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ANNOUNCEMENT (31 October 2022)

The new conference date has been announced as Saturday 14 January 2023.

Auditorium, Fitzwilliam College

You can access the College via one of the two Porters Lodges, who will then direct you to The Auditorium, a stand-alone building in New Court. 

Click here to download a campus map of Fitzwilliam College, and identify the spaces used for FLBA 2022 Conference

Exhibition and catering will be located on Level 1 of the Hall Building, accessed via the New Court (numbers 5 & 7 on the campus map).

Directions and accessibility: please visit the College website for comprehensive information 

Parking
There is limited car parking on-site and it is strictly on a first come-first served basis. The nearest car park to Fitzwilliam College is on Huntingdon Road CB3 0SH and is open from 7am. If this carpark is full then there is another car park on Storeys Way CB3 0DG.

Alternatively, there are 2 carparks within a 10 minute walk:

Castle Hill car park, Castle St, Cambridge CB3 0AR

Castle St car park, off Castle St, Cambridge CB3 0AH

Conference Dinner, St John's College

The conference dinner will be held in the stunning dining hall of St John's College, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort.

From William Wilberforce to Douglas Adams, there are hundreds of leaders and artists whose education here was the springboard to them making their mark on the world. It's perhaps this knowledge that lends the College an atmosphere of inspiration and achievement.

The Gala Dinner is scheduled to start at 19:30 with welcome drinks. Pre-registration is required. 

Getting there

Arriving by rail

There are two train stations in Cambridge. The closest train station to the College is Cambridge station. There is a taxi rank outside the station, from which you can take a taxi from the station to the College which takes around 10 – 15 minutes depending on traffic. 

Alternatively, there is a frequent bus service that runs from the station to the city centre. From the centre you can take the Citi 5 or Citi 6 from Emmanuel Street to Huntingdon Road. The bus stop is just outside Fitzwilliam College. Timetables can be found on Stagecoach website.

Universal U busway runs directly from the railway station to Madingley Road. Timetables can be found on Go Whippet website. 

Arriving by road

If you are coming to Cambridge via the M11, leave at junction 13. Turn right onto Madingley Road, drive down the hill and turn left into Lady Margaret Road then left onto Huntingdon Road. The entrance to Fitzwilliam College is about 600 meters on the left.

From the A14, take the B1049 exit towards Cambridge. At the end of Histon Road, turn right and right again at the traffic lights into Huntingdon Road. Fitzwilliam is on your left.

Arriving by air

Stansted Airport is the closest airport to Cambridge. There are direct trains that run from Stansted to Cambridge which take around 30 minutes. Timetables can be viewed on Trainline website.

Alternatively, there is a National Express bus service that runs hourly from Stansted Airport to Cambridge Bus station which takes around 45 minutes.

Arriving by bicycle

If you are local and prefer to cycle, there are visitor bicycle racks at both the Storey’s Way entrance and the Huntingdon Road entrance. Bicycles left here are at owner’s risk. 

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If you have any difficulty finding us, please call the Porters’ Lodge on 01223 332000.