Edinburgh Campus www.hw.ac.uk/directions SERVICES
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Edinburgh Conference Centre Recruitment and issions Service Centre for Sport and Exercise - Gait 10 Sports Academy - Gait 10 Edinburgh Business School - Gait 11 Cameron Smail Library - Gait 12 Archives, Records Management and Museum Service / Mary Burton Centre / Gibson Craig Wing Henry Prais Building - Gait 12 Esmée Fairbairn Building - Gait 12 Mary Burton Building - Gait 11 Lord Balerno Building Academic Registry / Finance Office / People and Organisational Development Hugh Nisbet Building Student Service Centre / Student and Accommodation / Catering / Shops Scott Russell Building - Gait 3 Careers Advisory Service / Corporate Communications / Development and Alumni / Research and Enterprise Services / SCHOLAR James Nasmyth Building - Gait 3 William Arrol Building - Gait 4 Edwin Chadwick Building - Gait 4 John Coulson Building - Gait 3 Allen McTernan Building - Gait 2 Information Technology David Brewster Building - Gait 2 Postgraduate Centre - Gait 2 Academic Enhancement Unit William Perkin Building - Gait 2 John Muir Building - Gait 1 Earl Mountbatten Building - Gait 2 Colin Maclaurin Building - Gait 1
Institute of Petroleum Engineering - Gait 8 26 Enterprise Building 27 Centre for Flow Assurance 28 Tom Patten Building 29 Energy Academy 30 NExT Building 31 Jim Brown Building 32 Conoco Building
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A George Heriot Wing - Gait 9 B Health Centre - Gait 9
C Gardeners Cottage: Transition Heriot-Watt D Students Union - Gait 7
E Estates Services / Research Park Office - Gait 6 F Recycling Centre - Gait 5 G Media Services: Graphics and Printing - Gait 6 H Procurement Services - Gait 6 I Mail Room - Gait 6 J Nursery - Gait 1 K Chaplaincy - Gait 4 L Media Services: Audio Visual - Gait 12 M International Study Centre
RESIDENCES AND FLATS Residences North - Gait 1 b Pentland Hall Linlithgow Hall d Yarrow Hall Ettrick Hall f Caddon Hall Midlothian Hall Residences West
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EDINBURGH CONFERENCE CENTRE
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ACCOMMODATION Visitors who have reserved overnight accommodation should check in at the Main Reception.
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Meeting Rooms Y Leonard Horner Conference Lounge Cedar Room, Cedar Suite Z 2nd Floor: Oak Room, Beech Room 1st Floor: Lecture Theatre 4 Ground Floor: Lecture Theatres 1–3 HUGH NISBET BUILDING Catering Outlets College Lounge C 2nd Floor: 1st Floor: Central Food Court Brio Ground Floor: Elements The Piece
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BUILDINGS
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HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY EDINBURGH CAMPUS
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Getting to Heriot-Watt University BY CAR Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Campus is easily accessible by car, both from the centre of Edinburgh (6 miles) and from all major routes leading to the city. The University is half a mile from the Calder Junction of the A720 City of Edinburgh By and the A71 (there are signs for Heriot-Watt University on the approach to Calder Junction). On the M8, from Glasgow, turn right at Hermiston Gait roundabout following the signs for the A71. The A720 is a dual carriageway which skirts Edinburgh and can be accessed from all the major routes entering and leaving the city: A90 (North), M8 and M9 (West), A702 (South and M6), A7 and A68 (Borders and South), A1 (South and East). VISITOR PARKING All visitors must use Visitors Car Park A or B on entering the campus. Car Park C is for visitors to Edinburgh Conference Centre. BLUE BADGE HOLDERS ONLY An accessible car park is located at Gait 10 next to the Centre for Sport and Exercise. Additional accessible parking spaces are available throughout the Edinburgh Campus. Disabled visitors should make arrangements in advance to ensure an appropriately allocated parking space is made available. BY TAXI CENTRAL RADIO TAXIS telephone 0131 229 2468 (24 hrs) www.taxis-edinburgh.co.uk There are a number of taxi services in the centre of Edinburgh including those at Waverley station (rail) and St Andrew Square (bus station). The journey to Heriot-Watt University takes about 20-30 minutes. At the Edinburgh Campus, taxis can be requested from the reception desk in the James Watt Centre.
The 25 is the most frequent bus to the Edinburgh Campus, leaving the city centre every 15 minutes during the day, and every 30 minutes after 20.00. During peak times in the morning and evening, Monday to Friday, the X25 runs to the Edinburgh Campus every 15-20 minutes. The 25 departs from Princes Street, via Haymarket, Gorgie Road and Sighthill. The X25 has a limited stop route beginning at Waterloo Place via Princes Street, Lothian Road and running non-stop to Sighthill before arriving at Heriot-Watt University. The 25 runs until around midnight, after which time Lothian Buses operate the N25, a night bus service which runs every 30 minutes to the Edinburgh Campus from Waverley train station via Princes Street, Haymarket, Balgreen and Sighthill.
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The 34 departs from Princes Street via Lothian Road, Fountainbridge, Slateford Road and Sighthill.
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The 45 leaves from Hanover Street via The Mound, Tollcross, Bruntsfield, Merchiston and Craiglockhart. This service operates every 30 minutes, Monday to Friday, from approximately 07.00 to 19.00.
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TRAVELINE SCOTLAND telephone 0871 200 22 33 www.stagecoachbus.com
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The Airdirect 747 service runs Monday to Friday from Dunfermline to Ferrytoll Park and Ride, Edinburgh Airport, Gyle Centre, South Gyle, and Hermiston Park and Ride to the Edinburgh Campus. Peak time service only.
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BY AIR
AIRLINK telephone 0131 555 6363 www.flybybus.com
NATIONAL EXPRESS telephone 08717 81 81 81 www.nationalexpress.com
By bus, the express Airlink service links the airport and the city centre and takes approximately 30 minutes. The service terminates at Waverley Bridge, near to Waverley station and bus station and is just off the city's main street, Princes Street. The service runs seven days a week from approximately 04.50 to approximately 00.22.
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The mainline rail network serves the centre of Edinburgh well. Edinburgh Waverley is at the east end of Princes Street and Haymarket Station is at the west end. Curriehill Station, one mile from the University, offers a frequent service to Edinburgh Waverley and a service to Glasgow Central Station.
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EDINBURGH AIRPORT telephone 0844 481 8989 www.edinburghairport.com
CITYLINK telephone 08712 66 33 33 www.citylink.co.uk
The journey to Heriot-Watt University by bus takes approximately 30-40 minutes from the city centre, depending on the time that you are travelling. Lothian Buses offers services 25, X25, 34, 45 and N25 (night bus) to Heriot-Watt University.
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LOTHIAN BUSES telephone 0131 555 6363 (24 hrs) www.lothianbuses.com
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Bus service schedules and prices are subject to change. Enquiries should be made directly to Lothian Buses.
Edinburgh International Airport is served by scheduled national and international flights. The airport is on the west of the city, just three miles from the campus. The journey by taxi takes about 10 minutes.
All national coach services to Edinburgh arrive at St Andrew Square bus station, situated at the east end of Princes Street.
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