Visiting the Virtual Engineering Centre
Daresbury Campus
The VEC is located at Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus (see link below)
http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About%20STFC/45.aspx
View Daresbury Laboratory's location using Multimap (link opens in a new window) or, alternately view a list of Google maps (link opens in a new window) for all STFC institutions.
Directions by road
Daresbury Laboratory is 5 miles south west of Warrington and 5 miles east of Runcorn, immediately to the west of the A56 near the village of Daresbury. It is located 1 mile down the A56 from junction 11 of the M56 motorway, which connects to the national motorway network via the M6 (6 miles east).
By train
There are frequent inter-city train services to both Runcorn and Warrington Bank Quay stations. There are also local services from Warrington Central. Details may be obtained from any British Rail enquiry office. Local enquiry offices are at Liverpool and Warrington.
Train information
- Rail timetable information (link opens in a new window)
- National Rail Enquiries - +44 (0)8457 48 49 50
By taxi
From the train station it is about a 15 minute journey to the laboratory.
On arrival please park in the Daresbury Laboratory visitor car park on the left and check in with security at the main reception (Daresbury Laboratory reception)
