NA48 Collaboration Meeting Information
Accommodation has been booked in King's College
. These are student rooms
and are quite attractive. Some of them contain wash basins,
but none have integral bathrooms/WC.
There is a smaller number of single and double rooms
at a slightly higher price per person most with bathroom/wc.
Rooms will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Accommodation is available in King's
from the night of Monday 29th August
until the morning of Sunday 4th September. Please note that since Monday 29
August is a public holiday no accommodation is available earlier than 2pm on that day.
A few people may prefer to stay in hotels. Cambridge hotels are apt
to be expensive, and heavily booked. Therefore, if you want a hotel,
you should book it as soon as possible. You can find hotel information,
and how to book it,
here .
The meeting will be held in the centre of Cambridge near the College,
so no transport will be required.
Note that parking close to
King's College is very difficult, and you will have to park
some distance away if you want to find free parking.
You can park free of charge (at your own risk) at the Cavendish laboratory,
but note that this is about half an hour's walk from the city centre.
Breakfast is not available in College but nearby cafes may be used.
There will be a Collaboration dinner with entertainment (included in the fee) on
Wednesday 31 August in hall.
For other meals lunches and suppers will be available from the Hall canteen against
payment or you can find your own.
There are plenty of
pubs,
more pubs
and
restaurants, cafes and sandwich shops (for lunch).
There will be an excursion on Thursday afternoon.
Here are some things you might like to visit or
do during your time in Cambridge to be continued .
- Walking - there are tours
of Cambridge, covering some of the main sites. These take place 7 days a week.
- The Colleges
are the architectural highlights of the city. Some of the
most famous ones make a small charge (£1-2) for admission.
- Museums -
of particular interest are the
Fitzwilliam and the
Whipple
(history of science).
- Gardens - many of the College gardens are very attractive, and
the University Botanic Garden
is well worth a visit (small charge on Sundays).
- Punting
- the stretch of the river Cam along the "backs" of the
Colleges is famous, and the best way to see it is by punt.
You can hire a punt, or (at extra cost) or be chaffeured by punt.
- Shopping - Cambridge has the usual range of shops, but is particularly
well endowed with
bookshops.
- Cinemas.
-
What's on?
Central Cambridge,
and its
surroundings.
Although Cambridge is in the driest part of the UK, it often doesn't
seem like it. Rain cannot be excluded.
Here is the
present Cambridge weather
Jan White