Travel & Accomodation

Accomodation in Sheffield

Accomodation can be booked in Sheffield via Yorkshire South Tourism here
Full reservation details are:
EventTitle: From Taurus to the Antennae Conference
Event Code: YSTTAURUS08
Delegate Contact: Jane Tompkins
Delegate Contact Telephone Number: (+44) (0)114 201 1024
Reservation Deadline: 30 Jul 2008

For alternative accomodation we recommend:
The Harley Hotel cheap and right next to the department, but can be noisy at night as its above a late bar.
Westbourne House Hotel a Bed and Breakfast 15 minutes walk from the department.

Travel to Sheffield

The university is very easy to reach from the centre of Sheffield by a short tram ride, or a 10 to 20 minute walk. A map of the university campus with the Hicks Building marked is avaiable here, and a more general maps of Sheffield are available here.

Sheffield is very easy to reach: within one-to-two hours of Manchester, Birmingham, East Midlands, Doncaster/Sheffield and Leeds/Bradford international airports and with direct fast train connections to London and the south.

For those travelling from Europe, the Eurostar international station is now St Pancras in London, from which there are direct trains to Sheffield (which means no underground travel!).

Probably the best airports to fly into are Manchester, Birmingham or East Midlands (each within 1 to 1.5 hours of Sheffield). General travel advice to Sheffield is provided here.

For some reason the university does not provide travel advice for travel to/from Birmingham airport (despite it being one of my favourite airports to travel from). There are regular trains from the airport (Birmingham International) to Birmingham New Street station from which it is easy to get to Sheffield, and even some direct trains from the sirport.

For train information see National Rail from which tickets can be booked as well. It is a good idea to book a few weeks in advance for travel to/from London (as it can be very expensive, especially travel to London). But beware that the cheapest tickets restrict you to travelling on a predetermined train, so make sure you leave plenty of time to get to/from your flight. Also beware that the UK rail network can be awful at times (the most expensive fares in Europe for the worst system - wonderful!), so make sure you leave lots of time for an international flight.