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Travel & Accommodation
Portsmouth is a moderate-sized city in the UK. Everything is reasonably compact around the center so most things are within walking distance. For reference we are situated at the Dennis Sciama building on Burnaby Road (type into Google Maps to see).
We generally recommend visitors use the Ibis Portsmouth Centre, which is quite comfortable, offers breakfast, and is a short walk from here and close to restaurants. But feel free to use your hotel finder of choice!
If travelling from within the UK then most likely the train is easiest. Portsmouth and Southsea train station is in the middle of Portsmouth and easy walk to the accommodation options and our building.
If travelling from within Europe then look for flights into Southampton or London Gatwick airports. The former takes flights from Air France/KLM, and the latter is one of the largest EasyJet hubs. From either of these airports you can take a train (either directly or with a simple connection) to Portsmouth. Use the National Rail website to figure out train times (you can normally buy a flexible fair to avoid problems if planes are delayed).
If travelling from outside of Europe you have two choices:
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OPTION 1: fly into London Heathrow, which is very well connected and will probably be cheaper if a direct flight, but is not so easily connected to Portsmouth. As above, the nationalrail website will help to find connections to Portsmouth, but the “Heathrow bus” terminal can be used, which is a bus to, normally, Woking, and then a train from there. The Heathrow bus option will not show if selecting Heathrow all terminals. This is quicker and cheaper than travelling through London (which involves swapping at Paddington and using the Tube to get to Victoria/Waterloo). (As a note this method is also effective when travelling to other places in the UK, e.g. Cardiff).
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OPTION 2: Fly to Paris/Amsterdam/(other hubs??) and get a connecting flight to Southampton, or even Gatwick. This will be a bit more expensive for the flight, but is a simpler connection to Portsmouth.