Venue

Our venue for Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August 2013 will be Gas Green Community Centre, Cheltenham, UK. The venue owners have confirmed this and the deposit has been paid.

• Google maps
• Address: Gas Green Community Centre, Baker Street, Cheltenham GL51 9HQ, UK
• Long/Lat: 51.90726, -2.08458

Transport

Air, Rail and Coach

• Convenient train station: Cheltenham Spa CNM (1 mile / 1.5km)
• Convenient airports: Birmingham BHX (55 miles / 90km), London Heathrow LHR (90 miles / 145km)
• Convenient coach services: National Express (Royal Well bus station, 1.5 miles / 2km), Megabus (Promenade, 1.5 miles / 2km)

Bristol and Cardiff airports are also candidates, but not as easy to get to/from as Birmingham and Heathrow. Avoid Gatwick, Luton and Stansted unless you really have lots of time for your journey.

If you are driving from London Heathrow, you will usually find it faster to take the M4 motorway to junction 15 Swindon, and then the A419/A417 trunk road past Cirencester. Avoid the M40/A40 via Oxford unless you are planning a stop there, as Oxford is prone to traffic congestion. Use the signposted Park and Ride facilities if you are visiting Oxford.

Local Buses

• Stagecoach bus D (Hatherley - Racecourse - Bishops Cleeve) runs from railway station to Clarence Street (near Promenade & Royal Well), every 10 minutes. The return bus back to the railway station departs from near McDonalds on High Street.
• Stagecoach buses 41 and 42 (Cheltenham - Tewkesbury) run from Clarence Street to Old Gas Works on Tewkesbury Road (near Gas Green), every 15 minutes. The Old Gas Works bus stop is easily spotted by the enormous Tesco next to it.
• Stagecoach bus C, goes from McDonalds in Cheltenham centre to the Old Gas Works every 15 minutes.

Fringe venues

There will also be some optional "fringe" events on the Friday evening, probably a restaurant followed by a pub function room. On the Friday afternoon, there may be an "Early Arrivals Meet & Greet" at a teashop.

More to follow.