Sky Blue Way starts as 3 lanes but soon goes down to 2
- keep in the left-hand lane. At the bottom of the hill there is a big roundabout. Take the second exit - for Far Gosford Street.
You pass under the Coventry ring-road and at the next set of lights
you need to turn right into Cox Street. The road narrows, passes over a zebra-crossing (the footpath shown in
the larger-scale map below) and just beyond this is Grove Street Car park - on the right. 50p after 6:00p.m.
You've now got to Grove Street car park.
From "South of the Watford Gap" From the
M1 from the South leave M1 at the M45, follow this, it becomes the A45
just outside Dunchurch. Keep with the A45 for Coventry. You will pass the
Peugeot Ryton Works and eventually come to a large roundabout with the
A46. (Just after the Ryton works you go down a hill and under a road bridge.
Start moving over to the right, so you are in the correct lane when
you get to the big roundabout with the A46/A45.) Note this roundabout
is controlled by traffic lights.
You want the third exit for the B4110, join the roundabout, bearing right but "spiral out"
(the first exit is for the airport, second for the A45, third B4110 and
fourth for A46/M69). You are now on the "London Road", keep with this single carriageway becomes
3 lanes at the traffic lights (keep left), rapidly becoming single track again after the lights, then
becomes dual carriagway again, start moving over to the right here for the next roundabout.
At this next roundabout (also with traffic lights) take the third exit
(not the second for the SuperStore but third for Seven Stars Industrial Estate). This is Humber Road
and following it past another part of Peugeot (on your right) straight on at two sets of lights
upto a big roundabout. Turn left onto Binley Road (A427) for city centre. See above for
the route from here-on.
How to get to Coventry University by Train
By Train it is less of a strain. If you are well-heeled, get a taxi from the Station to the
University. Or walk - BCS president Rachel Burnet did - in the rain - for our Schools Competiton finals! The rest of us will get the bus. Nice new BendiBusses!
The number 27 serves the station now, and now stops at Pool Meadow bus station.
The timings shown here are approximate, being taken from the "Summer Timetable"
now available from network Coventry. I recommend you check out the
travel coventry website :
|
Route No
|
27
|
17
|
27
|
17
|
27
|
17
|
17
|
17(!)
|
|
Depart Station
|
16:47
|
17:02
|
17:18
|
17:33
|
17:50
|
18:05
|
18:20
|
18:35
|
|
Arrive Pool Meadow
|
16:57
|
17:12
|
17:28
|
17:43
|
18:00
|
18:15
|
18:30
|
18:45
|
Please note: I've not used the bus from the station for about three years; the route may have changed!
The bus will leave the station, go around station square, Park Road and
Manor Road, and
come to a big roundabout (murder to get on from the Station!!).
This is over the Ring Road.
The bus will cross over the top of the ring-road and head towards the city
centre, along Warwick Road.
It will turn left into Greyfriars Road, head straight on into Victoria Road
(large Co-Op on your left at a roundabout with Croft Road).
Straight on into Corporation Street and straight on into Hales Street.
At some traffic lights it will turn right into (and up)
Trinity Street. At the top is the Holy Trinity Church.
The bus then bears right into Broadgate, you will see the
Lady Godiva statue on your left. I'm telling you the landmarks
so you have some confidence that you know where you are! (You can get off
here if you wish, but the bus does go into Cox Street eventually, so sit tight,
have faith!)
Passing Lady Godiva in Broadgate, the bus bears left into High Street, a
jolly pedestrianised bit with bollards to calm the traffic.
At the end of this are traffic lights (on your
left is the Council House), the bus turns left into Earl Street
(it may stop outside "Browns") and heads down Earl Street, past
the Herbert Art Gallery (on your left).
The bus then turns left into Cox Street and going down the hill,
crosses a pedestrian crossing. YOU NEED TO GET OFF HERE...I can't remember
if this is a request stop, so ring the bell as the bus turns into Cox Street.
The bus stops with parts of Coventry University on your left.
Walk back to the pedestrian (zebera) crossing, and cross over it.
There is a footpath in front of
you (slightly right and up, between the buildings) follow this out
into Grove Street. The footpath continues into,
and across, Grove Street car-park as a series of pedestrian crossings.
(Information taken from
Routes 17 & 27 leaflet, re-issued 27 April 2003.)
Travel Coventry Traveline 0870 608 2 608
Centro hotline 024 7655 9559.
Follow link
now you've got there.
How to get to Coventry University by Bus
I cannot comment on how easy it is to get to the University from out-of-town!
All information is
according to my Bus Maps (valid
from March 2003 unless shown otherwise in brackets - believed to be most recent).
NO!!! The bus routes have changed a couple of times since I wrote this
section of the directions, they may be completely wrong now!
The corporation closed off certain roads and directed the
busses around Broadgate. Then that caused the bus station
(Pool Meadow) to be
under-utilised, so they re-opended parts of the pedestrianised
area to busses, and routed all busses through the bus station.
Hmmm.... please check the travel coventry website before you take
the bus!
Centro recommend that you confirm with their
hotline on 024 76 559 559.
Alternatively, you could try their website at
www.travelcoventry.co.uk
The following buses pass through (or terminate at) Pool Meadow:
- 10 - Broad Lane (via Eastern Green & Tile Hill) to Pool Meadow
- 11 - Broad Lane (via Spon End) to Pool Meadow
- 12 & 12A - Pool Meadow to Leamingtom Spa
(via Herald Avenue, Warwick Uni & Kenilworth) (June 2002)
- 12W - Pool Meadow to Westwood Business Park
(via Herald Avenue & Warwick University) (June 2002)
From within Pool Meadow follow the signs for Coventry Cathedral &
Tourist Information. There are three exits from the Pool Meadow Bus Station.
If you come out of the bus station by a cross-roads
with Millenuim Square to your right - now resplendent with the Whittle Arch,
and Sainsburys opposite you, turn left and walk
along Fairfax Street until you come to the next set of lights.
You should pass under
the Britannia Hotel and come to some more traffic lights.
If you come out of the "Middle Door" marked "Fairfax Street" you will
again see Sainsbury's in front of you and the Whittle Arch to your right. Again
turn left and walk under the hotel to the lights.
If you come out of Pool Meadow by the other exit you will see the
hotel to your right and you will be at these lights!
Cross Fairfax Street at the lights and go
under the Priory Street halls of residence, following Priory Street
upto the Cathedral.
With the Cathedral Steps to your right, turn left, cross the new Priory Square
(you will see the Tourist Information building on your right at the top
of the hill) and follow the footpath
across the Coventry University campus. The Alan Berry Building
(formerly F block) should be on your left as you take the footpath.
Down a flight of steps you will go deeper into the campus with
the James Starley Engineering Block on your right and
the Lanchester Resturant across the grass on your left.
You will see sign-posts to the Armstrong Siddely block as you follow
the footpath.
Follow this footpath under The Sir Frank Whittle Building (formerly D block) hence down another flight of steps
to a pedestian crossing.
Across this crossing the footpath bears slightly right and up and passing to the
left of the Bugatti Buildings continues into,
and across, Grove Street car-park.
Now you've got there.
By Bus, via Broadgate
The following buses go up and over Broadgate. This too, is not a complete list.
- 3 - Binley to Holbrooks (via Stoke Aldermoor & Lockhurst Lane)
- 4 - Binley to Hen Lane (via Stoke Aldermoor & Lockhurst Lane)
- 7 - Bell Green to Brownshill Green
- 8 - Bell Green
- 31A - City, Woodway Park, Lentons Lane & back to City (via Walsgrave Triangle)
- 31C - City, Lentons Lane, Woodway Park & back to City (via Walsgrave Triangle)
- 17 - Coventry Rail Station to Walsgrave Hospital (April 2003)
- 27 - Coventry Rail Station to Wyken (April 2003)
- 32 - Tanyard Farm (Tile Hill North) to Potters Green (July 2003)
- 32A - Tanyard Farm to Walsgrave Business Park (Walsgrave Triangle) (July 2003)
- 32C - Tanyard Farm to Bell Green (July 2003)
- 32W - Massey Ferguson to Bell Green
- 51 - City to Victoria Farm (via Sainsbury's Superstore) - seems to connect with the number 31!
- 75 - Bell Green to Brownshill Green
(See below for the
number 13 - Whitmore Park to Willenhall via Binley Road)
I'm going to direct you via Coventry Cathedral, which may be sign-posted from Broadgate.
In Broadgate, cross at the crossing (in the middle) so you are facing the Lady Godiva statue,
with the road behind you. Beyond the statue is the Cathedral Lanes shopping precinct.
Turn left and walk to the edge of Cathedral Lanes, then turn right and walk down the (left-hand) side of these shops.
You should then pass the
Holy Trinity church, now on your left, and
proceeding forwards, you will soon see the Cathedral in front of you.
Pass down the footpath between the old and new cathedrals, and down the steps of the cathedral into Priory Street.
Cross the road (without turning) and straight in front of you will be a footpath, with The Alan Berry Block
(formerly F-Block) to the left of it, and a wall to the right. Proceed down the steps, you will go deeper into the campus with the James Starley Engineering Block
on your right (Formerly C Block) and the Lanchester Resturant across the grass on your left.
Follow this footpath under The Sir Frank Whittle buliding (forerly D block)
hence down another flight of steps to a pedestian crossing.
Across this crossing the footpath continues (with the Bugatti Buildings on your right)
into, and across,
Grove Street car-park.
Now you've got there.
The number 13 bus significantly misses Broadgate
and Pool Meadow. It does stop in the Burgess.
Thats not a lot of use to you if you don't know what to look out for, so I'm
going to give you some pointers. If you know the way, fine, ignore the following,
if not, here goes.
According to my bus map/timetable for April 2003, the number 13 either starts in Wheelwright Lane (Whitmore Park) and terminates in
Remembrance Road (Willenhall) or vice-versa.
The good news is that which ever way the bus runs, it is funnelled into the
city centre in the same way... it eventually comes into Hales Street.
At the end of Hales Street it swings right by the new Millenium Square, with the
new Whittle Arch on your left, and Sainsbury's right in front of you (until the right turn when it is to your left)
and ascends Trinity Street. It then does a sharp
right over the top (at Cross Cheaping, look out for the bus stops, taxi rank
and pedestrian lights) and descends down the Burgess.
Get off in the Burgess.
Walk back up the Burgess (passing a camera shop on your right)
with Alders immediately in front of you, cross the road (the access
to the West Orchards shopping precinct car park) and
(before the arch leading up) turn left so you now have Alders on your right.
With Wetherspoons in front of you, walk to the railings, cross the road
towards Wetherspoons, then turn right. Keep walking
up the hill (this is actually Trinity Street, leading to Broadgate) until you
get to the Cathedral Lanes shopping centre, with the Holy Trinity church on
your left. Turn left and follow the footpath between the church and the shopping
centre.
Proceeding forwards, you will soon see the Cathedral in front of you.
Pass down the footpath between the old and new cathedrals, and down the steps of the cathedral into Priory Street.
Cross the road (without turning) and straight in front of you will be a
footpath, with The Alan Berry (formerly F-Block) to the left of it, and a wall to the right.
Proceed down the steps, you will go deeper into the campus with the
James Strarley Engineering Block on your right (formerly C Block) and the Lanchester Resturant across
the grass on your left.
Follow this footpath under The Sir Frank Whittle (formerly D) block hence down another flight
of steps to a pedestian crossing.
Across this crossing the footpath continues
(slightly to the right, and up, between more University buildings, with the Bugatti Buildings on your right)
into, and across,
Grove Street car-park.
Now you've got there.
So, you've got there, now what?
On foot or bus, you'll be crossing Cox street on the pedestrian crossing
and cut across Grove Street car park.
By car, you'll be in Grove Street car park.... which is under the ring-road.
Facing up the hill, you need to go left
along the footpath.
Either way, you'll come to some more University Buildings.
AS block (Armstrong Siddely) is the one on your left, and the footpath
leads you to the entrance (on your left). Come in through the doors,
make your way to the first floor. Stairs - turn right, lift - turn left,
through the doors and along the coridoor.
AS124 will be on your right after
the common-room.
Do come in, we're quite friendly and don't bite.
We even offer Tea, coffee and Biscuits.
