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1. The closest airport is Leeds Bradford International Airport. This is quite small but has direct flights from places including Amsterdam (KLM, Jet2), Paris (Jet2) and Brussels. The web-based airline jet2.com also has direct flights from other European cities.

If you can get a through ticket with a convenient change then it is worth flying into Leeds. In our experience flying KLM via Amsterdam is often a cheap option.

From Leeds Bradford Airport there is a bus to the city centre (no 757, every 30 minutes) or you can get a taxi to the university (around £12).

2. Manchester Airport is large with many direct international services. There are direct trains from Manchester Airport to Leeds (every 30 mins, takes 1 hr 20mins). If you can get a direct flight to Manchester then that is a good option.

3. London is about 200 miles from Leeds but some people might prefer to fly into here. Note that there are no connecting flights from Heathrow to Leeds. You will need get to Kings Cross Station in central London and catch a train to Leeds (every 30 mins / hour, journey time 2 hrs 30 mins).

4. Trains from London to Leeds leave from King’s Cross. This is right next door to St Pancras and so changing from Eurostar trains is very easy.

5. Train information can be obtained from www.nationalrail.co.uk. The University is about 1 mile north of Leeds railway station.

6. A taxi to the university (e.g. from Leeds train station or the airport) will probably deposit you at the Parkinson Building (number 60 on Campus Map) unless you say otherwise. That would leave a 5-minute walk across campus.
The taxi could take you all the way to the accommodation (Storm-Jameson Court) by entering the campus on Mount Preston Street which is off Clarendon Road. Storm-Jameson Court is the first large building on the left on Mount Preston Street, on the corner with Cromer Terrace. The School of Earth and Environment is about 100 metres further on (diagonally through the accommodation court).