Workshop on NIP and groups
University of Leeds, School of Mathematics
January 21-23, 2019
Practical information
Travel
You can travel to Leeds via the following airports:
- Leeds Bradford Airport, then travel by taxi or bus
- Manchester Airport, then travel by train or coach.
- London Airports, then travel by train or coach. (NB: London is around 320km away from Leeds. The fastest train takes about two hours to arrive to Leeds from London Kings Cross)
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport, then take a bus to the Doncaster Train Station and take a train to Leeds.
From Leeds-Bradford Airport , you can either take a taxi or catch the Flying Tiger bus 757 to City Square/Leeds Train station.
From Manchester Airport, there are direct trains to Leeds approximately every half hour; the journey is about an hour and a quarter.
See National Rail Enquiries for more details.
More information and useful tips for your arrival can be found here.
Accommodation
Most of the speakers (and some other participants) will stay at at the Ibis Leeds Centre Hotel.
To arrive to the Hotel from Leeds Train Station there are several options:
- Taxi: This will take about 10 minutes and will cost approximately 5 pounds (NB: Uber also operates in Leeds)
- On foot: this should take about 12 minutes to the IBIS hotel. See route
here.
To get to the School of Maths from the IBIS hotel, you can walk for about 17 minutes.
Here are some directions.
A cheaper accommodation can be booked for example in Ibis budget Leeds Centre Hotel, about 30 minutes walk from The University (about 10 minutes by bus plus around 10 minutes walk).