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Unlike the Queen Alexandra College, there is no one clear route around the exhibition, controlled by narrow corridors and paths through the building. The Clarendon Suites, by contrast appears to have space for visitors to move freely between exhibition areas, so a general description of the layout of the building with links to the individual rooms is provided below. Each page contains directions:
The Clarendon Suites is a rectangular building which you enter via the main entrance, facing east.
You go through two sets of doors into the entrance foyer where you'll find the registration desk to your left, beyond the Buttery Bar, which may be open, subject to demand.
Sendero Group is on the right-hand side, opposite the registration desk.
Continuing (east) through another set of doors, you enter the main corridor, on the left-hand side of this is the entrance to Hall C.
As we continue along the left-hand side of the main corridor, we pass:
On the right-hand side of the corridor are the ladies/disabled persons' toilets (common entrance) followed by that to the gents. Beyond this, the corridor opens out to your right, towards The Concourse, to your left at this point is Action for Blind People (2 tables), whilst the doors towards Hall B are in front of you, at the end of this corridor.
Having turned right at the end of the main corridor, you find Traveleyes, before the steps to the concourse.
Continue forward for a few metres and go up four steps into the Concourse. Note that these steps are divided into three sections by two pillars, most of the middle section will be occupied by a ramp.
You continue (south) into a stone floored area, from which other areas of interest are reached from the far end, which is bounded by three sets of steps, leaving southwards. From left to right, these are:
The door to Room G2 is to your left, just before the top of the left-hand steps.
Go down the left-hand set of four steps (or ramp), turn left (east) and go through the door in front of you, there was a sofa to your right at the time of our survey. Turn right then go through the door to your left, after a few metres.
As you continue (east) you pass a door to the east lift to your right, then the door to Room G4 on the left, with the door to Room G5 opposite this to your right. Continue (east) then turn left (north), the door to Room G3 is in front of you. The door to Room G6 is just beyond (east of) that for room G5.
From the Concourse, go up one flight of steps, (going south) to the mezzanine floor. The doors to Hall A are in front of you.
You can either turn right or left (180 degrees) from the top of these steps and go up another flight (going north) to the first floor.
This is a rectangular area containing an atrium from the Concourse surrounded by a balcony from which all first floor rooms can be accessed. The doors from the balcony lead into a corridor, one of which runs along each side of the balcony, forming ante rooms to the main areas of interest.
If you turned right at mezzanine floor level, you'd be at the top of the west steps. You can turn left (180 degrees) from here and continue into the southwest corner of the balcony, from which we will now list the features of interest, going clockwise around the outer edge of the balcony.
© 2008, Terry Robinson