January 29 - 30, 2004   
Meridien Russell Hotel   
Bloomsbury, London   
United Kingdom   
   
Agenda
Participants List
Draft NSF Workshop
Final Report
Accommodation
Travel
   

 

   
   
Travel
 
   
   
Weather Forecast  
   
London Weather for the next five days  
   
Hotel Location  
   
Le Meridien Russell is centrally located in fashionable Bloomsbury near Russell Square Underground station with direct connections to Heathrow Airport. Euston, Kings Cross and St Pancras railway stations are a short walk from the hotel and there are numerous bus routes.  
   
Map of London  
   
 
   
Distance from Airports to the Hotel  
   

Primary airport - London Heathrow Airport (LHR)

  • Distance from hotel - 39km - 24 miles - 50 minutes
  • Direction from hotel - west

Secondary airport - London Gatwick Airport (LGW)

  • Distance from hotel - 64km - 30 miles - 1 hour
  • Direction from hotel - south

Tertiary airport - Stansted Airport (STN)

  • Distance from hotel - 40 miles
  • Direction from hotel - north

Quaternary airport - London City Airport (LCY)

  • Distance from hotel - 9 miles
  • Direction from hotel - south
 
   
Transportation to the Hotel  
   
The average one-way taxi fare from Heathrow Airport to the hotel is approximately £45.00, whilst from both Gatwick and Stansted airports the approximate cost is £90.00. The one-way taxi fare from City Airport is approximately £20.00.

The average airport shuttle one-way fare is about £14.00.

 
   
Travel Information  
   
The hotel is easily accessible from London's King Cross, St. Pancras and Euston Railway Stations, as well as London's City and Heathrow Airports.

Climate - The UK is subject to changeable weather. Winters tend to be mild and wet.
Summers can be warm with temperatures reaching up to 25 degrees in places.