VENUE and TRAVEL
This year, the SPINS-UK meeting will be held in the Observatory Seminary Room at Jodrell Bank from 2nd – 4th of November 2022.
We are providing a coach service between the observatory and nearby locations (Manchester, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge) for those using public transport to attend the meeting. See below for further details about this.
Arrival by car
Access to the observatory is by the South Entrance to the site. Use postcode SK11 9DL. Follow the entrance road into the site, at the barriers, enter the temporary SPINS-UK access code #2007 to raise the barrier. Proceed ahead, through the barrier and then turn left and drive past the Mark II telescope. Follow the road around to the right. Drive past the SKAO car park, and park in the Observatory car park near the entrance to the control building, underneath the 42-ft telescope. Enter the control building and follow the signs towards registration for SPINS-UK. See below for maps.
We are providing a coach service between the observatory and nearby locations (Manchester, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge) for those using public transport to attend the meeting. See below for further details about this.
Arrival by car
Access to the observatory is by the South Entrance to the site. Use postcode SK11 9DL. Follow the entrance road into the site, at the barriers, enter the temporary SPINS-UK access code #2007 to raise the barrier. Proceed ahead, through the barrier and then turn left and drive past the Mark II telescope. Follow the road around to the right. Drive past the SKAO car park, and park in the Observatory car park near the entrance to the control building, underneath the 42-ft telescope. Enter the control building and follow the signs towards registration for SPINS-UK. See below for maps.
Arrival by coach
A coach from Manchester to Jodrell Bank has been chartered and will call at Wilmslow (Premier Inn on Racecourse Road, followed by the Coach And Four on Alderley Road) and Alderley Edge (Texaco Garage on Wilmslow Road/London Road). The coach will enter the site from the North where a member of staff will escort participants to registration.
On Thursday and Friday, the coach will take participants back to Manchester via Alderley Edge and Wilmlsow at the departure times on the agenda. On the evening of the conference dinner (Wednesday), the coach will drop participants off at the Merlin in Alderley Edge at around 6pm after which they will be collected at 10 pm and taken back to Manchester (via Wilmslow).
Participants who are using the coach who have not opted to attend the dinner have the option of catching a train back to Wilmslow or Manchester from the nearby Alderley Edge station, or we may be able to arrange a lift (contact the LOC).
Departure from Manchester
On each day, the coach will depart from a bus stop on Upper Brook Street (named: Brunswick Street Stop ID: MANADGJA), Manchester opposite the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Offices in the Alan Turing Building. For Manchester-based participants, this is the same bus stop as usual for the departure of the “Jodbus”.
Google maps link
Streetview link
Departure from Wilmslow
The coach will call at the Premier Inn (Racecourse Road) and at the bus stop outside the Coach And Four public house (Alderley Road, named: The Coach & Four. Stop ID: CHEPWMG)
Google maps link
Streetview link
Departure from Alderley Edge
The Coach will call at the bus stop outside the Texaco garage on Wilmslow Road/London Road (named: Tower Garage Stop ID: CHEMPJW).
Google maps link
Streetview link
Times of departure
Departures are scheduled for the following times from each location, given in the table below. Please note that these are estimates, as traffic between Manchester and Jodrell Bank can be highly unpredictable. We’ve set up a Whatsapp group from which a member of the LOC will share their real-time location from the coach so that Wilmslow and Alderley passengers can see the progress of the journey. You may join that group at the following link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EgMFkHbpgkrLXNaCNTcAhF
A coach from Manchester to Jodrell Bank has been chartered and will call at Wilmslow (Premier Inn on Racecourse Road, followed by the Coach And Four on Alderley Road) and Alderley Edge (Texaco Garage on Wilmslow Road/London Road). The coach will enter the site from the North where a member of staff will escort participants to registration.
On Thursday and Friday, the coach will take participants back to Manchester via Alderley Edge and Wilmlsow at the departure times on the agenda. On the evening of the conference dinner (Wednesday), the coach will drop participants off at the Merlin in Alderley Edge at around 6pm after which they will be collected at 10 pm and taken back to Manchester (via Wilmslow).
Participants who are using the coach who have not opted to attend the dinner have the option of catching a train back to Wilmslow or Manchester from the nearby Alderley Edge station, or we may be able to arrange a lift (contact the LOC).
Departure from Manchester
On each day, the coach will depart from a bus stop on Upper Brook Street (named: Brunswick Street Stop ID: MANADGJA), Manchester opposite the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Offices in the Alan Turing Building. For Manchester-based participants, this is the same bus stop as usual for the departure of the “Jodbus”.
Google maps link
Streetview link
Departure from Wilmslow
The coach will call at the Premier Inn (Racecourse Road) and at the bus stop outside the Coach And Four public house (Alderley Road, named: The Coach & Four. Stop ID: CHEPWMG)
Google maps link
Streetview link
Departure from Alderley Edge
The Coach will call at the bus stop outside the Texaco garage on Wilmslow Road/London Road (named: Tower Garage Stop ID: CHEMPJW).
Google maps link
Streetview link
Times of departure
Departures are scheduled for the following times from each location, given in the table below. Please note that these are estimates, as traffic between Manchester and Jodrell Bank can be highly unpredictable. We’ve set up a Whatsapp group from which a member of the LOC will share their real-time location from the coach so that Wilmslow and Alderley passengers can see the progress of the journey. You may join that group at the following link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EgMFkHbpgkrLXNaCNTcAhF
