Reaching Wineconf 2006

Leg 1: Los Angeles -> London

1. Leave LAX on New Zealand Flight 2 at 4:40 pm Thursday, September 14
2. Arrive Heathrow Airport 11:00 am Friday, September 15
3. Walk from Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 to Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 tube station (10 min) (map)
4. Take the Piccadilly Line towards Cockfosters, get off at Gloucester Road Station (40 minutes)
5. Take the District Line towards Upminster or Tower Hill, or Circle Line towards Victoria, get off at Victoria Station (5 min)

Leg 2: London -> Reading

1. From Victoria station at 18:28, take the Victoria Line towards Seven Sisters or Walthamstow Central to Oxford Circus Station (4 min).
2. Take the Bakerloo Line towards Willesden Junction, Harrow & Wealdstone, or Queen's Park to Paddington Station (9 min).
3. At 19:00, take First Great Western train to Reading Station (RG1 1LZ).
4. From Reading Station, it's easiest to take a taxi; this costs about 8 pounds.
   If you would rather take the bus:
   • first, look at the city bus stop map.
     
   • If you're departing before 18:50, go to bus stop SJ and take the number 18 or 19 bus; this will take you along Upper Redlands Road and drop you off very near to the end of the driveway to Windsor Hall (not quite the door!).
   • Or after 18:50, go to bus stop SK and take bus 9 or go to bus stop SJ and take bus 12 or the 3N Night Bus, ride for about ten minutes, get off at Christchurch Green stop in Shinfield Road (ask the bus driver to tell you when you get there), then walk along Elmhurst Road, right into Upper Redlands Road and then up the driveway to Windsor Hall.
5. Windsor Hall's postal code is RG1 5JL, and according to nearby.org.uk, that translates to 51 degrees 26.643420 minutes north, 0 degrees 56.801760 minutes west.

Another conference whose attendees stayed at Windsor Hall :-)

Leg 3: Reading -> London

1. Sunday: take a taxi back to Reading Station, or walk to Shinfield Road and take sunday bus 9or 12 to Reading Rail Station
2. Take First Great Western towards London, Paddington NR
3. Take Bakerloo Line to Oxford Circus
4. Take Victoria Line to Victoria Station
5. Walk ~ three blocks to Westminster House Hotel, 96 Ebury Street, London SW1W 9QD (map)

Leg 4: London -> Los Angeles

1. Take District Line to Gloucester Road
2. Take Piccadilly Line to Heathrow
3. New Zealand Flight 1, LHR Wed Sept 20 4:15 pm, arrives LAX Wed Sept 20 7:30 pm

Links

• wineconf info
• kayak.com - nice comparison shopping flight site
• Air New Zealand - seem to have lowest price
• Traveline public transport info
• Heathrow
• British National Rail
• Bus from Heathrow to Reading (e.g. Railair bus x25, departs Heathrow central station 18:45, arrives Reading 19:35.)
• Reading Area Bus Route Map
• Bus #12 from Reading station to the University of Reading
• Whiteknights wiki page
• Reading Whiteknights by Bus
• Reading Whiteknights Campus Maps
• Lodging in Windsor Hall
• Event in building 50 in Nike Lecture Theatre