6th UK-Japan Cell Cycle Workshop

10th-14th April, 2011

Lake Windermere (English Lake District)

REGISTRATION CLOSED - ALL DELEGATES SHOULD NOW:

• Check travel arrangements

• Indicate dietary requirements

• Send payment for accommodation

• Check the weather at Low Wood Bay!

Photo by Viesturs Simanis

Accommodation costs | Room allocations | Meeting start | Posters | Talks | Programme | Dietary requirements

Weather webcam! | Venue | Contact | The Lake District | Travel information | Payment form | Past meetings

Formal registration for the meeting, which benefits from the sponsorship generously provided by the organizations listed below, is now closed.  You can still register for the meeting but you will have to find your own accommodation in nearby Ambleside.  There will be shuttle connections between Ambleside and the conference venue (alternatively, it is a 20 minute walk along the lake, weather permitting.). Registration is £400 (because it does not benefit from sponsorship).

Accommodation costs:

We have been able to meet everybody’s accommodation wishes as far as the choice of single or shared room is concerned.

Single Room Occupancy: £180
Twin Room Occupancy: £80
Last Minute registration without accommodation: £400

Please download and complete the PAYMENT FORM and send, along with payment, to:

Iain Hagan (UKJCCW)
Paterson Institute for Cancer Research
University of Manchester
Wilmslow Road
Manchester
M20 4BX
UK

 

Hotel Room Allocations:

The conference site Hotel has room for 128 people.  141 people had registered for the meeting by the registration deadline.  13 of the delegates who requested a single room will be accommodated in one of two 4 star hotels in the nearby town of Ambleside:  The Lake House Hotel and The Salutation. There will be shuttle buses to the meeting in the morning and back to the Hotel in the evening.

• Single Occupancy Rooms
Unless you receive an email by 1st April informing you otherwise you can assume that you are staying in Low Wood Hotel.

• Twin Occupancy Rooms
You are staying at the Low Wood Hotel.  You MUST check the email sent to you to ensure that we have allocated the rooms to you appropriately – i.e. are you registered to share with someone of the same sex?  If you have not received this email please contact UKJapan@picr.man.ac.uk and we can update you on your room allocation.

Dietary requirements:

Please let us know (by Wednesday 6th April) your requirements using the following form

Start of the Meeting:

You can pick up badges, abstract booklets and register for the meeting in the Foyer of the Low Wood Hotel from 4pm onwards.  All talks and posters will be at the Low Wood Hotel.  The meeting will start with a Drinks reception at 6pm on Sunday 10th April.

Posters:

Poster Boards will be Velcro cloth boards. We will provide Velcro to attach posters to the boards.

Talks:

Many of the delegates have indicated that they are keen to give a talk.  Many thanks for this enthusiastic response. Regrettably, we have been unable to accommodate everyone’s wishes, but we hope that you will agree that we have managed to create an exciting programme. Please download and check the CONFERENCE PROGRAMME to see whether your abstract has been selected for a presentation.  We apologise profusely to those of you who have not been selected for an oral presentation but we simply could not fit everyone in.  We have, however, tried to allocate as much time as possible for poster viewing to ensure that your work will still reach a large audience.  To include as many talks as possible and yet avoid making the schedule too punishing, there are two categories of selected talks:

20 minutes + 5 minutes for questions.  
12 minutes + 3 minutes for questions

If you have been selected for a short talk we strongly encourage you to bring a poster to ensure that you can cover any points in the poster that you are were unable to cover in your talk. We will have a PC and Mac onsite and a switching unit for the projector. You can either bring your talk on a USB memory stick or on your own computer.

Venue:

The 4 star Low Wood Hotel is situated in 14 acres of land on the shores of Lake Windermere, close to the Lake District town of Ambleside, easily accessible from the M6 motorway (Map). The hotel has a choice of restaurants and bars, and leisure and sports facilities including watersports on the Lake, a heated indoor pool, sauna and outdoor hot tub.

All rooms have high speed internet access, direct dial telephone lines, air conditioning, satellite television, radio, trouser press, hairdryer and complimentary tea and coffee. Many rooms have views across the lake to the Langdale Pikes. The hotel has its own private jetties on the water, and can arrange cruises with private dining and/or pre-dinner drinks.

Contact information:

Low Wood Bay, Windermere, Cumbria, England, UK, LA23 1LP
Reservations: 08458 503 502 (UK only)
Tel: +44 (0)15394 33338
Fax: +44(0)15394 34072

The Lake District:

The Lake District is one of the most beautiful areas of un-spoilt countryside in England. It is one of the country’s top destinations for hikers and lovers of the outdoor life – in this respect it is very similar to the Kamikochi region of the Japan Alps . It is so popular in the summer School Holidays that it can be impossible to travel through its tiny villages by car. Do not worry, however, because it will not be so busy in the Spring.

In addition to attractions for hikers, there are other attractions to suit all, ranging from cruises on the lake through to activities focusing upon one of the most famous Lakeland residents, Beatrix Potter, and her creation Peter Rabbit. The key attractions of the region are the numerous lakes that sit between the hills that give the district its natural charm, though this beauty does come at a price because these lakes would not exist without a plentiful supply of rain, so be sure to bring waterproof clothing with you. Although it is unlikely to rain for the entire duration of your stay, you are equally unlikely to spend 4 days in the Lake District without experiencing one or two showers.

• Tourism Guide to Lake District
• Lake District National Park
• Take a Cruise on Windemere Lake
• Beatrix Potter
• Beatrix Potter World
• Beatrix Potter’s house at Hill Top Farm
• Tourism Guide to North West England including Manchester and Liverpool

The North West of England has many sights to see outside of the Lake District. There are three other beautiful National Parks that are all within easy reach of Manchester and Liverpool:

• The Yorkshire Dales
• Snowdonia in North Wales
• The Peak District (which, despite its name, is a beautiful collection of valleys and rolling countryside).

For those interested in Metropolitan life, the principle cities of Manchester and Liverpool have some key attractions. Lovers of the Beatles will enjoy The Beatles Story attraction and the Magical Mystery Tour. In addition to a vibrant nightlife, Manchester offers a range of activities from a tour of the world famous Manchester United Football Club to a tour around a fully functional working cotton mill, representing one of the driving forces behind the Industrial revolution and the development of the North West, where you can see the technology that first put Manchester and the UK on the industrial map.

Travel information:

View Low Wood Bay in a larger map

Travel by car (postcode LA23 1LP):

There is free parking for 200 cars at the hotel.  The Hotel is located on the A591 between Windermere and Ambleside.

• From M6 travelling north:

Leave motorway at Junction 36, onto A590 and then A591 signposted to Kendal and Windermere. Hotel situated 2 miles North of Windermere village.

• From M6 travelling south:

Leave motorway at Junction 40, onto A66 towards Keswick then A591 to Ambleside. Hotel one mile South of Ambleside.

• From Manchester Airport:

Join the M56 westbound at Junction 5 then continue until you exit M56 at Junction 9 onto the M6 northbound. Follow the road until you reach Junction 36 and use the above directions for M6 Northbound.

Travel by rail (National Rail website):

Oxenholme is the train station on the mainline from London to Glasgow for access to the Lake District.  From here you can change to a local train to Windermere. 

Trains from London Euston to Oxenholme:

dep 08.45 - arr 13.40 (4h 55m, change at Preston)
dep 09.45 - arr 14.40 (4h 55m, change at Preston)
dep 12.25 - arr 15.24 (2h 59m, change at Preston)
dep 13.25 - arr 16.10 (2h 45m, direct)
dep 14.25 - arr 17.24 (4h 55m, change at Preston)

Trains from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme:

dep 09.00 - arr 11.40 (2h 40m, change at Preston, engineering works planned, see National Rail website)
dep 10.00 - arr 12.50 (2h 50m, change at Preston, engineering works planned, see National Rail website)
dep 10.29 - arr 13.40 (3h 11m, change at Preston)
dep 12.00 - arr 14.40 (2h 40m, change at Preston)
dep 13.30 - arr 15.24 (1h 54m, change at Preston)
dep 14.00 - arr 15.30 (1h 30m, direct)
dep 14.30 - arr 16.10 (1h 40m, change at Preston)
dep 15.30 - arr 17.24 (1h 54m, change at Preston)
dep 16.00 - arr 17.30 (1h 30m, direct)

Note: For information about alternative trains, please see the National Rail website

Trains from Oxenholme to Windermere:

dep 11.45 - arr 12.25 (40min)
dep 12.55 - arr 13.35 (40min)
dep 13.55 - arr 14.35 (40min)

dep 15.43 - arr 16.31 (48min)
dep 16.16 - arr 16.35 (19min)

You will see from this schedule that there is a gap of 90 minutes between 13.55 and 15.43 departures for Windermere during which two trains arrive in Oxenholme.  We have booked two minibuses to pick up to 32 people at 14.40 from Oxenholme.  If you think that you would need to ride on this bus please register here:

A second shuttle will pick people up from Windermere after the 4.35 train If you think that you would need to ride on this bus please register here:

The Hotel is about 10 minutes taxi ride from Windermere Train Station (Taxis are available outside the station or telephone Lakes Taxis Freephone: 0800 731 7612).  There will be two minibuses to take 32 people from Windermere station to the Hotel at 16.30.  If you arrive near this time it is probably easiest to take one of these minibuses.

Alternatively, a taxi from Oxenholme will probably take around 30-40 minutes to reach the Hotel.

Leaving the meeting:

On the morning of the 14th we will have two shuttle minibuses for 64 people going to Windermere Station for the 08.50 departure.  If this does not fit with your schedule you can arrange a taxi to the station (Lakes Taxis Freephone: 0800 731 7612).

Direct trains from Windermere to Manchester Airport:

dep 08.50 - arr 10.47 (1hr 57m, change at Oxenholme)
dep 10.49 - arr 12.47 (1hr 58m)
dep 12.51 - arr 14.47 (1hr 56m)
dep 17.06 - arr 19.17 (2h 11m)
dep 18.15 - arr 20.24 (2h 09m)

Note: For information about alternative trains, please see the National Rail website

Past meetings:

1st meeting: Kyoto, April 1992

2nd meeting: Cambridge, September 1994

3rd meeting: Kyoto, November 1997

4th meeting: Cambridge, September 2000

5th meeting: Nara, April 2004