Accommodation
There are plenty of hotels of all price ranges close to the venue:
Highfield House (Hotel close to Avenue Campus) Banister Guest House (B&B close to Avenue Campus) The Avenue Bed and Breakfast (B&B close to Avenue Campus) Travelodge Southampton (Hotel close to Avenue Campus) Jury’s Inn (Hotel close to Southampton Central train station) Premier Inn Southampton Airport (Hotel close to Southampton International Airport)
Free accommodation with postgraduate students from the University of Southampton may be possible and will be arranged on first come first served basis. Please contact the symposium via email on beyondtheseasymposium@gmail.com
Travel
Buses in Southampton: The University’s Uni-Link bus service will take you straight to the University of Southampton campus from the International Airport, from Southampton Central rail station and from Southampton Airport Parkway rail station. The U1 bus can pick you up from stations and airport and to the main Highfield Campus, or to a stop close by Avenue Campus (see here for route and timetable). The U2 bus can pick you up from Highfield Campus and the civic centre and drop you off at Avenue Campus where the symposium is held (see here for route and timetable).
By train: Southampton is easily reachable from most major cities in the UK through either Southampton Central station or Southampton Airport Parkway station. Look for timetables and prices on the Nationalrail website. Also have a look on the Megabus website which often offers very cheap train tickets from major cities (including London) to Southampton Central.
By bus: National Express and Greyhound offer coach services from all over the UK to Southampton centre and Southampton University directly.
By plane: Southampton International Airport is connected to major cities in the UK and Europe. Flybe and Eastern Airways, the airport’s main airlines, offer low-fare flights to most destinations. AirFrance operates services from Paris. Other low-fare airports close to Southampton include Bournemouth, Bristol and London Stansted. Travellers outside Europe are suggested to consult major airlines flying to London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports.