The meeting will take place at The Wave, Sheffield, the University of Sheffield’s newest building. It is located about halfway between the main university buildings (centered around the Student Union) and Broomhill, both of which are about a 10 minute walk. The bus stop (coming from the city centre) is Whitham Road/Northumberland Road.

Directions

By Public Transportation

Take the train to Sheffield Station. You can then the get the blue line tram towards Malin Bridge (or the yellow line towards Middlewood if you walk to the stop Fitzalan Square), getting off at the stop University of Sheffield. It is then around a 10 minute walk up to the Wave. Alternatively, the 51 bus which you can get from Arundel Gate (about 5 minutes on foot from the train station) will drop you right outside The Wave at stop Whitham Road/Northumberland Road.

Please buy your train tickets at the station before boarding a train. For buses, the driver will sell you a ticket as you get on. On trams simply get on and find a seat, then the conductor will come round selling tickets.

By Air

The closest large airport to fly into is Manchester Airport. It has a train station from which you can catch a train to Manchester Picadilly, and change here for a train to Sheffield.

It is also possible to fly to London Heathrow. From here, you can travel to Sheffield by train or by coach.

By train. From Heathrow, there’s the Elizabeth line straight into central London, this train is really nice and new and takes about 40 minutes to get you to Farringdon. At Farringdon you change and take one of the following lines westbound - Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan (they’re all going the same way). You stay on this just one stop to St Pancras International Station (2 mins). From here there are direct trains ~ every 30 mins to Sheffield. The train takes about 2 hours. And just a warning that in St Pancras station, you follow signs for EMR trains (East Midlands Railway) - they’re upstairs because the ground level is international departures for France.

By coach. National Express runs coaches from London to Sheffield. There is one direct coach per day from Heathrow to Sheffield, others have one change at Birmingham. They depart from various Heathrow terminals, but at Heathrow it is straightforward to travel between terminals.

Accommodation

There are many hotels to choose from in the city centre, which is a 40 minute walk from the venue, or easily accessible by bus. An affordable option is easyHotel Sheffield City Centre which is about a 30 minute walk, or a 20 minute bus or tram journey, to the venue. A nicer option is Mercure Sheffield which is about the same distance away.

Closer to the venue, the Rutland Hotel is only a 10 minute walk.

Visa Letters

If you are in need of a visa letter to enter the UK, please send your name and address to a.f.moor@sheffield.ac.uk and h.lay@sheffield.ac.uk and they will produce an invitation letter for you.

Additional Info

Please message Alex Moor or Henry Lay on Slack if you have any issues.