Unfortunately, we are not able to provide any parking facilities at the CCDC, unless previously arranged through your host. Limited street parking is available in Union Road (pay and display). The nearest multi-storey car park (Queen Anne Terrace) is situated on Gonville Place, about 5 minutes walk away. For further information about travelling to the CCDC, please contact

By Road

From North, South or West via the M11: Exit the M11 at junction 12 onto the A603, signposted Cambridge. Enter Cambridge and carry on to a roundabout with a petrol station on the left. Turn right (second exit) onto Fen Causeway and continue to a mini roundabout with the Royal Cambridge Hotel on your left. Turn left (first exit) and pull into the right hand lane. In 40m turn right (second exit) at another mini roundabout onto Lensfield road. Continue along Lensfield Road to a main junction and set of traffic lights (large church on right). Turn right onto Hills Road. In 150m take the second road on your right (Coronation Street) and then second right again (Bentinck Street). Continue to the end and turn right into Union Road. The Cambridge Crystallographic Centre is on the left (red brick building). Enter the building through the telephone-controlled glass doors.

From the East via the A14: Exit the A14 at the Stow-cum-Quy interchange onto the A1303 signposted Cambridge. Follow this road (Newmarket Road) into Cambridge (approx. 3 miles), keeping straight on at all roundabouts and passing the Cambridge United Football Ground on your left just before going over a railway bridge. Continue straight on to the next roundabout. Turn left (first exit) onto East Road, and continue on through several sets of traffic lights. Just after Parkers Piece (large grass area on right) filter into the left hand lane and turn left at a major junction and set of traffic lights onto Hills Road. In 150m take the second road on your right (Coronation Street) and then second right again (Bentinck Street). Continue to the end and turn right into Union Road. The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is on the left (red brick building). Enter the building through the telephone-controlled glass doors.

By Train

From London and the South, Cambridge is serviced by frequent trains from London Kings Cross and London Liverpool Street. Kings Cross is preferred, since it has fast (50 minute) services to Cambridge twice every hour during the normal working day. Most trains from the North and Midlands pass through Peterborough and/or Ely, and both stations have direct connections to Cambridge. There is also a rail link to and from Stansted Airport, and services to and from Norwich and Ipswich. For current information about train times, please consult www.nationalrail.co.uk The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, is a ten minute walk away. Leave the station by the main entrance and walk straight ahead down Station Road. At the end of the road (traffic lights with war memorial) turn right onto Hills Road. Cross over Hills Road and walk for about five minutes to Union Road (after the shops it's the second road on the left). Turn left into Union Road and, just past the school, you will arrive at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (red brick building). Enter the building through the telephone-controlled glass doors. Alternatively the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, at 12 Union Road, is a five minute taxi ride from Cambridge station.

Park and Ride

For information about Cambridge Park & Ride sites, see http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/parkandride

By Bike

Should you wish to arrive by bike, there is cycle parking for staff and guests available at the back entrance to the building. You might find http://cambridge.cyclestreets.net useful in planning your route.