Location

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car By Car

It is advisable to avoid the city centre and take the outer ring road, which is the A64 to the south and east of the city, and A1237 round the north and west. Follow the University signposts from the outer by-pass, leaving from the junction of the Selby road A19 or the Hull road A1079. There is free car parking close to all University buildings


rail By Rail

York has excellent rail connections. The City is on the East Coast main line which joins London and Edinburgh, with the journey from London Kings Cross taking approximately 2 hours.

There are also direct train services between York and Manchester airport with a journey time of 2 hours. For further information please ring 0345 484950 or consult the UK Railways on the Net web pages.

From the station they university may be reached:

By foot - Following the walking route indicated on the map. The distance from the railway station and bus station (Rougier Street) is approximately 2.5 miles to Heslington Hall.

By bus
- There is a regular bus service operating between York Station and Heslington at approximately 12 minute intervals from Monday to Saturday between 8am and 6.30pm. In the evening the service is reduced to half-hourly intervals. Sunday service operates every hour.

By taxi
- A journey by taxi from the railway station to the University Campus will take approximately 15 minutes and costs about £3.50. There are additional taxi ranks in the city centre at Duncombe Place, Piccadilly and St Saviourgate


air By Air

Leeds/Bradford Airport : is less than two hours from York. A bus leaves the airport for Leeds railway station at 20 minutes past every hour; the journey takes 50 minutes. A taxi to Leeds station takes about 30 minutes.

Manchester Airport is 2 hours away by train. Trains run direct from the airport to York Railway Station.

London Heathrow Airport: take the underground to Kings Cross station and then continue to York by train (see above).

London Gatwick Airport: take the train to Victoria Station and from there the underground to Kings Cross Station.