HEART 2013 will be held in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Edinburgh has excellent transport links with the rest of the United Kingdom, Europe and beyond.
HEART 2013 symposium address:
ENG Sanderson Building
King's Buildings, Gateway 3, The University of Edinburgh
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh, UK
EH9 3JL
Air Links to Edinburgh
There are 40 flights each weekday from Edinburgh Airport to London and connections to more than 20 UK and Ireland hubs and throughout the world.
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From Airport to City Centre
Edinburgh airport is approximately 8 miles (13km) west of the city centre.
Airlink is the quickest way to travel between the airport and the city centre. Optionally, there are a number of buses which travel between the airport and the city centre.
Airlink - Edinburgh airport to the city centre
| Route | Edinburgh city centre (Waverley Bridge) to Edinburgh airport |
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| Stops | To/from the city centre: Waverley Bridge (outside Edinburgh Waverley Train Station) |
| To/from the airport: Stances 3 and 4 | |
| Frequency | Every 10 minutes |
| Duration | 30 minutes |
| Days | 7 days a week |
| Ticketing | A single adult ticket on Airlink is £3.50. A return adult ticket is £6.00. Tickets can be bought on board the bus. Lothian Buses Ridacards and Scottish National Concession passes can be used on Airlink. City singles and Day tickets are not valid on Airlink. |
See more bus routes
Train Links to Edinburgh
There are 25 train services from Edinburgh to London each weekday and the fastest service takes 4 hours and 20 minutes. Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket train stations can be easily reached from all major UK Cities. The Waverley station is located at the centre of the city, where a number of buses directly travel to King's Building.Travel to Kings Building
The King's Buildings site is located on the south side of the city and is extremely well served by bus. Buses travel close to King's Building include:
Lothian Buses Service 41 (Stops at Roger Land Building)
Lothian Buses Service 42 (Stops on Mayfield Road )
Lothian Buses Service 67 (Stops on Mayfield Road )
Lothian Buses Service 24 (Stops West Mains Road )
Lothian Buses Service 38 (Stops West Mains Road )
The single trip ticket is £1.5, and the day-ticket is £3.5, which allows for unlimited trips on the same day. Alternatively, you can take a taxi from the city centre to King’s Building, it costs about £7.
Accommodations
There are a number of hotels and guest houses between the city centre and King's Building (KB). We have listed below a number of suitable hotels and guest houses.
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Name |
Star |
Lowest price per night |
Address |
Distance
KB: King’s building |
|
23
Mayfield Guest House* |
5
(Guest House) |
£90 (discount) |
23 Mayfield
Edinburgh
EH9 2BX |
Between the
city centre and KB |
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Prestonfield Hotel |
5 |
£245 |
Priestfield
Road
Edinburgh EH16
5UT |
Between the
city centre and KB |
|
Balmoral Hotel |
5 |
£228 |
1 Princes St
Edinburgh EH2
2EQ |
In the city
centre |
|
The
Scotsman Hotel |
4 |
£156 |
20 North Bridge
Edinburgh EH1
1YT |
In the city
centre |
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Hotel Missoni Edinburgh |
4 |
£142 |
1 George IV
Bridge
Edinburgh EH1
1AD |
Between the
city centre and KB |
|
Kildonan Lodge Hotel |
4 |
£117 |
27 Craigmillar
Park Newington
Edinburgh EH16
5PE |
Near KB |
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Residence Inn Edinburgh |
4 |
£112 |
36 Simpson Loan
Quartermile
Edinburgh EH3
9GG |
Between the
city centre and KB |
|
The
Glasshouse |
4 |
£106 |
2 Greenside
Place
Edinburgh EH1
3AA |
In the city
centre |
|
Ben
Doran Hotel |
4 |
£104 |
11 Mayfield
Gardens
Edinburgh EH9
2AX |
Near KB |
|
Allison House Hotel |
4 |
£67 |
17 Mayfield
Gardens
Edinburgh EH9
2AX |
Near KB |
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Holiday Inn Express Edinburgh - Royal Mile |
3 |
£108 |
300 Cowgate
Edinburgh EH1
1NA |
In the city
centre |
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Bank Hotel |
3 |
£93 |
Royal Mile, 1
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1
1LL |
In the city
centre |
|
The
Old Waverley Hotel |
3 |
£82 |
43 Princes
Street
Edinburgh EH2
2BY |
In the city
centre |
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Parliament House Hotel |
3 |
£74 |
15 Calton Hill
Edinburgh EH1
3BJ |
In the city
centre |
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Travelodge Hotel - Edinburgh Cameron Toll* |
2.5 |
£40 |
43 Craigmillar
Park, Cameron Toll, Edinburgh, EH16 5PD |
Near KB |
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Ibis Edinburgh Centre |
2 |
£86 |
6 Hunter Square
Off Royal Mile Edinburgh EH1 1QW |
In the city
centre |
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Kenneth Mackenzie |
2 |
£62 |
7 Richmond
Place
Edinburgh EH8
9ST |
In the city
centre |
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Travelodge Edinburgh Central |
2 |
£42 |
33 St. Mary’s
St.
Edinburgh EH1
1TA |
In the city
centre |
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Classic Guest House |
Guest house |
Check online |
50 Mayfield
Road Midlothian
Edinburgh EH9
2NH |
Near KB |
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Highfield Guest House |
Guest house |
£75 |
83 Mayfield
Road
Edinburgh EH9
3AE |
Near KB |
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Auld Reekie Guest House* |
Guest house |
£30 |
16 Mayfield
Gardens, Edinburgh, EH9 2BZ |
Near KB |
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Kingsway Guest House |
Guest house |
Check online |
5 East Mayfield
Edinburgh EH9
1SD |
Near KB |
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Lauderville Guest House |
Guest house |
Check online |
52 Mayfield
Road
Edinburgh EH9
2NH |
Near KB |
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Note:
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Hotels with * are highly recommended accommodations
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To get discount from “23 Mayfield Guest House”, delegates
have to
say they are
visiting the University |
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Download recommended accommodations in PDF here.
Requiring a Visa
To help attendees on their Visa application processes, we can offer invitation letters on request. If attendees require a Visa to travel to UK, please send an E-mail to heart2013@eng.ed.ac.uk , including author's name, paper title and paper ID.
Edinburgh's weather in June
Average Minimum Temperature: 9
°C
Average Maximum Temperature: 17 °C
Average Precipitation : 47 mm
The latest weather forecast can be found at
BBC website.
News
+
HEART2014 will be held in
Sendai, Japan
9th -11th, June, 2014.
WEB page will be available soon
at http://www.isheart.org
+ HEART2013 Keynote Speakers:
-
Mr. Ken Chapman
Xilinx Inc.
+ Selected accepted papers at
HEART 2013 will be included in
post-proceedings of
Special Issue on ACM SIGARCH
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Architecture News
(CAN)
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