Have you ever considered the benefits of using public transport instead of your car?If you take the train to New Street Station and walk to the Conference Centres, the average female will burn 66 calories and the average male will burn 67 calories. That means you can enjoy a biscuit with your coffee when you arrive and not feel guilty!
The venues are less than a mile from 3 mainline stations which is approximately 20-25 minutes walk.
Travelling by train, bus or coach means you can relax with a book or mp3 player and let someone else take care of getting you where you need to be! No more traffic jams, no more motorways!
Reducing your carbon footprint
If you take the train instead of the car, based on a journey of 100miles in a standard family sized vehicle, you will reduced your carbon emissions by over TWO THIRDS!
Map downloadsInteractive Walking Maps from the local train stations to our venues.
Click the links below for your 'green' route to Conference Aston powered by Google. Walking from Birmingham New Street Walking from Snow Hill Station
Download the PDF venue map for directions to the hotel and conference centres.
Sat Nav and GPS detailsIf you are using a GPS system to find us the Post Code is B4 7ET. On some GPS systems this will take you to Corporation Street, however you will need to get to Aston Street to get to the Conference Aston venues. From here, please refer to the maps above for directions to the individual centres. If you have a TomTom GPS system, add Conference Aston as a point of interest by clicking the button below. It will bring you straight to Aston Street at the heart of the campus.
Travelling by rail?If coming by rail, the main station in Birmingham is New Street Station.
From here it is only a 20 minute walk to the Conference Aston venues. Exit the station via the escalators and keep to your left, take the exit on the right which will bring you out onto Corporation Street. Scroll to the top of the page for a link to our interactive walking maps powered by Google. The map at the top of the page provides directions to the Conference Centres from Corporation Street.
A taxi from New Street takes approximately 5 minutes and a taxi rank is available at the station.
Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill train stations are also within a 15 minute walk from the Conference Centres. Please visit www.thetrainline.com to find appropriate routes into Birmingham Stations. Travelling by bus?If you're travelling locally, the following bus services stop at Aston University.
A number of bus services operate to the University Campus throughout the day. Please visit www.travelwm.co.uk/bus where a route planner is available.
The venues are then no more than a 3 minute walk from the bus stops. Travelling by Taxi?Please check which venue your event is being held at to ensure the taxi takes you to the right place; ask for ask to be taken to either Aston Business School Conference Centre or the Lakeside Centre on the Aston University Campus. There is a drop off point outside the main reception.
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