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Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae V

20-25 June 2010, Bowness-on-Windermere

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Getting to Bowness by car

Car share: If you would like to participate in a car share (either if you have free spaces, or would like a space), please send an e-mail to apn5 #at# jb.man.ac.uk, letting us know a contact e-mail, phone number, and where and when you are arriving. We will post your details below and let you get in touch with other interested parties.

Car share requests

Name E-mail Arrival point Arrival time Airline
Raghvendra Sahai raghvendra.sahai ~at~ jpl.nasa.gov Manchester Airport Sun 1240 BMI
Griet van de Steenegtseene ~at~ oma.be Manchester Airport Sun 1730 Brussels Airlines
Vincent Icke icke ~at~ strw.leidenuniv.nl Manchester Airport Sun 2115

Car share availability

Name E-mail Departure point Departure time Seats free

Car rental is available at the major airports. If you do this, please let us know so we can advise the hotel, as parking at the hotel is relatively limited.

From the south: Take the M6 to junction 36. Follow the A590 west to Kendal: this road becomes the A591 to Windermere. By the station, turn left onto the A5074 to Bowness. At the roundabout in Bowness town centre, take the second exit and continue on the A592 along the shorefront. The hotel is 400 m. past the piers, on your left.

From the north: Take the M6 to junction 40 at Penrith. Turn right at the roundabout onto the A66, then after 3/4 of a mile turn left at a roundabout onto the A592. Follow the A592 past Ullswater and Windermere to Bowness. At the roundabout in Bowness town centre, take the second exit (continuing on the A592) along the shorefront. The hotel is 400 m. past the piers, on your left.

Sat Nav: The postcode for sat. navs. is LA23 3EP.

Getting from Windermere to Bowness

Where to go: Bowness is about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) south of Windermere. The Burnside Hotel is located a few hundred metres from the lake shorefront on the south side of the town.

Taxi: Bowness is a 10-minute taxi from Windermere station. This is likely to cost in the region of £5-10.

Bus: A number 599 bus leaves every 20 minutes (timetable). Number 618 buses leave hourly on the hour (timetable). The bus takes 6-10 minutes and should cost roughly £1-2. Full details can be found via the Traveline.

Walking: The hotel is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from Windermere and can be walked (more interesting routes are available).


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Travelling within the UK

Booking trains: We recommend you travel via train in the UK. Tickets can be booked via TheTrainLine.com, though you may find cheaper fares through the individual operators: Virgin Trains, CrossCountry and First TransPennine. Discount cards are available for ages 16-25 and 60+. These cost about £26 and entitle the holder to a 33% reduction on most tickets. They are probably only useful to visitors travelling via London or extending their stay. Restrictions apply.

Finding the cheapest ticket: British train fares are complicated. In simple terms, the earlier you book your tickets, the cheaper they are, but the more restricted you are on which train you can take. Check this carefully when you book, in case of delayed flights. Travel after 9:00-10:00 am is usually cheaper. If this isn't complicated enough, two single tickets may be cheaper than a return ticket. Also, if a journey needs two trains, it may be cheaper to book it as two separate tickets.

Travel by bus: For travellers on a budget, there is cheap bus travel within the UK, but it is considerably harder to get to Windermere by bus. The adventurous may wish to look at the following sites: Megabus and National Express. Megabus travels to Oxenholme, National Express to Kendal. The bus takes 5-6 hours from Manchester and costs about £28, but you can travel from other airports.

Recommended connections to Windermere

Manchester Airport

There is a direct train line from Manchester Airport to Windermere, though you may have to change trains once or twice. A standard fare is £35.80, advance fares are available from £18. The journey takes approximately 2 hours. Book tickets via one of the above sites.

Edinburgh Airport

From the airport, you can:

From Edinburgh, the train takes about 3 hours. Standard return fare is £48.50, advance fares are available from £19. You will need to change trains at Oxenholme. Book tickets via one of the above sites.

Liverpool Airport

There is no direct rail link to Liverpool Airport. The easiest way to get to Windermere is to:

  1. Take the Arriva Bus 500 from stand 3 to Liverpool (Skelhorn St., outside Lime Street station). Probably costs about £2, takes 35 minutes.
  2. Take a train to Wigan North Western. Standard fare is £5.40 each way, no advance purchase reductions, takes 30-50 minutes.
  3. Take a train to Windermere. You will have to change at Oxenholme. Standard return fare is £26.80, advance fares are available from £14. Book tickets via one of the above sites.

Journey times can be planned via the Traveline website: enter "Liverpool John Lennon Airport" to "Wigan North Western". Buses/trains leave every 20 minutes at peak times.

Birmingham Airport

A rail link exists from Birmingham International Airport to Windermere, but it is not direct. You may have to change at Birmingham New Street and/or Oxenholme. Standard return fare is £67, advance fares may be considerably cheaper if you book three separate tickets (airport to Birmingham, Birmingham to Oxenholme, Oxenholme to Windermere). The journey should take 3 to 3.5 hours at most times of the day. Book tickets via one of the above sites.

London airports

We do not recommend travelling via London if you can help it. If you do so, you will need to:

  1. Take a train from the airport to a central London station:
    • Heathrow: an underground link exists to Green Park - costs £4.50 and takes 45 minutes.
    • Gatwick: costs £17 and takes 30 minutes.
    • Stansted: costs £28.70 return, takes 45 minutes.
    • Luton: costs £20.40 return, takes 25-40 minutes.
  2. Take an underground link from this station to London Euston. Costs £4, allow at least 1 hour.
  3. Take a train from London Euston to Windermere. This costs £83 return (a few advance tickets are available for £74) and takes about 4 hours, changing trains at Lancaster.

Flying to the UK

We recommend you fly to Manchester Airport if practical. Most major airlines will fly into this airport and it has a direct rail link to the closest train station to the conference, Windermere.

Cheaper flights may be found to the airports at Edinburgh, Liverpool or Birmingham airports using EasyJet or Ryanair. You can easily get to the conference venue from all of these airports. Other alternatives include: Glasgow (Prestwick), Newcastle and Nottingham airports, but these require further connections.

Flights into London (Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted, City) are best avoided due to the cost of the train fares from London to the conference venue, and the time taken to get there. If you fly via London, avoid connections that involve changing airports, as it can take several hours to get between them.

Click here to see airlines that fly into these airports: Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham.