25, joining the A30 at the Runnymede roundabout. Take 2nd (Bagshot) exit off the roundabout along A30 passing one more roundabout and climbing Egham Hill. At the top, just beyond the entrance to Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, there is a crossroads with traffic lights. Turn right into St Jude's Road, signposted A328 Englefield Green.

At the end of Englefield Green (just past S-bend), turn left into Bishopsgate Road. At the end of this road, just past the "Fox and Hounds" pub, is the entrance to Windsor Great Park. If there is a warden on the gate, stop and let him know where you are going. If not, drive in. There is a sign to Cumberland Lodge at the crossroads just beyond. Turn left. After about half a mile there is another sign: turn half right for the Lodge.

From the South via M3: Leave at Junction 3 signposted Bagshot, Bracknell. Follow signs for A30, London. Continue over level crossing at Sunningdale and the Wheatsheaf Hotel at Virginia Water. After a further 1 1/2 miles turn left into St Jude's Road (A328) to Englefield Green. See the second paragraph of the box above for final directions.
TRAINS There are fast trains from London (Waterloo) to Egham (not Windsor) approximately on the hour and half hour. Additional trains in the rush hour. Journey time approximately 30 minutes. From Reading and the west there is a direct service Reading-Egham. Egham station is 3 miles from Cumberland Lodge.
TAXIS There is a taxi waiting area at Egham Station and a taxi office near the traffic lights on Station Road, 200 yards from the station. Otherwise telephone: All Point Cars (01784) 432 468; A2B (01784) 432 222; or Egham Taxis (01784) 434 170. (The bracketed prefix isn't required if calling from the local area, which includes the train station but excludes Heathrow. Overseas callers should drop the leading zero but add the international prefix for the UK, which is 44.)
AIR Heathrow Airport is about 20-30 minutes by car from Cumberland Lodge. Taxis can be booked in advance from the above list, and should cost around 15-20 pounds; a cab from the airport will otherwise cost roughly twice as much. The conference organizers will book taxis on request, given flight details. Coach services also run between Heathrow, Gatwick, and central London (see below).

Travel from Gatwick Airport to Cumberland Lodge is not straightforward. One possibility is to take the (overground) main-line train into central London (Victoria station), followed by a tube journey to Waterloo and thence to Egham by a second overground train (buy a through ticket for Egham at Gatwick). A more straightforward option is to take airport link coach to Heathrow, and to travel from there by taxi. A taxi direct from Gatwick to Cumberland Lodge is expensive; if booked through one of taxi agencies listed above the fare is 45-50 pounds, and the journey should take around an hour.

Heathrow and Gatwick are connected by frequent coach services. Speedlink provide a `luxury' service which runs every 15 minutes in the morning and every half-hour in the afternoon, with pickups at Heathrow Terminals 1, 3, and 4. Their economy Jetlink coaches run every half hour throughout the day, and pick up at the bus station and Terminal 4. The trip takes around 1h 15m, and costs 11 or 16 pounds (Jetlink or Speedlink).

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