Travelling to the EBI

Our accommodation page provides information about local hotels.

NB. We do not recommend using public transport to reach Hinxton itself; it's easier to get a taxi from the airport or train station.

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Travelling by Taxi

If you use one of these recommended companies, a taxi from Cambridge to Hinxton will cost approximately £21, or a taxi from Stansted to Hinxton costs around £37. If you take an unbooked taxi from the airport, this could cost over £50. Private cars must be prebooked.

Taxis companies:

Travelling by Air

The closest airport to the EBI is London Stansted – it is about 30 minutes drive from Hinxton. If you must fly into London Heathrow or Gatwick, then allow at least 2 hours to reach Hinxton by road. A taxi is around £37 from Stansted, £101 from Heathrow and £117 from Gatwick.

London Stansted has regular connections from Amsterdam, as well as Frankfurt, Brussels, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Lille, Asturias, Aberdeen, Copenhagen and Munich. Alternatively you can use rail or coach links from both airports.

See 'Travelling by Taxi'

By Car

From the South: leave the M11 at junction 9 and take the A1301 towards Cambridge. From the Stump Cross roundabout system take the first left (about 800m). At the next small roundabout follow the signpost for Genome Campus.

From the North: leave the M11 at junction 10 (NB. junction 9 on the M11 is restricted; you can only access it from the South. Take care not to miss junction 10). Travel a mile or so in the direction of Saffron Walden to a roundabout and take the third exit (A1301 towards Saffron Walden). Pass two turnings to Hinxton, and take the next right, a small roundabout, signposted Genome Campus.

By Train

We recommend that you arrive at Audley End o Whittlesford Parkway train stations. Both of these train stations can be reached from Cambridge station, London Liverpool Street, or directly from Stansted airport. Great Chesterford (just south of Stump Cross) station is also on the line from London Liverpool Street to Cambridge. Journey time from London is under an hour.

Please note that Whittlesford and Great Chesterford do not have a taxi rank and Great Chesterford does not have a telephone. (See ‘Travelling by Taxi’).

To purchase tickets online, view live departures and check general rail timetables, please visit the National Rail Enquiries website.

By Bus

Buses operate from many cities and every airport (except London City airport) to Cambridge or Stansted airport. If you are travelling from Heathrow or Gatwick airport to Cambridge, the easiest way is to take the National Express coach to Cambridge.
National Express Coach website.

• Campus Shuttle Timetable
  The EBI together with the Wellcome Trust also operates a number of free private shuttle buses, from/to Cambridge and from/to Saffron Walden.
  • Campus shuttle information (Wellcome Trust website)
  
  
  
• The Citi 7 bus
  This is the only regular public bus passing through Hinxton and it travels to either Cambridge or Saffron Walden. The bus runs roughly every 30 minutes, depending on the time of day.
  • Stagecoach website
  • General Cambridge Bus Information (Cambridgeshire County Council website)
  • General Cambridge Bus Information (University of Cambridge website)

Walking directions from local train stations

• From Whittlesford Parkway Station (about 30-50 minutes' walk):

  Leave Whittlesford station from the exit on the side of the tracks next to the station building. There is only one road leading away from the station on this side, so follow this until you reach a junction. TURN left, after about 50 metres you will come to a staggered junction across a main road. Cross the main road and continue on the road opposite. You will pass a Volvo Truck Depot on your right. Continue on this road into Duxford Village.

  You will pass The John Barleycorn pub on your right. Continue until you reach a junction signposted to Hinxton left (1.25 miles). Take this left turn to Hinxton. After a few hundred metres, the road passes between factory buildings (CIBA), with the CIBA sports and social club on your left. Follow the road to Hinxton Village. Before reaching Hinxton, you will cross two railway lines (a goods siding and the London-Cambridge main-line), and a river. In Hinxton Village, you will come to a T-junction.

  TURN right and walk through the centre of Hinxton. You will pass the Red Lion Pub on your left, before reaching another T-junction. The (back) entrance to the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus is directly opposite you. Follow the road into the campus. You will pass between the old Hinxton Hall building on your left and the Conference facilities on your right.



• From Great Chesterford station (about 35-45 minutes' walk):

  Follow the lane out of the station and turn left and again immediately left, following the sign towards Ickleton. Cross the rails and follow the road under two large road bridges into Ickleton. By the bus stop, at the first intersection, turn right past the small ‘Cost Cutters’ shop (this is Church Street). Follow the bend around the church and take Mill Lane’ to the right. At the end of Mill lane, use the pedestrian rail crossing over to the wetland reserve on the Genome Campus area. Follow the footpath left towards the campus.

  For bikers, follow the directions above, but don't go into Mill Lane. Instead, go straight and follow Brookhapton Street out of the village. You will notice a cemetery on your left as the road turns 90 degrees to the right. Cross the rails and the bridge and by the next intersection you will have the north entrance to the Genome Campus on your right.

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