Arriving by air at Edinburgh
Airport:
Outside the main airport terminal there is a
rank for airport taxis. These are not 'black cabs', but private
licensed cars available at standard rates. The trip to the training
centre takes around 25 minutes and costs around £16.
Arriving by rail at Waverley
Station:
Leave the station by the steps to Market
Street (or by the main pedestrian exit to Waverley Bridge, turning
left then left again into Market Street). Cross Market Street along
from the City Art Centre and turn left, going under the large
decorated bridge. Bear right into Jeffrey Street past Jury's Hotel
to the junction (traffic lights) with the High Street. Cross the
High Street into St Mary's Street (continuation of Jeffrey Street)
and the training centre is down the hill on the left (situated
between Slanji and the Russian Shop).
Arriving by car from the
West:
From the M8, approaching the Hermiston Gait
junction take the city bypass north to the major 'Gogar' roundabout
then follow the signs for the city centre;
From the M9 follow signs for Edinburgh city
centre, through the underpass to the Maybury junction. Continue
past PC World (right) and the Zoo (left) - remember to stay off the
bus lanes! Shortly after passing Haymarket Station on your right,
go straight ahead at the next junctions, soon passing a church
(tall steeple) on the left and lots of shops both sides (Habitat on
left). Turn right at next junction (Frasers store on left,
Caledonian Hotel on right) into Lothian Road.
Turn left at the third set of light into
Bread Street, then go ahead down West Port through the Grassmarket.
Continue straight ahead along Cowgate to the the lights at the
junction of Pleasance / St Mary's St (Travelodge hotel on the
left). Go straight ahead into Holyrood Road and park on the right
in the 'NCP' multi-storey car park in St John's Hill. Edinburgh
Training and Conference Venure is half way yp St Mary's Street on
the right.
Arriving by car from the
North:
Follow signs for the city centre from
A90/Forth Road Bridge via Cramond and Barnton, approaching the city
via Blackhall (bear right at the junction at the Kwik-Fit garage).
At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto Queensferry Road (A90).
Then turn left (one-way) onto Randolph Crescent then immediately
turn left onto Great Stuart Street. Turn right onto Ainslie Place
and immediately turn right onto St Colme Street. At the traffic
signals continue forward (signposted Berwick upon Tweed A1).
Continue forward onto York Place. At the Picardy Place roundabout
take the 2nd exit onto Leith Street (A900) signposted Galashiels
A7, Jedburgh A68. At East End turn right then immediately left onto
North Bridge-A7. At the traffic signals turn left onto the High
Street. At the next traffic signals turn right onto St Mary's
Street. ETCV is a third of the way down on the right.
Arriving by car from the
South:
From the A1, or South East, take the City
Bypass, and exit the city centre at the Dalkeith junction. (From
A68, after Dalkeith go across the bypass, not onto it). Coming in
on the Old Dalkeith Road, you will approch a roundabout at the
Cameron Toll shopping centre (railway bridge over). Take the third
exit (under the bridge), effectively going straight ahead, into St.
Leonards. Stay on this road past the Commonwealth Pool and Scottish
Widows former HQ (brown building) on your right until on the
Pleasance you meet the four-way junction (lights) of Pleasance, St
Mary's St (ahead), Cowgate (left) and Holyrood Road (right). Turn
right into Holyrood Road and the Scot Park car park is just down
the road on the right. The Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue
is half way up St Mary's Street on the right.