Noting that the day before the conference is a UK public holiday, delegates are asked to travel to Manchester for the first presentations which will start promptly at 13:00 Tuesday 7th May. The conference will finish late afternoon on 9th May. The room is available in the morning for those already arrived to have discussions, and to view student posters from the University of Manchester Nuclear Graphite Research Group. Morning coffee and lunch will be available.
Manchester Piccadilly Station is served by three fast trains per hour from London Euston (advance booking offers large savings on the regular fare). Direct trains also run from many other parts of the UK. Manchester Airport has frequent trains to Manchester Piccadilly Station.
There is a 24-hour multi-story car park 100 metres from the hotel (entrance on Charles Street).
For fitness enthusiasts there is a gym within 100 metres (‘Gym 72’, Sackville Street, north side of the railway arch) and the Manchester Aquatics centre is a 5-minute walk away.
Some suggestions include:
It is usually cheaper to use the hotel’s own website rather than internet agencies.
Manchester Piccadilly Station is served by three fast trains per hour from London Euston (advance booking offers large savings on the regular fare). Direct trains also run from many other parts of the UK. Manchester Airport has frequent trains to Manchester Piccadilly Station.
There is a 24-hour multi-story car park 100 metres from the hotel (entrance on Charles Street).
For fitness enthusiasts there is a gym within 100 metres (‘Gym 72’, Sackville Street, north side of the railway arch) and the Manchester Aquatics centre is a 5-minute walk away.
Accomodation
There are plentiful hotels within a short distance of The Manchester Conference Centre.Some suggestions include:
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Pendulum
(obviously highly convenient: a friendly hotel with excellent breakfast, bar etc., but where some delegates may find the rooms to be rather small – it was once student accommodation)
This hotel, incidentally, dose have a Foucault Pendulum suspended through five floors – but there is something slightly ‘sinister` about it because, however long you observe it, it always swings in the same direction (think about it!)… maybe time stands still in Manchester!
- The Premier Inn
200 meters away there is The Premier Inn (City Centre, Princess Street – be careful, there are two ‘city centre’ Premier Inns, and the other one is inconvenient) – although the entrance is rather weird and hidden under a multi-story car park, once you have ascended to reception on level 9 you will find agreeable staff, 9 more floors of rooms, a spacious bar and restaurant:
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Hotel Ibis Manchester Centre
Equally close and recently refurbished
- Manchester Piccadilly Hotel very close by the railway station
- Dakota Manchester
- Motel One
