Location & Accomodations

Therapeutic Applications of Computational Biology and Chemistry (TACBAC 07)

The conference will take place at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre located on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, which houses the European Bioinformatics Institute, and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

If you wish to stay in Hinxton we recommend using Hinxton Hall for accommodation, but please book early as space is limited.

Wellcome Trust Genome Campus (Hinxton Hall) - limited accommodation is available. Tel: +44(0) 1223 495000 or Fax: +44(0) 1223 495114. Email: reception@wtconference.org.uk

Other accommodation within a few miles of Hinxton includes:

Duxford Lodge Hotel, , Ickleton Road, Duxford, (Tel: +44(0) 1223 836444. Fax: +44(0) 1223 832271), £110.00-£135.00 per night with breakfast.
The Crown House Hotel, London Road, Great Chesterford, (Tel: +44(0) 1799 530515), £100-£130 per night with breakfast.

B&B accommodation near the EBI:

Lordship Farm, Mill Lane, Hinxton, (Tel: +44(0) 1799 530242), cost from £25.
New Inn House, 10 Brookhampton Street, Ickleton (Tel: +44(0) 1799 530463, jpinternational@nascr.net), cost from £25.

A comprehensive range of accommodation in central cambridge can be found at smoothhound.

A shuttle-bus service will be provided once a day from Cambridge to Hinxton and back.

From Cambridge Station you can get direct trains to London Liverpool Street, London King's Cross and Stansted Airport. For train timetables please see: www.nationalrail.co.uk.

There is a public bus (Line 32) that operates Monday to Saturday. You can obtain a bus timetable from the reception desk of Hinxton Hall Conference Centre.

If you require a taxi, please ensure that you book this sufficiently in advance as it can take time for a taxi to reach Hinxton. A taxi from Cambridge to Hinxton costs approximately £25.00.

Contact numbers for some local taxi companies that we use: