Directions

There is a Campus map for local orientation. Our Isaac Newton Building is a less than 10-minute walk from the train station.

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Travel directions from the main airports to Lincoln

For general information on train travel, see the website http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/. In case you have little experience with travelling by train in the UK, note that a single ticket usually costs almost the same as a return ticket (hence you better avoid buying two singles if you can buy a return). What you need is an Open Return (meaning that the return part of the ticket can be used within one month), which you can simply buy from a ticket counter at the station just before boarding the train. You can also buy online in advance if you prefer: this may come with occasional savings if you find some special deal, but it is usually valid only on a specific train, which is risky if you may be subject to delays; however, again in case of delays you may end up saving by buying last minute from the counter instead, as tickets are cheaper at off-peak times. (Efficiently buying train tickets in UK is not an easy science).

Note that there are generally no night trains. There are night coaches, not from Lincoln but from Nottingham (one-hour train journey from Lincoln). If you need one of those please consult http://www.nationalexpress.com/home.aspx.

Here are specific directions to Lincoln from various airports.

From Heathrow airport to Lincoln and return

From Heathrow airport you should first reach London:

• either by underground (Piccadilly line) to St. Pancras station or Kings Cross station (which are next to each other),
• or by the “Heathrow express” link to Paddington, and then from Paddington by Underground (Hammersmith & City line) to St. Pancras or Kings Cross station.

From St. Pancras or Kings Cross train stations you will get various trains to Lincoln. However, the only direct train from London Kings Cross to Lincoln is at 19:06. All other possibilities involve a change either in Newark North Gate, in Nottingham, or in Peterborough, with a journey time of around 2 hours.

For the opposite directions just reverse the above. Again, direct trains from Lincoln to London St. Pancras or Kings Cross are very rare, namely at 07:04 and 07:30. Otherwise you will have one change in Newark, Nottingham or Peterborough.

From Manchester airport to Lincoln and return

Take the train from Manchester airport station to Lincoln (changing at Sheffield, roughly one train per hour). Similar for the opposite direction.

From London Stansted airport to Lincoln and return

Take the train from Stansted airport station to Lincoln (Changing at Peterborough roughly one train per hour). Similar for the opposite direction.

From East Midlands airport to Lincoln and return

From East Midlands airport, the Skylink Express buses connect the airport with Nottingham Station (roughly every 30 minutes, seven days a week) with a journey time of around 30 minutes. From Nottingham you will reach Lincoln by train in one hour. Reverse for the return journey.

From (Robin Hood) Doncaster Sheffield Airport to Lincoln and return

See link for details. It takes about 2 hours from the airport to the University. One possibility is to take the shuttle bus X4 service to Doncaster train station, from where one can take a train to Lincoln.

From Humberside Airport to Lincoln and return

People flying via Amsterdam (Schiphol) may find it convenient to land on Humberside Airport (using KLM), from which it takes less than an hour by taxi to Lincoln.