Practical Arrangements for the Conference

Here is some useful information regarding practical arrangements for the conference

• Accommodation
• Dining
  
• Conference dinner
• Oral presentations
• Poster presentations
• Leicester pronunciation guide

The accommodation provided by the University will be located in the Gilbert Murray Hall of Residence.  All rooms are single en-suite.  Delegates requiring double or other types of accommodation should seek alternative sources, such as the hotels listed below.  Rooms are supplied with a welcome toiletry pack, towels and an NTL card-operated telephone.  Bedrooms will be available from 12:00 on Sunday 7th August and should be vacated by 09:30 on the day of departure.  Please note that all rooms are non-smoking. Small toiletry items can be purchased  from the Hall Manager whilst newspapers are normally available on sale after breakfast in the dining room.  Alternatively, Oadby (20 min walk) offers branches of most banks, a post office, shops, supermarkets, pubs and restaurants. 

The Hall bar will be open in the evenings and on the Monday night there will be a Pimms ice-breaker on the lawns of the University's Edwardian house The Knoll in the botanic gardens.

We strongly recommend that delegates use the Gilbert Murray accommodation, as this is thirty seconds' walk from the conference hall. However, for those wishing to use alternative accommodation, there follows a list of nearby and centrally located hotels. These are marked on a map of Leicester here. Please note that this list is provided for your convenience and is not intended to indicate approval of their services by the University of Leicester. Please also be aware that transport to and from alternative accommodation will NOT be provided, such that you will probably need to hire a car, and although the distances from hotels to the Hall may look short on the map, travel in the Leicester rush-hour is not recommended!

Hotels near to Gilbert Murray Hall:

1. The Best Western Leicester Stage Hotel (2.06 miles / 3.32 km from Gilbert Murray)
299 Leicester Road
Wigston Fields
Leicester
LE18 1JW

Tel: +44 (0)116 288 6161
Fax: +44 (0)116 257 3900

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2. The Regency Hotel (0.98 miles / 1.58 km from Gilbert Murray)
360 London Road
Stoneygate
Leicester
LE2 2PL

Tel: +44 (0)116 270 9634
Fax: +44 (0)116 270 1375

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Hotels more centrally located in Leicester:

3. The Best Western Belmont House Hotel (2.36 miles / 3.8 km from Gilbert Murray)
De Montfort Street
Leicester
LE1 7GR

Tel: +44 (0)116 254 4773
Fax: +44 (0)116 247 0804

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4. The Ramada Leicester (2.65 miles / 4.26 km from Gilbert Murray)
Granby Street
Leicester
LE1 6ES

Tel: +44 (0)116 255 5599
Fax: +44 (0)116 254 4736

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5. The Holiday Inn Leicester (5 miles / 8.05 km from Gilbert Murray)
129 St Nichols Circle
Leicester
LE1 5LX

Tel: +44 (0)870 400 9048
Fax: +44 (0)116 251 3169

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Dining

Please indicate on the registration form if you have any special dietary requirements.  The dining hall is located in Stamford Hall, which is two minutes' stroll through the gardens from Gilbert Murray Hall.

Oral Presentations

The meeting room will be equipped with 2 standard overhead projectors, 1 multimedia (PC) projector and a flipchart easel.

Poster Presentations

Individuals requesting or assigned poster presentations will be notified of the poster board dimensions when the scientific programme is finalised.  Fixing materials will be provided.

And finally...

We know that, for some people, coming to England can mean relearning the English language. So here is a pronunciation guide for some of the more tricky place names that even other English people sometimes get wrong. And don't be alarmed if you get called "me duck"; the standard Leicestrian greeting in the market is "hey up, me duck"...