The conference will be held in Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, University of Oxford. The address is Magdalen College, OX1 4AU, and the nearest entrance is on Longwell Street.
The blue markings indicate the Longwell entrance and the Grove Auditorium.
The entrance from Longwell street with Grove Auditorium visible through the gate.
How to get to Oxford and where to stay in the city:
TRAVEL
Trains between Oxford and London run at least once every hour, more frequently during peak times. Oxford is on the main cross-country routes and so well connected to the rest of the UK. See http://www.rail.co.uk/.
Coaches the main coach station in Oxford is Gloucester Green which is in the city centre, with additional stops on the way (e.g., on High Street). Oxford Tube https://www.oxfordtube.com/ and National Express https://www.nationalexpress.com/en connects Oxford to many UK cities.
The closest airport to Oxford is London Heathrow, which is easily accessible by coach (https://www.theairlineoxford.co.uk/). Other airports that are a reasonable distance from the city are London Gatwick, Stansted, and Luton as well as Bristol and Birmingham airports. These are connected to Oxford by trains and coaches with varying frequencies (http://www.rail.co.uk/, https://www.theairlineoxford.co.uk/, and https://www.nationalexpress.com/en.) You can also book a taxi to meet you at the airport (booking in advance a local taxi service from Oxford is cheaper than taking one at the airport. See https://royal-cars.com/, https://www.001taxis.com/).
ACCOMMODATION
The various colleges have bookable guest accommodation. The rooms can be booked through this link https://conference-oxford.com/bb-self-catering or by directly contacting the college (there may be available rooms not shown on the webpage).
Hotels, B&Bs, guest houses, and hostels can be found via this link https://oxfordcity.co.uk/stay-in-oxford/ or through standard search engines such as booking.com and hostels.com. Central hotels include
(£80 – 190 per room per night)
- St Margaret’s Hotel https://thestmargaretshotel.co.uk/
(£140 – 300 per room per night)
- Premier Inn Oxford City Centre Westgate https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/home.html
- Cotswold Lodge Hotel http://www.cotswoldlodgehotel.co.uk/
- Bath Place Hotel http://www.bathplace.co.uk/index.html
(£300 – 700 per room per night)
- The Old Bank www.oldbank-hotel.co.uk
- The Old Parsonage www.oldparsonage-hotel.co.uk
- The Randolph www.graduatehotels.com/oxford-uk/?referer=https%3A%2F%2Frandolphhotel.co.uk%2F
Several hotels and guest houses are within an easy walk of Magdalene College and All Souls College, and buses run frequently along Iffley Road, Cowley Road/B480, and St Clements/Headington Road where many B&Bs can be found.
MAP
You can access a searchable map of Oxford’s colleges here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/visitors/map
TimFest
Conference in Honour of Timothy Williamson
TimFest 