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The College is situated on the north side of Court Oak Road, which runs approximately east/west, between Woodville Road which runs north, forming the eastern boundary of the College site and Wood Lane, to the west.
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Travelling Southbound on the M5, leave at junction 2. At the end of the slip road there is a roundabout beneath the motorway. Take the second exit (right) onto a short stretch of road which joins a large roundabout
(ensure you are in the left-hand lane at the end of the road)
and take the first exit (left) onto the Wolverhampton Road (A4123). Continue down this road for approximately 2.5 miles, passing, on your left:
Territorial Army Centre and St Hubert's Church.
On reaching the traffic lights at the junction with the Hagley Road (A456) continue straight across onto the Wolverhampton Road South. Keep in the left-hand lane and take the first exit (left) at the roundabout onto Court Oak Road (A4123). Follow Court Oak Road around to the right, passing a church on the left. Continue, passing on your left:
Hampton Court Road, Earls Court Road and Grosvenor Road.
Take the next left turn into Wood Lane. Queen Alexandra College and the car park for the exhibition is on the
right-hand side.
Travelling Northbound on the M5 leave at junction 3. At the end of the slip road there is a roundabout beneath the motorway. Take the third exit (right) onto the Quinton Expressway / Hagley Road West (A456) heading towards Birmingham. Continue along the A456 for approximately 2 miles until you come to a set of traffic lights at the junction with the Wolverhampton Road (A4123).
Turn right onto the Wolverhampton Road South. Keep in the left-hand lane and take the first exit (left) at the roundabout onto Court Oak Road (A4123). Follow Court Oak Road around to the right, passing a church on the left. Continue, passing on your left:
Hampton Court Road, Earls Court Road and Grosvenor Road.
Take the next left turn into Wood Lane. Queen Alexandra College and the car park for the exhibition is on the
right-hand side.
Leave the city centre going West on the Hagley Road (A456) and continue for approximately 2 miles until you come to a set of traffic lights at the junction with Lordswood Road (A4040). Turn left onto Lordswood Road and continue for approximately 0.75 miles until you come to a roundabout. Take the third exit (right) onto Court Oak Road (A4123).
Continue along Court Oak Road, passing Woodville Road and Queen Alexandra College on your right. Take the next right turn into Wood Lane. The car park for the exhibition is on the right-hand side.
Take service 103 from Colmore Row (near to St Philip's Cathedral) in the city centre. The bus stops opposite the College in Court Oak Road before continuing to Woodgate Valley.
The bus stop is about 15 metres before a Belisha crossing. Although the crossing brings you to the main entrance to the College, the exhibition is entered via the rear entrance. Having crossed Court Oak Road, turn right and follow the fence round to the left into Woodville Road. Continue to the gap in the fence, which denotes the rear entrance to the College. This is where the taxis will bring visitors. Turn into this and continue forward till you locate the tent on your left, which contains the exhibition reception. As you enter this, you can collect the information pack, including the catalogue, from the desk to your right.
The following sections guide you to the stop for the 103 bus in Colmore Row. Our thanks go to colin Fowler for this information
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Estimated time to walk 6 minutes. From the main concourse take the escalator and stairway exit, ascending
to The Palisaides Shopping Mall. At the top of the escalator/stairs turn left,
this will leave you in a wide open area with shops on your left and right,
walk straight on towards the New Street exit. A wide pedestrian ramp leads
down on to New Street meeting the kerbside with a crossroads to your left. In front of you, from left to right, runs New Street. You need to cross
New Street, turn left and then cross Corporation Street, turn right, up
Corporation Street with the shops on your left and the road on
your right. Walk up Corporation street, which gently rises, crossing a
pedestrian/roadway to your left till you are adjacent to Rackhams, a large
department store on your left. Continue past this and at the limit of
Rackhams there is a covered arcade on your left. This is Great Western
Arcade. Turn left and walk through the arcade, crossing a roadway, which
is the service road for goods deliveries to Rackhams. Continue
into the remainder of The Great Western Arcade. There should be an obvious
smell of freshly ground coffee from the Druckers Coffee Shop on your right. Continue to the end of the arcade, where you'll exit into Colmore Row.
Turn left with the building line on your left and follow this wide pavement
till you reach the open area of St Phillips Cathedral. The Bus stand for the
103 lies to your right, about mid way along the Cathedral frontage.
If you come to a road, Temple Street, you have gone too far.
You need bus stand AB opposite The Grand Hotel, the service operates every 20
minutes. We hope to complete our online guide to Birmingham New Street station
before the start of the exhibition.From Birmingham New Street Station to Colmore Row
For Visitors arriving by train from Leamington Spa and Stratford Upon Avon stay on the train or board trains from the same platform to the next stop. You will imediately enter the Snow Hill tunnel, and the next stop is Snow Hill Station.
Estimated time to walk2 minutes.
The station lies on Colmore Row opposite The Great Western Arcade. On exiting the sttation locate the pedestrian crossing on the kerbside, and cross to the island, and then to the pavement side proper. Turn right and proceed along Colmore Row till the open ground of St Phillips Cathedral is reached, Bus stand AB lies about mid way along the cathedral frontage opposite The Grand Hotel. Service 103 departs every 20minutes.
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© 2002, Terry Robinson