General info

• All student accommodation will be in the Hiatt Baker Hall. A map is available. (Hiatt-Baker is the yellow disc marked HB near the top of the page.)
  
  
• We expect students to arrive at Hiatt-Baker Hall from 1500 onwards on Friday 22nd August. To help with our arrangements, please email the organisers to indicate your estimated time of arrival. If you are unexpectedly late, the telephone number of Hiatt-Baker hall is +44-(0)117-9032963.
  
  
• Scientific activities will begin 09:30 in the Department of Mathematics in the main university precinct (the red area marked U on the map). A detailed map of the university precinct is also available. The Department of Mathematics is building 65 in square F5.

Travel guidance

• Fly to London Heathrow / London Gatwick. These are the largest international airports in the world and have flights to and from a very wide variety of destinations. One should take the coach to Bristol (a 2 or 3 hour journey) and this should be booked in advance. Timetables are also available at this site. DO NOT take the train from the London airports to Bristol - this is extremely expensive!
  
  
• Fly to Bristol. This is the most convenient option: however, Bristol Airport is small and has few flights. However,
  • British Airways fly to/from Frankfurt.
  • KLM fly to/from Amsterdam.
  • The budget airlines Ryanair and Easyjet fly to/from many places: e.g. Belfast, Barcelona, Dublin, Nice, Prague, Venice.
  There is a cheap connecting coach from Bristol Airport to the Bus station, then follow directions as given below.
  
  
• Fly a budget airline to some other airport. Ryanair, Easyjet and BMI offer very cheap tickets if one books far ahead and uses the web. However, the airport you fly to may be some distance from Bristol. Some comments on these airports:
  • Cardiff is close to Bristol and involves only a short bus/coach journey. Strongly recommended: good connections with BMI.
  • Birmingham International is about 2 to 3 hours away by train.
  • London Stansted serves many destinations but is 5 hours from Bristol by coach (which may be booked online as in the instructions for London Heathrow).
  • East Midlands is very inconvenient.

Bristol Temple Meads railway station / Bristol Bus & Coach Station to Hiatt-Baker Hall

There are taxi ranks at both Bristol Temple Meads and the Bristol Bus & Coach Station, from where you can take a taxi up to "Hiatt-Baker Hall of residence, Parrys Lane, Stoke Bishop". Alternatively, take the number 41 or 42 bus from Bristol city centre. See directions and bus company timetables.