SocialSource 2005 location

The venue for SocialSource 2005 has now been confirmed, and is the same venue as last year's event: City Temple Conference Centre on Holborn Viaduct, London.

Venue Location

City Temple Conference Centre, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DE

LOCATION The City Temple is located in central London on the south side of Holborn Viaduct, between Holborn Circus and Farringdon Road. Holborn Viaduct is one of the main road arteries connecting the City with the West End of London. The nearest landmark is Holborn Circus.

These are links to Multimap & Google Maps showing the location:

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.5172&lon=-0.106&scale=10000&icon=x

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=EC1A+2DE&iwloc=A&hl=en

BY LONDON UNDERGROUND The closest tube station to the City Temple is NOT Holborn. The closest tube stations are:

• Chancery Lane exit 3, which is on the Central Line and from which the City Temple is 3 minutes walk East
• Farringdon, on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines, and from which the City Temple is 4 minutes walk South West.
  Note - if coming to the venue from Farringdon, you will have to climb stairs at the junction with Farringdon Raod and Holborn Viaduct to ascend to the Viaduct, which passes over Farringdon Road, or take a slight detour onto Snow Hill to the left of Farringdon Road, which then meets Holborn Viaduct (turn right when you reach the Viaduct for approx. 2 min walk to City Temple).

In addition the City Temple is 5 minutes walk west from St Paul’s tube station (also on the Central line) or 6 minutes walk north from Blackfriars (on the Circle and District Lines.)

BY TRAIN The City Temple is 300 metres west from the City Thameslink station with Farringdon or Blackfriars Thameslink stations as alternatives. Blackfriars is also a main-line railway station. In addition, the City Temple is only a short hop from all major London railway termini (Rail Information Line: 0345 484950).

BY BUS The following services stop at, or close to, Holborn Circus, the bus-stop for City Temple (London Transport information Line: 020 7222 1234). Nos. 8, 17 (Monday-Friday), Nos. 25, 45, 46 (Monday-Friday, except evenings), Nos. 242, 243 (Monday-Friday), Nos. 341, 501 (Monday-Friday, except evenings), Nos. 521 (Monday-Friday - peak hours).

Attending

Thanks to the support of the ICT Hub, SocialSource 2005 will be free to attend.

If you are intending to come along, we would very much appreciate an email to opensource@lasa.org.uk, or send us a mail via ContactUs in order to judge final numbers for the day and to arrange refreshments. If you'd like to appear on the delegate list for the day, which we hope to send out after the event, please include:

• your name
• job & organisation if relevant
• whether you would like your email address included with your entry
• if you would like to be subscribed to an discussion list of those who have shown interest in the event.

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