Location
The Technology Strategy Board is located in North Star House, Swindon, Wiltshire. Swindon is in the south of the UK on the M4 corridor between Bristol and London.
The address is:
The Technology Strategy Board
North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1UE
Tel: 01793 442700
Email: enquiries@tsb.gov.uk
Directions to North Star House
By Rail
Visiting North Star House is best done by rail. It is conveniently situated by Swindon
train station, and car parking on-site is extremely limited.
Swindon is served by First
Great Western services from:
London Paddington (1 hour);
Reading (30 minutes);
Didcot Parkway (15 minutes);
Chippenham (15 minutes);
Bath (30 minutes);
Bristol (45 minutes);
Cardiff (1 hour).
Road coach connections at Reading serve Heathrow airport.
Other train operators run services to Swindon from Oxford (taking around 50 minutes)
and Gloucester (about 45 minutes). Please check travel times on the National Rail Enquiries website.
Getting to North Star House from Swindon station
North Star House is five minutes walk from Swindon train station. You should leave
the station via the footbridge rather than the main entrance. This exit is located
by platforms 1,2 and 3 and is next to WHSmith.
Once you have crossed the footbridge, you will see Polaris House (the Research Councils
building) immediately in front of you. Turn to your left and walk along the road,
continuing past the public car park and past the roundabout; the access road to
North Star House will now be directly in front of you.
By road
Since parking at North Star House is extremely limited, the Technology Strategy
Board urges visitors to use alternative methods of transport where available.
If you are travelling by road, we recommend you use a route planning service. One
of the postcodes you can use for North Star House is SN2 1JF.
North Star House is situated in an area called North Star - this is also home to
Swindon College North Star campus and the Oasis leisure centre. The road on which
you approach North Star is a dual carriageway, the Great Western Way (A3102). We
advise you to enter Swindon by J16 of the M4. You will almost immediately join Great
Western Way - simply look out for signs that say North Star and Oasis leisure centre.
If you arrive by other routes you are advised to look for signs to 'town centre'
first, and then 'North Star'. See the table below for further information.
Once you arrive at the roundabout on Great Western Way for North Star, head in and
take the road between the Oasis and Swindon College. At the end of this road you
should be able to see the train station and the pay and display car park in front
of you. North Star House is to your right.
On arrival at North Star House, please proceed around the building to the parking
spaces at the right of the building, following the Technology Strategy Board signs.
Please park in the visitor bays marked out in red. If no visitors spaces are
available please exit the car park and use the pay and display car park next to
the station.
By air
The best airports to use when visiting us would be either London Heathrow or Bristol
International.
From London Heathrow, you can take a Railair coach to Reading and then a train to
Swindon. Alternatively, you could use the Heathrow Express, a train which takes
you from Heathrow to Paddington, where you can then take a train direct to Swindon.
From Bristol International, you can use the Bristol International Flyer express
coach service to take you to Bristol Temple Meads train station; from here you will
be able to take a direct train to Swindon.
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From
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Distance
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Route
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London
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81 miles
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M4 to J15, then A419, A4259 into Swindon (or continue to J16, see Bristol)
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Reading
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40 miles
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See London
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Bristol
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42 miles
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M4 to J16, then A3102 into Swindon (A3102 is Great Western Way)
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Bath
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38 miles
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See Bristol
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Cardiff
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77 miles
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See Bristol
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Gloucester
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35 miles
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A417/A419, then A4311 into Swindon.
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Salisbury
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41 miles
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A345 (to M4 J15), then A419, A4259 into Swindon.
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