Registation will take place in the Central Meeting Room 15 Foyer.

See campus map HERE (106kb gif)

The Walton Hall Campus is located in the south of Milton Keynes.

See location of university campus HERE (73kb gif)

When you arrive at the Campus go to the main reception in the Berrill Building and ask for directions. Taxi divers will know this location

You can see the campus map with the Berrill Main Reception and the Central Meeting Rooms marked on it HERE

Within walking distance of the venue the Hilton National Timbold Drive, Kent’s Hill Park, MK7 6HL (0.6km) has an Open University rate of £99 including breakfast (£109 double occupancy) and the Mercure Parkside Woughton on the Green, Bucks, MK6 3LR (1.2km) at approximately £90 per night (breakfast £14.95) but a wide range of hotels and other accommodation are available elsewhere in Milton Keynes.

The Travel Lodge Milton Keynes Central 800 Secklow Gate West, MK9 3BZ is close to the railway station and around £61 per night.

The City Centre Rooms at Central Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK9 3BT offer £40 per night accommodation in a row of furnished houses.

The Campanile Hotel 40 Penn Road, Watling Street, Fenny Stratford, Bucks, MK2 2AU is £58 per night, but closer to Bletchley Station and less convenient for public transport.

On-line booking and discounted rates can be found by searching at http://www.expedia.co.uk

Booking and other information on local hotels is also available from http://www.miltonkeynes.com/hotels and
http://www.mkweb.co.uk/accommodation

The above rates represent Internet prices and some hotels may offer discounts for Open University visitors. It may be worth checking by contacting them directly.

Milton Keynes is 30 minutes from London Euston station by the fastest trains, one hour from Birmingham International Airport by train and one hour from Luton Airport by shuttle-bus. Both of these airports are served by budget airlines
There is a National Rail Timetable site with links to the railway company booking systems at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/.

Long distance coaches stop at Milton Keynes Coachway alongside the M1 motorway.

Within Milton Keynes public transport runs to a relatively infrequent timetable and taxis are the most efficient transfer from train or coach station to hotels.

Details of local travel are available from http://www.mkweb.co.uk/travel/