Getting to Portsmouth 

Portsmouth has three main train stations all of which have great links to major UK train networks. We advise checking which station is closest to your accommodation, however we have provided the approximate walking times from the conference venue:

• Portsmouth Harbour – 10 minutes walking

• Portsmouth and Southsea – 10 minutes walking

• Fratton - 30 minutes walking

If you are planning on travelling by train you have a lot of choice of where to travel from:

• London Waterloo (1hr 30mins)

• London Victoria (2hrs 10mins)

• Bristol (2hrs)

• South Wales (3hrs 15mins)

• Southampton, Bournemouth and Brighton (40min - 2hrs)

For more information on train times, connections and prices, visit the National Rail website.

Parking in the City

There are a number of car parks in the city where you can park for the day or overnight. The closest to the venue are:

• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Parking - £14 for 24 hours

• Gunwharf Quays Car Parking - £24 for 24 hours

• The Harbour - £12.40 for 24 hours

Parkopedia includes more details of these car parks and more.

Park and Ride

The Portsmouth Park & Ride scheme runs two services from the Park & Ride terminal, just outside the city. You can leave your car here, and get bus travel across the city, to save on parking. It's ideal if you have family or friends visiting for the day.

• PR1 – this route runs from the terminal down to the Hard Interchange.

• PR3 - this route runs to Clarence Pier and the D-Day Museum, useful for getting to Southsea seafront.

For more information and the full timetable visit the Park & Ride website.

National Express run coach services between Portsmouth and London (with countrywide connections) throughout the day all week. Except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Megabus run a service direct to Newcastle, via Oxford, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

These services all call at The Hard Interchange, by Portsmouth Harbour railway station - and some services also stop outside the Students’ Union.

For more information, visit the National Express and Megabus websites.

There are a couple of local airports within easy reach of Portsmouth, for international travel.

Heathrow Airport (1hr 30 mins by road via A3/M25) for all international connections. Railair and National Express coaches connect Heathrow Airport to Guildford or Woking Rail Stations, from where you can catch regular trains to Portsmouth.

Gatwick Airport (1hr 30 mins by road, 1hr 36 mins by rail) for international connections. Direct rail connections are available from Gatwick Airport Station.

Southampton International Airport (30 mins by road via M275/M27, 60 mins by train) for regular flights to other parts of the UK, the Channel Islands, Ireland, and various destinations in Europe.