Joining Instructions

The workshop will take place in Lecture Theatre 3 on the ground floor of the Herschel Building. A campus map can be found here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/campus_map/

The Herschel Building (NE1 7RU) is located on the main Newcastle University Campus, which is close to the City Centre. The registration desk and lunches will be in the foyer of this building.

Transport:
Metro: Newcastle’s light rail transport system, the Metro, connects Newcastle’s City centre to the airport, the coast, and to Sunderland. The nearest station to the Herschel Building is Haymarket, which is just over the road (approximately 2 minutes walk).

Rail: Newcastle Central train station has frequent connections to London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. It is in the centre of the city (around 20 minutes from the Herschel Building) and is connected to the Metro system.

Air: Newcastle Airport has regular flights to European hubs such as Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt. There are also frequent connecting flights to London Heathrow. The Airport is connected to the city by the Metro system, the journey from the airport to the city centre takes approximately 40 minutes on the metro.

Car: There are some paid public car parks near the Herschel Building, these include Eldon Square Multi-Story (NE1 7RZ) and the College Street car park (NE1 8JJ). Both of these car parks are approximately 10 minutes walk from the Herschel Building.