Local Information
Venue: The meeting will be held in Room OCW017 on the Ground Floor of the Ogden Centre West building next to the Rochester Building of the Department of Physics, Durham University. Coffee/tea will be served during coffee breaks on the First Floor of the Ogden Centre West.
The Department of Physics is located at the Science Site (Postal Code: DH1 3LE), off South Road.
Rochester Building (off South Road)
Ogden Centre West (off South Road)
Accommodation: Durham is a collegiate university, with a number of colleges near the Science Site (where the Meeting Venue is) which offer accommodations to visitors outside terms. Event Durham has kindly reserved a number of B&B rooms at Collingwood College during the BritGrav meeting, and booking can be made direclty with Event Durham through the Booking Webpage (in case of inquiries please contact Jessica Stott)
There are a number of local hotels and private B&Bs. Useful information can be found from This is Durham.
Calman Centre Canteen (<5 min walk from the Rochester Building)
Lunches: The above canteens are open during the meeting (outside term) and are within walking distance from the Meeting Venue. There are pubs and Restaurants (see below) as well near the Science Site and at Town Centre (15 minutes walk).
Palatine Centre Cafe (<5 min walk from the Rochester Building)
Local Restaurants:
There will be no organised conference dinner or lunch, but in addition the canteens mentioned above there are various pubs and restaruants near Science Site and in the town centre (which is within 15 minutes walk from the Science Site).
Restaurants
- Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar and Grill (Old Shire Hall, 9 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL)
- Tango (96 Elvet Bridge, Durham DH1 3AG)
- Fat Hippo (36 Saddler St, Durham DH1 3NU)
- Pizza Express (64 Saddler St, Durham DH1 3PG)
- Lebaneat (47 N Bailey, Durham DH1 3ET)
- The Bishops' Mill (1 Walkergate, Durham DH1 1WA)
- Chiquito (Unit 6A, Walkergate, Durham DH1 1SQ)
- Nando's (Walkergate, Durham DH1 1SQ)
- ASK Italian (4 Walkergate, Durham DH1 1SQ)
- Alishaan (50-51 North Rd, Durham DH1 4SF)
Pubs
- Whitechurch Free House (29 Church Street Head, Durham DH1 3DN)
- The Victoria Inn (86 Hallgarth St, Durham DH1 3AS)
- The Court Inn (Court Ln, Durham DH1 3AW)
- The Half Moon Inn (86 New Elvet, Durham DH1 3AQ)
- Swan & Three Cygnets (Elvet Bridge, Durham DH1 3AF)
- The Library (46 Saddler St, Durham DH1 3NU)
- Head of Steam (3 Reform Place, North Road, Durham DH1 4RZ)
Travel information:
- By train: Get off at Durham station, and the Science Site is within walking distance (~30 minutes).
- By air: the closest airport to Durham is Newcastle International Airport, which is about 30 minutes drive. One can also take Metro to Newcastle Centre and then train to Durham. Airport Express (Tel: 0191 371 2352) offers taxies from and to Newcastle Airport. Other airports (Teesside, Manchester, Edinburgh) will require a longer train trip.
If you would like to explore more about Durham, This is Durham offers excellent information.
Contact: Please contact britgrav.2019@durham.ac.uk or any of the Local Organisers if you have any inquiries.