{"id":170,"date":"2022-02-18T12:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/cosmology\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2022-04-29T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T10:16:06","slug":"visiting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/cosmology\/visiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Newcastle University is in the heart of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and easily reachable by train and plane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Travel expenses for UK Cosmology Meeting:<\/strong> Thanks to the UK Cosmology grant, for UK participants up to \u00a3100 of overnight expenses can be covered as well as modest travel costs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Within Newcastle: <\/strong>The Herschel Building is right next to the Haymarket Metro station (green or yellow line). From Newcastle Central station it&#8217;s just 2 stops with the metro or alternatively, about 17min walk. From the airport, it&#8217;s about 20min with the Metro. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">The Herschel Building is highlighted on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/cosmology\/files\/2022\/04\/NU_CampusMap_HerschelHighlighted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">simple campus map here<\/a>. <\/span>The additional <br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/media\/wwwnclacuk\/whoweare\/files\/NU_Region%20City%20%20Campus%20Maps_March%202022_Web_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">maps provided by the university<\/a> (our simple map is adapted from page 2) might also be helpful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are plenty of hotels in the city centre and the popular Jesmond area with lots of restaurants and pubs around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hotels <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Osborne Hotel Jesmond (~20min walk, 1 metro stop)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holiday Inn Express (~20 min walk, 2 metro stops, close to Station)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Motel One&nbsp;(~12min walk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UK Train Links<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Durham:<\/strong> direct links to Newcastle (~15min)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Edinburgh:<\/strong> directly to Newcastle (~1.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Leeds:<\/strong> directly to Newcastle (~1.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Sheffield:<\/strong> directly to Newcastle (~2h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Manchester:<\/strong> directly to Newcastle (~2.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Lancaster:<\/strong> via Carlisle (~2.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Liverpool:<\/strong> directly to Newcastle (~3h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From London<\/strong>: LNER from King&#8217;s Cross directly to Newcastle (~3h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Nottingham:<\/strong> via Derby or Sheffield (~3h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Cambridge:<\/strong> via Peterborough with LNER to Newcastle (~3.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Oxford:<\/strong> Directly to Newcastle (~4h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Brighton:<\/strong> via London with LNER to Newcastle (~4.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Portsmouth:<\/strong> via London with LNER to Newcastle (~5.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Southampton: <\/strong>via London with LNER to Newcastle (~5.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From Swansea:<\/strong> via Bristol (~6.5h)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>International Air Links<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Newcastle International Airport (NCL) has direct flight links to major airports like: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Geneva, London, Munich, Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other nearby airports are: Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle University is in the heart of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and easily reachable by train and plane. 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