Virtual Society?

2nd-3rd May 2000

CRICT
Brunel University
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 3PH
England
+44 (0)1895 203 111
+44 (0)1895 203 155 (fax)
performing-virtualities@brunel.ac.uk

The workshop will be held at the beautifully located Cumberland Lodge, royally situated in the Great Park at Windsor. The lodge has a lovely garden and its various art, study and sitting rooms can be used by the workshop participants.

Cumberland Lodge also provides the accommodation during the workshop (the night of 2nd May only!). Accommodation, coffee/tea, breakfast, lunches and dinner are included in the workshop fee of £20.

Participants share a twinned bedroom. All bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms and towels are provided. There are facilities for ironing. Coined operated telephones are located inside the main and side doors of the Lodge. You should bring enough cash as credit cards cannot be used for purchases at the Lodge and the nearest cash machine is over 3 miles away in Egham. The bar opens before lunch and dinner and generally between 10pm and 11pm. 

Address: Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2HP, 01784-432316

Travel

Cumberland Lodge is easily accessible by both rail and car.

• By rail

Take the train from London Waterloo station to Egham station (aprox. 35-45 minutes). From Reading and the west there is a direct service Reading-Egham-Waterloo. Egham station is 3 miles from Cumberland Lodge, so please take a taxi to the lodge (aprox. £5).


For train times, ticket bookings etc., please check rail planner

Taxis: All Points Car (01784-432468), Arrow Cars (01784-436533), A2B (01784-432222) or Egham Taxis (01784-433933).

• By car

From the M25: Leave the M25 at junction 13 (signposted A30 Staines). Follows signs Windsor A308, pass the Runnymede Hotel and drive for more than 1 mile to turn left at a mini roundabout (signposted A328 Englefield Green) into Priest Hill. At the brow of the hill turn right into Castle Hill Road (signposted Great Park) and then right again at the T-junction into Bishopsgate Road. This road leads directly to Bishop's Gate and the entrance to the Great Park. Drive up close to the gates which should open automatically. At the cross-roads beyond the gates, turn left. After half a mile there is a sign to Cumberland Lodge - turn half right into the road which leads directly to the lodge.

From the west via the M40/M4: Leave the M40 at junction 4 (signposted A404 Marlow/Maidenhead) and continue along the A404 until it joins the M4 at junction 9, when you follow the London signs. Leave the M4 at junction 6 (signposted Windsor). Follow, first of all, signs for Windsor and then signs for A322 Ascot. Don't turn into Windsor Town Centre, but go to the large roundabout with traffic lights at the end of the dual-carriageway. Take the second exit along Goslar Way and then straight on at the next two roundabouts. At the third, large, roundabout take the third exit, still following Ascot signs. This road goes through the Great Park and after about a mile, there is a turning on the left, marked by bollards and a pink house, leading to white double gates which open automatically when you pause in front of them and clap in your hands. Go through the park for about half a mile before taking the second turning on the left, by two ponds, where there is a small signpost showing the way to Cumberland Lodge. Continue over the crossroads, down a hill and up again. A road joins on the right near the top of the hill and then immediately after Chaplain's Lodge there are three roads on the right. Take the third one to Cumberland Lodge.

From the south via the M3/A30: Leave the M3 at junction 3 (signposted A322 Bracknell). After the traffic lights follow signs for A30 London - the second of the two turnings on the left. Join the A30 and travel for 5 miles through Sunningdale and the edge of Virginia Water. At the crossroads with traffic lights and Royal Holloway College on your right, turn left (signposted A328 Englefield Green) into St Jude's Road. In this road go straight on at two mini roundabouts. At the end of the village green, turn left into Bishopsgate Road. From there, enter Great Park and follow the signs to Cumberland Lodge.

• By air

Heathrow airport is about 20 minutes by car. It is best to book a taxi from the list above (aprox. £20). From Gatwick take the train into London and then one to Egham, or take the airport link coach to Heathrow and from there a taxi.

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