Illustration: M. Kornmesser / ESO
Pre-booked rooms
The Premier Inn Winchester
http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/WINCAL/winchester
Room type: Quadruple Room (2 Adults + 2 Children)
Rate: 108.80 GBP per night, including VAT, breakfast not included.
Room rate based upon nights blocked: Sep 13 – 17 (checking out on 18th) Walking distance to conference venue: Approximately 10 mins
Winchester Royal Hotel
http://www.sjhotels.co.uk/winchester/
Room type: Double Room
Rate: 89.00 GBP per night, including VAT and breakfast.
Room rate based upon nights blocked: Sep 13 – 17 (checking out on 18th) Walking distance to conference venue: Approximately 10 mins.
---> contingent booked out. You may try to contact the hotel directly, but rates will probably be higher.
Holiday Inn Winchester
http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/winchester/soawc/hoteldetail
Room type: Double Room for single use
Rate: 117.60 GBP per night, including VAT, breakfast not included.
Room rate based upon nights blocked: Sep 13 – 17 (checking out on 18th) Walking distance to conference venue: Approximately 40 mins.
Sparsholt College
Room type: Single and Twin Rooms
Rate: 40 GBP per night (single) and 55 GBP (twin), including VAT, breakfast is about 6 GBP extra per night.
NOTE: This site is about 5 miles from Winchester town centre, but can be easily accessed
by taxi (~15 min, ~10 GBP one way).
The Black Hole B&B (Yes, you read it right!)
http://www.theblackholebb.co.uk/
Room type: Double Room
Rate: 90 GBP per night, including VAT and breakfast.
Room rate based upon nights blocked: Sep 13 – 17 (checking out on 18th) Walking distance to conference venue: Approximately 15 mins.
NOTE:
1) If you intend to stay less than 5 nights, the B&B may charge you the full rate of 100 GBP per night.
2) From the B&B website: Please be advised that due to the character of the building, there is no lift and our stairs are quite steep.
---> contigent booked out. You may try to contact the hotel directly, but rates will probably be higher.
Winchester Hotel and Spa
http://www.thewinchesterhotel.co.uk/
Room type: Twin Room
Rate: 118 GBP per night, including VAT and breakfast.
Room rate based upon nights blocked: Sep 13 – 17 (checking out on 18th) Walking distance to conference venue: Approximately 10 mins.
---> contigent booked out. You may try to contact the hotel directly, but rates will probably be higher.
No. 5 Bridge Street
http://www.idealcollection.co.uk/no5bridgestreet
Room type: Double Room for single use
Rate: 97 GBP per night, including VAT, breakfast not included.
Room rate based upon nights blocked: Sep 13 – 17 (checking out on 18th) Walking distance to conference venue: Approximately 10 mins.
---> contigent booked out. You may try to contact the hotel directly, but rates will probably be higher.
Other useful links
Please book your accomodation as soon as possible after you registered!
We ask participants to book accommodation by themselves. September can be busy in Winchester, so we recommend that you make non-committing arrangements until your registration and participation has been confirmed by the organisers. The map below displays several potential hotels and B&Bs within easy reach of the conference venue. But this is not a complete list and you may find other accommodation on the web.
Accommodation
We have a limited number of rooms block-booked and available on a first-come-first-served basis until July 30. These are listed below. If you are interested in booking any of them, please contact us on torus2015@gmail.com. We will either put you in touch with the hotel, or will transfer the booking to your name (for most bookings, you will pay the hotel directly). Note that in some cases, you may well find cheaper rooms on the internet, as block-booking does not always secure the best rates.
You may consider the option of sharing a room to keep costs down. Most of the block-booked rooms can accommodate at least two people. But please note that many of these have double beds, and the number of twin (two separate) beds is limited. If you are interested in the possibility of sharing rooms, we recommend to post on the conference's facebook page and find others interested in this option (the most effective strategy based upon past experience!).