{"id":123,"date":"2018-03-15T10:49:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T14:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:40:15","slug":"local-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/local-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Arrangements"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#venue\">Venue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#accommodation\">Accommodation<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#on-campus\">On-campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#off-campus\">Off-campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/practical-information-for-attendees\/\">Practical Information for Attendees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><a id=\"venue\"><\/a>Venue<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Royal Holloway is located in a beautiful part of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surrey\">Surrey<\/a>, a county famed for its historic market towns, parks and woodlands, and a lively cultural sporting scene. The university campus is located very close to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Runnymede\">Runnymede<\/a>, where the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magna_Carta\">Magna Carta<\/a> was sealed in 1215. Nearby are <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windsor_Great_Park\">Windsor Great Park<\/a>, adjoining <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windsor_castle\">Windsor Castle<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wentworth_Golf_Club\">Wentworth Golf Club<\/a>, home of the annual PGA Championship. Central London is easily accessible by train for a whole host of activities \u2013 trips to the shops, famous tourist attractions, galleries, theatres and nightlife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhul.ac.uk\/Visitors-Guide\/\">college campus<\/a> is situated just a few minutes walk from Windsor Great Park between the villages of Englefield Green and Virginia Water, and close to the towns of Egham, Staines and Windsor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Travel directions are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venue.royalholloway.ac.uk\/getting-here\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><a id=\"keyloc\"><\/a>Key Campus Locations for PODC 2018<\/h2>\n<p>Below is the summary of the Royal Holloway campus locations where the PODC&#8217;18 events will be taking place. These are also marked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/campus.pdf\">annotated campus map (clickable)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><a id=\"accommodation\"><\/a>Accommodation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#on-campus\">On-Campus Accommodation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#off-campus\">Off-Campus Accommodation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><a id=\"on-campus\"><\/a>On-Campus Accommodation<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">On-campus accommodation is in Wedderburn Halls and include breakfast on all nights, and full board on conference and workshop nights. All rooms include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Double bed<\/li>\n<li>En-suite shower room<\/li>\n<li>Access to a communal pantry with a refrigerator, microwave oven, and tea and coffee making facilities (fairtrade products)<\/li>\n<li>Secure key card access and lifts to all floors<\/li>\n<li>Linen, towels and basic toiletries<\/li>\n<li>Wheelchair accessible bedrooms available upon request<\/li>\n<li>Free car parking<\/li>\n<li>Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The discounted accommodation rate of \u00a370\/night inclusive of breakfast and dinner (which is a BBQ on 26 July) is available to all registered conference or workshop attendees. It applies to <strong>all<\/strong> bookings made for the nights falling within the <strong>22 &#8211; 27 July<\/strong> range <strong>regardless<\/strong> of the specific registration package being chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Two extra nights before (21 July) and after (28 July) the event can also be booked through the portal at the rate of \u00a355\/night inclusive of breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Double occupancy for a partner who is <strong>not<\/strong> a registered attendee of either PODC&#8217;18 or collocated workshops can also be booked subject to paying the partner supplement at the rate of \u00a335\/night (inclusive of breakfast).<\/p>\n<p>Please follow the link below for the detailed instructions for booking on-campus accommodation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/booking-on-campus-accommodation\/\">https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/booking-on-campus-accommodation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>cut-off date<\/strong> <\/span>for reserving and paying for on-campus accommodation is <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><del>9 July 2018<\/del> <del>11 July 2018<\/del><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><a id=\"off-campus\"><\/a>Off-Campus Accommodation<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For those willing to stay off campus, there is a wide selection of quality hotels and Bed &amp; Breakfast in close vicinity to the venue.\u00a0 Some of these are listed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runnymedehotel.com\">Runnymede on Thames<\/a>, Egham<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.principal-hayley.com\/locations\/southern-england\/beaumont-estate\/\">Beaumont House<\/a>, Old Windsor<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deverevenues.co.uk\/locations\/sunningdale-park.html\">Sunningdale Park<\/a>, Ascot<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatfosters.co.uk\">Great Fosters<\/a>, Egham<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venue Accommodation On-campus Off-campus Practical Information for Attendees Venue Royal Holloway is located in a beautiful part of Surrey, a county famed for its historic market towns, parks and woodlands, and a lively cultural sporting scene. The university campus is located very close to Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was sealed in 1215. Nearby are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/local-arrangements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Local Arrangements&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398,"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}