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[Wendy Stacey]

Dear Conference Attendee

Due to a train strike on the East Midlands railway on the Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th September (which also means Friday 18th might be impacted) we encourage you to book your travel in advance before tickets become unavailable and/or expensive. We have listed some links below which might be helpful.

Please use this forum to communicate if you have room in your car to take anyone to the venue, or require a lift, or to communicate about taxi sharing from Nottingham station or East Midlands airport.

We advise people travelling by train to arrive at Nottingham station. There is a closer station (Langley Mill) but this has limited service and no taxi service.

Thank you in advance and look forward to seeing you very soon!
Wendy Stacey & Karen Brereton

Trains: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ EMR is open for Friday booking. We encourage people to book if you are travelling Friday as although trains are running, this day will be impacted by the previous two days.

Coach options:
Flixbus: https://www.flixbus.co.uk – this will immediately bring up a page where you can enter your starting point and destination. Flixbus gives you the option of going from London Victoria Coach Station, which takes between 3 and 3.5 hours, or if you know your way round London you can book one from Finchley Road tube station, which takes about 2.5 hours (this is because it is painfully slow in the traffic in central London, so catching it from north London cuts the time down considerably). Prices are currently very low, starting at £4.99 – but that’s only if you book soon. If you are travelling from London Heathrow Airport, make sure you select London Heathrow Airport rather than London. From the airport, Flixbus is much cheaper currently, and generally faster.

National Express: https://www.nationalexpress.com – this will immediately bring up a page where you can enter your starting point and destination. If you enter London and then choose “LONDON (Most Popular)” you get a choice of both London Victoria Coach Station and London Golders Green. The coach to Nottingham that leaves London Victoria heads north and goes via Golders Green, so you have the option of picking up the coach there for a shorter journey time. The price is the same, though (£20.90), and only choose Golders Green if you know your way around London. Victoria Coach Station is the major terminal and the starting point, so there is no way of missing your coach watching it whizz past you – there is that danger at Golders Green! From, Victoria station it will take approx 3.5 hours to Nottingham.

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[Mireille Crossley]

Dear all
Having already booked my train to arrive at Langley Mill from Edinburgh via Chesterfield, arrival at 16h39 on Friday 18/9, I have booked a Uber to the venue. If anyone has the same arrival time at Langley you are welcome to share my uber
Best
Mireille

[Karen White]

Hello all – my train arrives into Nottingham Train Station (via a change in Derby) at 13:22 on THURSDAY 17TH SEPT. If anyone is passing this way with a car and willing to offer a lift for a petrol contribution, this would be brilliant (and appreciated). Or a taxi type carshare? Looking forward to an inspiring few days! x Karen

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[Wendy Stacey]

Sue Tompkins can offer somebody a lift on Thursday from North London, though leaving time negotiable. If anyone interested please email me on wendy@mayoastrology.com

[Kristiana Filip]

Hello all,
I will be travelling to EMA (East Midlands Airport) to Eastwood Hall. I arrive by 13:30 on the 17th and have not arranged transportation yet. I would welcome anyone who wants to share a ride if you are at the airport around the same time.
Thanks, and see you soon,
Kristiana 🙂

[Liga Shirona]

Hello everyone!

I will be flying to Stansted from Riga, Latvia on Wednesday the 16th, arriving at 9:15 AM. I would like to meet up with someone in London (or maybe even at Stansted) to travel to Nottingham together and start chatting about astrology even before the official event starts.

If you are interested, please contact me liga.shirona@gmail.com

[laurakerr84]

Hi, im driving to the conference from glasgow on Thursday morning to arrive Thursday late afternoon. I have room in my car if anyone wants to car share with me? Laura

[Helen Teague]

Hello – I am arriving at Langley Mill at19.35 on 17/09 and will book a taxi to Eastwood Hall.

Happy to give anyone a lift who is on the same train coming from Nottingham.

Also happy to share a taxi from Nottingham if the connection to Langley Mill becomes problematic and up for plumping for that option ie Nottingham to Eastwood Hall as a first option….Helen Teague

[Helen Teague]

17:05 London St Pancras International
East Midlands Railway
18:55 Nottingham

Taxi share from Nottingham arriving 18.55

OR

19:17 Nottingham
Northern
19:35 Langley Mill

Taxi lift offered to anyone from Langley Mill if the connection from Nottingham to Langley Mill is working.

[Helen Teague]

For 17th September

17:05 London St Pancras International
East Midlands Railway
18:55 Nottingham

Taxi share from Nottingham arriving 18.55

OR

19:17 Nottingham
Northern
19:35 Langley Mill

Taxi lift offered to anyone from Langley Mill if the connection from Nottingham to Langley Mill is working.

• This reply was modified 1 month ago by Helen Teague.

[Mary Thurston]

Hi All

I am booked on the train on Wednesday 16 September 2026 arriving at Langley Mill at 19.39 (approx). If there are problems, I have also booked a flexi-coach-ticket from Manchester to Nottingham, arriving at 7.30pm, which I can cancel at the last minute!

Should things get really bad on the Wednesday, I wondered whether I could travel to Chatsworth (which I could access quite easily via public transport) as I am down for the trip to Chatsworth on Thursday 17 September and get picked up there and taken back to Eastwood Hall? Just a thought!

Always best to be prepared if possible!

Mary Thurston

[cath sturdy]

Hi,

I’ll be getting a Taxi from Nottingham station at 2.20pm on friday 18th if anyone wants to share. Looking forwards to seeing you all there! Cath Sturdy

[Karen White]

*Also happy to eat lunch and then travel a few hours later THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

[Lianne McCafferty]

Hi, I’m arriving at Nottingham train station 14.26 Thursday 17th if anyone wants to share a taxi.😊

[Karen White]

Hi Lianne – I’d like to taxi share with you (& anyone else who can fit in). Thanks, Karen (arriving 13:22pm Thursday into Nottingham Train Station)

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