SCA-J Face to Face logistics - November 11th to 13th, Cardiff, UK

Hi,

 

I’ve started to pull together some logistics information for
the Face to Face meeting in Cardiff.
Hopefully, this will help with the planning of your trip.

 

Feel free to ask if anything is unclear or you need further
information.

 

Thanks,

 

Mark

 

 

 

Meeting Location

 

 

The SCA-J Face 2 Face meeting will be hosted at the Avaya
Offices in Cardiff, UK on Tuesday November 11th
to Thursday 13th inclusive. The Avaya offices are on the north east
corner of Cardiff, close to the M4 motorway
(about 8 miles from the centre of Cardiff)

 

The address for the Avaya Cardiff office is:

 

Avaya,

Building 3,

The Eastern Business
 Park, 

Wern Fawr Lane,

St. Mellons, 

Cardiff, 

UK

CF3 5EA

 

 

I am provisionally proposing that we start at 09:00 each
day.

 

I’ll provide details on how to get on-site, where to park,
etc nearer the time.

 

 

 

Travel:

 

By Air:

 

Depending on where you are flying from it may be easier to
fly into one of the London
airports. However, there are two local airports to Cardiff that may be worth considering. These
are:

 

Cardiff International Airport (CWL)

http://info.cwlfly.com/en/

Approx 14 miles to the south west of Cardiff and 20 miles from the Avaya Cardiff
Office

 

Bristol International Airport (BRS)

http://www.bristolairport.co.uk/

Approx 45 miles from the Avaya Cardiff Office

 

 

By Road:

 

The Avaya offices in Cardiff
are a few miles from Junction 30 of the M4 motorway.

 

Directions 

 

 
Follow the M4. At Junction 30,
     exit on to the A4232

 
After 0.5 miles on A4232, go
     straight across the roundabout (2nd exit) keeping on the A4232

 
After 0.5 miles on A4232, take
     first left (using filter lane) onto the A48(M)

 
Take first exit off A48(M)
     (after 0.5 miles)

 
At the roundabout, take the 3rd
     exit onto B4487/Newport Road

 
After 0.2 miles, turn right at
     the traffic lights onto Wern
       Fawr Lane

 
Take second turning on right onto
     Eastern Business Park
     and report to the security lodge to gain access to the site.

 

 

The section of the M4 from Newport
to Cardiff gets
very busy in the morning so expect some delays. They are also doing some major
road works to widen the M4 between Junctions 29 and 32. As a result, this
section is often heavily congested during rush hour.

 

 

If you are driving into Wales
from England
along the M4, you will cross over the Second Severn Crossing Toll Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Severn_Crossing).
The current cost of the toll is £5.30 per car. The toll is only paid when going
west (i.e. from England to Wales) but not
in the opposite direction.

NOTE: The toll can only be paid in cash – they do not accept
credit/debit cards or cheques.

 

 

By Rail:

 

The nearest railway stations are:

 

Cardiff Central Railway Station (6 miles)

Newport Railway Station (9 miles)

 

Hiring a car or using a Taxi is the best way to get from
either railway station to the Avaya offices.

 

 

 

Hotels:

 

Since I live in Cardiff,
I have not used any of these hotels so I am unable to provide reviews of the
hotels in the area. I’ve listed a few hotels below that are in the Cardiff area in no
particular order.

 

 

The following hotels are close to the Avaya offices

 

IBIS Hotel, Cardiff
(at M4 Junction 30)

http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-3159-ibis-cardiff-gate/index.shtml

 

Park Inn Cardiff
Northý

http://www.cardiff.parkinn.co.uk/

 

Best Western St Mellons Hotel

http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do?propertyCode=83508

 

 

The following hotels are in the centre of Cardiff (approx 8 miles from the Avaya
offices)

 

Park Plaza, Cardiff

http://www.parkplaza.com/cardiffuk

 

Hilton Hotel, Cardiff

http://www.hilton.co.uk/cardiff

 

 

 

Evening Meals:

 

As with other previous Face to Face meetings, I’ll plan to
organise going out as a group for evening meals. I would be interested to know
if people would be interested in this and whether anyone has any specific
dietary requirements that I need to consider.

 

Possible candidate restaurants include the following:

 

Junction 28

http://www.junction28.com/

 

Juboraj (Indian Restaurant)

http://www.juborajgroup.com/lakeside.html

 

Armless Dragon

http://www.armlessdragon.co.uk/english.html

 

Mark Combellack| Software Developer| Avaya | Eastern Business Park | St. Mellons | Cardiff |
CF3 5EA | Voice: +44 (0) 29 2081 7624 |