Logistics

Meeting location

Lecture Theatre E,

Simon Building,

Brunswick St,

The University of Manchester,

M13 9PL

United Kingdom

Getting here

By plane

For those travelling by plane, you will most likely want to fly into Manchester Airport. There are regular train connections from the airport that typically take 20 - 30 minutes to get to central Manchester.

By train

For those travelling either within the UK or from a different UK airport, there are many regular national train services that will get you into central Manchester. Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Piccadilly are both near to the meeting location.

Hotels

We have a block booking of 50 rooms at the Pendulum Hotel available for participants of the school at a special rate.

When booking, please use the code "ALMA24", which will give you a room and breakfast from June 9th - 13th 2024, at a cost of £94 per night (city tax included). Please note that this special rate will end on May 12th 2024, or once all allocated rooms have been booked.

Steps for booking:

Go to the Pendulum Hotel website
Click book now
Click on the top right of the new window where it says "Promo Code +", and a box will open to enter the code "ALMA24"
Set the number of guests to 1 (this rate is only for single occupancy)
Payment will be required at the time of booking. Cancellations for a full refund can be made until 2pm of the day prior to arrival.