Directions to Cambridge and Clare College

Stansted Airport

Stansted Airport is approximately 40 minutes by road from Cambridge and offers the most convenient airport to Cambridge. Airport website for flight details: www.stanstedairport.com Coach: There is a coach service to Cambridge Drummer Street station departing every hour. This service does not run 24 hours, see National Express Coaches - www.nationalexpress.co.uk to view timetables, prices and to book tickets. Taxi: There is also a reliable airport taxi service: Stansted airportcarz - www.airportcarz.com/stansted.php. Tel: +44 (0) 1245 251888. Train: If you would rather travel by train, there is an hourly train service which departs from underneath the airport terminal building. This is a direct journey that takes approx. 35 minutes to Cambridge train station. See Qjump - www.qjump.co.uk or The Trainline - www.trainline.co.uk for timetables, prices and to book tickets. Alternatively you can call National Rail Enquiries on +44 (0) 8457 48 49 50. If you have travelled to Cambridge by coach or by train, you will need to get either to your hotel or Clare College from the bus/train station. There are some taxis listed below which will take you to your destination.

Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport is approximately 2 - 3 hours from Cambridge. Airport website for flight details: www.heathrowairport.com Coach: There is a coach service to Cambridge Drummer Street station. See National Express Coaches - www.nationalexpress.co.uk to view timetables, prices and to book tickets. However, we advise that you take the train as the roads leading to Heathrow get very busy. Train: You will need to get to Kings Cross underground station to get the train to Cambridge. You can either take the Piccadilly underground or the Heathrow Express:

• Piccadilly Route: From the airport follow signs for the underground (also known as the tube) (www.tfl.gov.uk), you need the Piccadilly line which is dark blue and this will take you straight to Kings Cross. When you arrive at Kings Cross you must follow signs to 'trains' to get to the train station. See Qjump - www.qjump.co.uk or The Trainline - www.trainline.co.uk for timetables, prices and to book tickets. Alternatively you can call National Rail Enquiries on +44 (0) 8457 48 49 50. Trains run every half an hour between London Kings Cross and Cambridge.
• Heathrow Express: From the airport follow signs for the Heathrow Express - www.heathrowexpress.com. You will arrive in central London at Paddington train station. You need to get to the Paddington underground station. From here you can choose to take the Circle (yellow) line or the Hammersmith & City (pink) line to Kings Cross. When you arrive at Kings Cross you must follow signs to 'trains' to get to the train station. See Qjump - www.qjump.co.uk or The Trainline - www.trainline.co.uk for timetables, prices and to book tickets. Alternatively you can call National Rail Enquiries on +44 (0) 8457 48 49 50. Trains run every half an hour between London Kings Cross and Cambridge.

Taxi: Alternatively you could book an airport taxi which will take you all the way to Cambridge. (See below for details). If you have travelled to Cambridge by coach or by train, you will need to get either to your hotel or Clare College from the bus/train station. There are some taxis listed below which will take you to your destination.

Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport is approximately 2 - 3 hours from Cambridge. Airport website for flight details: www.gatwickairport.com Coach: There is a coach service to Cambridge Drummer Street station. See National Express Coaches - www.nationalexpress.co.uk to view timetables, prices and to book tickets. However, we advise that you take the train as this bus goes via Heathrow and Stansted airports before arriving in Cambridge. Train: There is the Gatwick Express train - www.gatwickexpress.com, which takes about 30 minutes and will take you to Victoria underground station. You must get on the Victoria line which is pale blue to get you to Kings Cross underground station. This will take about 15 minutes. From there you need to follow signs to 'trains' to get to the train station. Qjump - www.qjump.co.uk or The Trainline - www.trainline.co.uk for timetables, prices and to book tickets. Alternatively you can call National Rail Enquiries on +44 (0) 8457 48 49 50. Trains run every half an hour between London Kings Cross and Cambridge. Taxi: Alternatively you could book an airport taxi which will take you all the way to Cambridge. (See below for details). If you have travelled to Cambridge by coach or by train, you will need to get either to your hotel or Clare College from the bus/train station. There are some taxis listed below which will take you to your destination.

Luton Airport

Luton Airport is approximately 1 hour by road from Cambridge. Airport website for flight details: www.london-luton.co.uk Coach: There is a coach service to Cambridge which takes approximately 1 ½ hours. See National Express Coaches - www.nationalexpress.co.uk to view timetables, prices and to book tickets. Taxi: Alternatively you could book an airport taxi which will take you all the way to Cambridge. (See below for details). If you have travelled to Cambridge by coach or by train, you will need to get either to your hotel or Clare College from the bus/train station. There are some taxis listed below which will take you to your destination.

Local Taxis in Cambridge

Panther Tel: + 44 (0)1223 715 715
Camtax Tel: + 44 (0)1223 242 424
Diamond Tel: + 44 (0)1223 523 523
United Tel: +44 (0)1223 313 131

Airport Taxis

Kenway Executive Cars Tel: +44 (0)1223 832 515
Airport Cars Tel: +44 (0)1954 782 822
Airport Lynx Tel: +44 (0)1954 201 350

A good train service exists from London (King's Cross or Liverpool Street) and the fastest trains (the Cambridge Cruiser from King's Cross) take only 47 minutes. Cross country rail services link Cambridge with the Midlands and the North. You can either take a taxi to your hotel/Clare College or take a bus to the city centre (Emmanuel/Drummer Street) and you can walk to the college. A map of Cambridge is below. See National Rail - www.nationalrail.co.uk or The Trainline - www.trainline.co.uk for timetables, prices and to book tickets. Alternatively you can call National Rail Enquiries on +44 (0)8457 48 49 50.

There is a frequent express service between London and Cambridge and an hourly coach service between Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports and Cambridge. The College is a ten minute walk from Cambridge Bus Station in Drummer Street. See National Express Coaches - www.nationalexpress.co.uk to view timetables, prices and to book tickets.

if you are going to require parking, please contact Corinne Jennings, c.jennings@IDTechEx.com for further details. We have very limited parking available at the college, but we do have alternative parking arrangements. Google Maps: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps
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The venue address is:

The Gillespie Centre,
Memorial Court,
Clare College,
Queen's Road,
Cambridge,
CB3 9AJ

We have very limited parking available at Clare College. Please contact Corinne Jennings, c.jennings@IDTechEx.com for further details.

For further details please contact Corinne Jennings, c.jennings@IDTechEx.com for further details.