Governance & Leadership Workshops
 
Venue details and directions

Please see below the venue details for each regional workshop. Should you require any further information, please contact the relevant regional network.

 London and Eastern Region - 16 May 2014
Venue:
London Work Based Learning Alliance, Waterbridge House, 32-36 Loman Street, London SE1 0EH.

Directions:
From Southwark Tube Station (Jubilee Line)
From Southwark Tube Station you will see an unusually shaped glass building opposite. This was the LDA Headquarters. Cross the lights towards the glass building and carry on down the road (Union Street). At some point cross the road and walk under the railway arch. Before the railway arch you will see a small pub called ‘The Nelson’ set in front of a block of flats. Walk past that, under the arch, until you come to a pub on the corner called ‘The Union Jack’. Take a right (Great Suffolk Street) and Loman Street is the second street on the left. Walk down Loman Street. Our building is towards the end on the left hand side. It has red rimmed glass windows. The door is engraved ‘CAN Mezzanine’. Press buzzer to enter.

From Borough Tube Station (Northern line)

Come out of the station and turn left and left again down Marshalsea Road, continue for 2 minutes and you will see Mint Street Park on your left. Enter the park at the bollards and follow it straight ahead bearing slightly to the right, this brings you to a short road which leads to Southwark Bridge Road. Cross the road towards the left of the print shop, and enter Great Guildford Street, take the first left onto Copperfield Street. Follow this road and take the a left after two minutes into Sawyer Street. Then first right into Loman Street. Our building is the second on the right past a small carpark. The door is engraved ‘CAN Mezzanine’. Press the buzzer to enter.

Directions from London Bridge station (Main Line / Northern / Jubilee Line)
Walk south down Borough High Street towards Borough tube. Take the first main right you reach onto Union Street. Walk along Union Street towards the Island Café; cross at the lights and continue along Union St. Cross Southwark Bridge Road and Great Guilford Street and continue along Union Street. Take the first left into Pepper Street, then right along Copperfield Street. Take the first left into Sawyer Street and the next right into Loman Street. The walk will take you about 15 minutes at a moderate pace.

Directions from Waterloo (Main Line / Jubilee / Northern / Bakerloo)
Exit the station onto Waterloo Road and turn right, heading towards the Old Vic Theatre. Turn left onto The Cut and continue straight down to Southwark Tube. Follow directions from Southwark tube above. The walk will take you about 15 minutes at a moderate pace.

 North East Region - 20 May 2014
Venue:
Middlesbrough Teaching & Learning Centre, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS3 8PE

Directions:

For a detailed map and driving instructions, please click here.

For Satellite Navigation systems, please use TS3 8PE.

Conveniently placed for access from Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington, Redcar and elsewhere in the Tees Valley and the North East region.

Approximate travelling distances and times:

Arrival Point Distance from
MTLC (approx)
Travelling Time
(approx)
Average
Taxi Cost
Middlesbrough Railway Station 3 miles 10 mins £5.00
Darlington Railway Station 17 miles 25 mins £21.00
Durham Tees Valley Airport 14 miles 25 mins £18.00
Leeds & Bradford Airport 68 miles 1 hr 10 mins  
Newcastle Airport 48 miles 55 mins  

 Midlands East and West - 16 June 2014
Venue:
Walsall Football Club, Banks's Stadium, Bescot Crescent, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 4SA

Directions:

By road
From the M6: Leave the M6 at junction 9 and follow the A461 towards Walsall. At the traffic lights turn right onto the A4148 (Wallows Lane/Broadway West - sign-posted Banks's Stadium). At the next set of traffic lights (1/3 mile) turn right onto Bescot Crescent, the stadium is 1/4 mile along the road on the left hand side.

From Walsall town centre: From the Arboretum island take the Broadway North exit and follow the Ring Road to the traffic signals by the Fullbrook Pub. At the traffic lights go straight ahead. At the next set of traffic lights by Broadwalk Retail Park turn left, Banks's Stadium is 1/4 mile along the road on the left hand side. We are situated approximately 3.5km south of Walsall Town Centre.

Postcode for Sat Nav is: WS1 4SA.
Parking: a car park is available at Banks's Stadium.

By rail
Banks's Stadium is a two-minute walk from Bescot Rail Station. Trains from Walsall take three minutes to the ground.
 South West - 24 June 2014
Venue: 
The Monks Yard, Ilminster Somerset, TA19 9PT

Directions:

Close to both the M5 and the A303 – the gateway to the South West. Our rural Somerset location is by no means disconnected – less than 30 minutes from both Taunton and Yeovil.

The Monks Yard is situated just off the A358 Taunton Road, six hundred metres from the large roundabout where it intersects with the A303. Look out for our brown signs and the Little Chef and Shell petrol station on the roundabout, we are the exit signposted towards Chard.

To view a detailed map please click here.