Travel & Accommodation

Travel 

Attendees are responsible for arranging and covering their own travel.

Sheffield is well connected by rail, road, and air, https://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit/getting-to-sheffield/:

• Train: 

Sheffield is approximately 2 hours from London St Pancras, 3 hours from London Heathrow or London Gatwick, 1 hour from Manchester, 1.5 hours from Manchester Airport. Train times and ticket costs can be found on the National Rail Website or Trainline.

• Air: 

The nearest major airports include Manchester, Leeds Bradford and East Midlands. 

• Car & Parking: 

Sheffield is accessible via the M1 motorway, it is 165 miles from London and 35 miles from Leeds. 

Sheffield City Council operates several surface level car parks and on street parking, parking charges and maximum parking times vary, details can be found here.  Privately operated multi storey and surface level car parking is also available across the city centre to give motorists lots of choice.   Details (including up to date availability) can be found at en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/Sheffield/.  There are new rapid electric vehicle chargers in a range of locations across the city.  You can find the SCC charge sites here or look at sites such as ZapMap for other locations of most publicly available chargers.

• Local transport: 

Tram, bus and taxi services operate throughout the city. 

Tram from Train Station to Workshop Venue - Take the blue line from Sheffield Station/ Hallam University heading towards Malin Bridge. Get off at West Street and take a 2 minute walk down Mappin Street to the workshop venue. Tram tickets can be found here.

Tram from Workshop Venue to Cutlery Works- Take the yellow line from West Street heading towards Meadowhall. Get off at Shalesmoor and walk 7 minutes to Cutlery Works (by crossing the Kelham Island footbridge and turning left onto Neepsend Lane).

Bus from Train Station to Workshop Venue - Take the free, Sheffield Connect (SC1) city-centre shuttle bus from the bus station interchange B1 to West street. See more information about SC1 here.

Accommodation

Attendees are responsible for arranging and covering their own accommodation. Discounted hotel rates are available through a partnership with Sheffield City Council, and attendees are encouraged to book via the following link:
https://book.passkey.com/e/51245892  

Reservations can be made using the web address below until 28 days prior to the event start date. On this date, some hotels will choose to leave unsold rooms on the system, or they may remove them. The site will close fully 14 days prior to the event start date. After this date contact details for hotel will be given for last minute enquiries. 

Please note that participants are not restricted to these options and may make independent arrangements if preferred.