Geography

Click here for a map of the University of York main (Heslington) campus, which is where the meeting will be held.  The Mathematics Department is situated in James College (formerly known as Goodricke College), and G109 is on the first floor.  (Caution: Goodricke College still exists, but has migrated to the new Heslington East campus.  Do not go there!)  Room V123 is a teaching room (formerly the college library) on the first floor of Vanbrugh College, which is situated just across the lake from James.  If you have trouble finding these venues, please ask at the Mathematics Department Office, or James College Reception. 

Parking is available in any of the four General Car Parks (North, South, West or Central), of which South usually has most spaces.  Be sure to feed the Pay and Display machine: £6 for the day.  We will endeavour to reimburse this charge.  (However, we won't reimburse the cost of removing a wheel clamp!)

Click here for a map of the university in relation to the local main roads.

Click here for a map of the university in relation to the City of York, including the location of York railway station.  The distance from the station to campus is about 1.5 miles.  Buses no. 4 (operated by First York, using purple "ftr" vehicles) and 44 (operated by York Pullman, and branded as “Unibus”) call just outside the station and stop on University Road under the bridge connecting the University Library to Vanbrugh College; the bus stop is called “Morrell Library”.  Both buses run “at frequent intervals” (in practice, every 10-15 minutes) and a return ticket to the university costs £2.  Taxis are also available from the station, and cost between £5 and £8.  Walking is a cheap and healthy alternative, at the risk of getting lost in York city centre!

Generalities

This meeting is the second and final Yorkshire Durham Geometry Day to be held during the 2010/11 academic year, organised by geometers at the Universities of Durham, Leeds and York.  The local organisers are:

Wilhelm Klingenberg, University of Durham

John C Wood, University of Leeds

Ian McIntosh & Chris Wood, University of York

Yorkshire Durham Geometry Days are supported by a Scheme 3 grant from the London Mathematical Society.