Information

The registration fee includes coach travel to and from the official accommodation provider, College Court.

Tuesday 18^th June:
Bus leaves College Court at 4.15 pm to get (via Novotel) to Icebreaker at SPL for 5 pm.

Space Park to Novotel and College Court, leaves SPL at 7 pm.

Wednesday 19^th June:
College Court, then Novotel, to National Space Centre. Leaves CC at 8.15 am
Space Park to Novotel and ECR meal at Spice Bazaar and Craddock Arms (Craddock Arms is beside College Court, Spice Bazaar is 10-15 mins walk from CC). Leave SPL 7 pm.

Thursday 20^th June
College Court, then Novotel to National Space Centre. Leaves 8.15 am
National Space Centre Dinner – Novotel then College Court – First bus (capacity 83) at 10 pm and second bus between 11 and 12 pm.

Friday 21^st June
College Court, Novotel to National Space Centre. Leaves College Court 8.15 am

There is one train station in Leicester, just on the outskirts of the city centre. Trains from all over the country arrive here on a regular basis. Having arrived at this station, follow the bus instructions below depending on your destination.

For those travelling by car, please follow directions to the National Space Centre, Exploration Drive, Space City, Leicester, LE4 5NS. Parking permit available on request from BPSC organisers. Alternatively costs £3 per day (pay and display). There is no parking available at Space Park (apart from disabled).

Disabled parking is available at Space Park Leicester, please email your car registration number to reception@space-park.co.uk with the dates of your visit to allow the team to add your vehicle to the ANPR barrier system. Follow directions to: Space Park Leicester, 92 Corporation Drive, Leicester, LE4 5SP.

All Leicester buses now accept card payment, cash is still accepted but attendees are advised to give exact change where possible. Single and Return tickets are purchased from the driver when boarding the bus. Single fares in Leicester are capped at a maximum of £2.

Arriva operates most of the buses in Leicester, if you are going to get a saver ticket, this is the best company to get it from. All saver tickets allow unlimited travel on Arriva buses for the allotted time. The ticket expires at midnight on the final day. Note unless otherwise stated, the return route will use the same bus numbers just in the opposite direction as the route there.

• A day ticket is £5.30
• The duo ticket costs £10.00 and allows 2 people to travel
• A week ticket is £20.00

The Leicester Hop! bus is free. The only other saver ticket that might be worth getting is from First Bus Leicester, depending on which services you plan to use.

• A day ticket is £5.30
• The week ticket is £20.50

To College Court

• From the Train Station: Take the 44 or 44a bus (every 15 mins) from the bus stop on the same side of the road as the train station. Get off the bus at ‘Northcote Road’ bus stop which is at the end of Queen’s Road. You will now be in front of College Court.

• From the city centre: Take the same 44 or 44a bus as above, but from Haymarket Bus Station instead of the Train Station

To Novotel

• From the train station: take the Hop! bus (every 10 mins) from the bus stop on the opposite side of the road to the train station. Get off the bus at either:
  • Causeway Lane (stop AD), walk to Vaughan Way, turn left and cross the road. Walk down Vaughan Way for 5 mins to reach the Novotel.
  • St. Nicholas Circle (stop FC), cross the road and walk North up Vaughan Way for 5 mins to reach the Novotel.

• From the city centre: 9 min walk to reach Novotel

To the Space Park

• From the Train Station: take the 31, 31a, 44, 44a, 47, x3, x7 or the Hop! bus (from the stop on the opposite side of the road to the train station) to Haymarket Bus Station, then either:
• Take the 54 bus (every 8 mins) to Chale Road and walk for 5 mins on Corporation Road until you reach the Space Centre.
• Take the 303 P&R bus (every 15 mins) to Space Centre bus stop, then walk down Exploration Drive, turn right on Corporation road and walk until you get to the space centre (Total ~12 min walk time)
• Walk 5 min to St. Margaret’s Bus Station and take the Skylink Derby bus (every 20 mins but does run 24 hrs a day) to Corporation road bus stop, then walk 5 mins down Corporation Road until you reach the space park.

• From College Court: take the 44 or 44a bus (every 15 mins) to Haymarket bus station, then either:
  • Take the 54 bus (every 8 mins) to Chale Road and walk for 5 mins on Corporation Road until you reach the Space Centre.
  • Take the 303 P&R bus (every 15 mins) to Abbey Park Space Centre bus stop, then walk down Exploration Drive, turn right on Corporation road and walk until you get to the space centre (Total ~12 min walk time)
  • Walk 5 min to St. Margaret’s Bus Station and take the Skylink Derby bus (every 20 mins but does run 24 hrs a day) to Corporation road bus stop, then walk 5 mins down Corporation Road until you reach the space park.

• From Novotel: walk 8 mins to St. Margaret’s Bus Station, then take the Skylink Derby (every 20 mins) to Corporation road bus stop, then walk 5 mins down Corporation Road until you reach the space park.

From the London Airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton): Take the train to Leicester Train Station, then follow the relevant bus instructions from the Train Station above.

From the East Midlands Airport (EMA): To get to Leicester, either:

1. Take the Skylink Derby in the direction of Leicester. It will arrive in St. Margaret’s Bus Station. If you are going to College Court, follow the College Court by bus from the city centre instructions above. If you are going to the Novotel, walk for 8 mins from the Bus station down Vaughan way to reach the Novotel.
2. Take the Skylink Nottingham bus from the airport in the direction of Nottingham to Long Eaton Train Station. Take the train to Leicester then follow the bus instructions from the Train Station above.