Directions to The REACH Centre

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The REACH Centre in located on Lancaster University campus, just south of the city of Lancaster. The campus is easily accessible by road, rail and is only 70 miles from Manchester International Airport.

Visiting The REACH Centre

Please park in the visitors car parking zone on Farrer Avenue, and then report to LEC reception on Library Avenue.

Getting to The REACH Centre

By road

Sat-nav postcode: LA1 4YQ :: Google Maps link

Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster. For Lancaster University main campus turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. At the roundabout at the top of the drive, turn right for the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC). The LEC is the large white building located on Library avenue (first left). Visitor parking can be found on Farrer Avenue (second left). Pay and Display tickets for visitor parking are available from here. Visitors displaying a pay and display ticket may park in the 'Staff Standard' or 'Student Standard' zones if space is not available in visitor car parking areas.

Current (2010) pay and display charges: £1 for 2 hours, £2 for 4 hours and £3 for a day.

By rail

There are direct rail links between Lancaster and London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Oxford and major cities in Scotland. The X1 bus service runs between the Railway Station and the University every 20 minutes Mon - Sat daytimes and hourly on Sunday afternoons and evenings. Taxis are also available from outside the station. Lancaster Railway Station is a 5 minute walk away from the city centre.

By bus

The bus station is situated on Damside Street. Buses (numbers X1, 2, 2A, 3 and 4) leave regularly (every 5 minutes on weekdays) for the 20 minute journey to the University. Buses also leave the city centre at Common Garden Street for the University. For bus information call ‘Traveline' on 0871 200 22 33. All buses drop off at the University underpass, beneath Alexandra Square in the centre of campus. Buses 3 and 4 also provide a 10 minute service around the southern perimeter road and campus residences at Alexandra Park.

By air

From Manchester International Airport take the M56 motorway at junction 5 and join the M6 motorway at junction 20 (north). Follow the directions ‘By Car'. An hourly rail link runs between the airport and Lancaster.

For further information and maps, see the University travel site: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/travel/travel.htm