Travel INFORMATION

Group travel

We will be providing group travel by coach / bus from the larger NCAS sites. This will consolidate our carbon footprint for this year's meeting, increase accessibility, and decrease administrative burden at all NCAS locations.

Where staff are based at smaller sites, we will support them to arrange local group travel - for example the booking and use of hire cars paid for via travel & subsistence budgets. These costs will be recharged centrally post-event.

For any questions regarding this travel plan, please contact conference@ncas.ac.uk.

Outward departure times

Please make sure you are at your departure location at least 15 minutes prior to your departure time.

University of York - 07:00 am - Pick up point is outside the WACL building 

University of Leeds - 07:30 am - Pick up point is outside Fairbairn House

University of Manchester - 07:50 am  - Pick up point is South Pump Street 

University of Reading - 07:45 am - Pick up point is outside the Harry Pitt Building 

University of Cambridge - 08:15 am - Two Pick up points are Trumpington CB2 9PL (3 Spinney Road) - 0900, St Neots train station 

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - 08:25 am - Pick up point is Atlas Building Car Park

FAAM Airborne Laboratory - 08:35 am -  Pick up Point is 146 Central Avenue, Cranfield MK43 0AL

Return departure times

All coaches are due to depart from Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre at 3:00pm Thursday 3 July. Please make sure you are ready to depart promptly. Longer distance journeys will include planned comfort breaks. The times below are approximate arrivals due to variable traffic conditions. 

University of York - 18:40 - 19:15 pm arrival

University of Leeds - 18:30 - 19:00 pm arrival

University of Manchester - 18:00 - 18:30 pm arrival

University of Reading - 18:10 - 18:35 pm arrival

University of Cambridge - 17:30 - 18:00 pm arrival

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - 17:20 pm - 17:50 pm arrival

FAAM - 17:00 pm - 17:30 pm arrival

Hotel parking and train station

Complimentary parking spaces available at Edgbaston Park Hotel . All guests must obtain a parking permit from the hotel reception desks and display on the dashboard of each vehicle. 

Directions from Birmingham City Centre: 

Car - 2.5 miles – 13 mins Bus – X20, X21 or X22 – 13 mins + short walk (£2.40 each way) 

Cycling – 2.5 miles – 15 mins 

Train - University train station is a 15-minute walk, with a high-frequency 6-minute service direct to Birmingham New Street.