27 - 30 October 2025
Lancacster House Hotel
Bailrigg, England, United Kingdom
Welcome to the ALMA All Hands Meeting for 2025. This page will provide all of the information that people will need to attend the meeting.
The meeting will be held in Lancaster House Hotel, located on the Lancaster University campus south of the city of Lancaster. The Lancaster area itself features several tourist attractions, the most notable of which is the castle. However, the city also has a few museums and historic buildings as well as the notable Williamson Park with its towering memorial, and the nearby shoreline features nice oceanside paths and unusual hidden sites.
The university campus has a few restaurants as well as a couple of stores that can provide basic necessities for people attending the meeting, while the city of Lancaster itself, which is a short bus ride away, has a range of shops that should provide anything that attendees may need.
Registration and Travel
Registration Page
Visa Requirements
Note that the United Kingdom is outside of the Schengen Area. Most visitors to the country are now required to get either an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) or a visa.
To determine whether you need an ETA or visa, please visit this page on the UK government website. After this, go to either the ETA application page or the standard visa application page to get the appripriate documentation needed to enter the UK.
Travel Information
The closest major airport to the venue is Manchester International Airport. Liverpool John Lennon Airport is also a viable alternate option.
Travel by Public Transport from Manchester International Airport
Direct train lines run from Manchester Airport to Lancaster. However, if needed, it is possible to take a train from the airport to Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly or Preston and then switch to a second train that runs through Lancaster.
From Lancaster, several buses, including 1A, 41, 42, and 100, run from King Street or Common Garden Street in Lacaster to the Lancaster University Campus. Several 1A and 100 buses run every hour, while the 41 and 42 are each scheduled hourly. The buses run from approximately 6:00 in the morning to midnight, and the total travel time should be 30 minutes or less.
Travel by Car from Manchester International Airport
People traveling by car have two options for reaching the meeting venue. First, drivers could take the M56 south and then take the M6 north. Second, drivers could take the M60 clockwise around Greater Manchester, then take the M61 north, and then take the M6 north. Drivers should take the M6 to Hampson and then travel north from there on Preston Lancaster Road to reach the meeting site.