TRAVEL TO LILLESHALL
Directions to Lilleshall are available on their web-site,
www.lilleshall.co.uk and are also provided...
MAP:
Once you reach the main entrance to Lilleshall drive all the way straight up the drive (straight blue line
on map below) towards the main hall. The shooting field is behind the main hall, look for the target face arrows
to direct you round the grounds.
Alternatively you can look at this zoomable map.
BY ROAD:
From the North:
Via M6:
- Leave the M6 Motorway at Junction 15.
- Take the A519 sign posted towards Eccleshall and then follow this road through Eccleshall itself and continue on following signs for Newport.
- At the roundabout junction with the A41 (Newport Bypass), turn left following signs for Wolverhampton and Telford.
- At the second roundabout turn right (sign posted A518 Telford). On the corner to your right will be a factory called Classic Furniture.
- Follow this road to the next roundabout and then turn left.
- The entrance to Lilleshall NSC is approximately 1/2 mile along this road on your right.
Via A41:
- The A41 trunk road bypasses Newport and Lilleshall National Sports Centre.
- Follow the bypass around Newport town until you reach a roundabout where A518 Telford is sign posted off to your right. At this roundabout turn right (sign posted A518 Telford). On the corner to your right will be a factory called Classic Furniture.
- Follow this road to the next roundabout and then turn left.
- The entrance to Lilleshall NSC is approximately 1/2 mile along this road on your right.
From the South:
Via M1/M6/M5 - From Birmingham/London:
- Travel north along the M6, leaving at Junction 10A (M54) towards Telford.
- Leave the M54 at Junction 3 and follow the A41 north towards Whitchurch.
- Continue north along the A41 until the beginning of the A41 Newport bypass.
- Lilleshall National Sports Centre is sign posted (left turn) off this road south of Newport. Proceed along this road for about 1 mile.
- The centre entrance is sign posted left opposite Rubens Nursing Home.
From the East:
Via Derby:
- From Derby ring road, follow signs for the A50 to Uttoxeter.
- When you reach Uttoxeter take the A518 towards Stafford and then on to Newport.
- At the roundabout junction with the A41 (Newport Bypass), turn left following signs for Wolverhampton and Telford.
- At the second roundabout turn right (sign posted A518 Telford). On the corner to your right will be a factory called Classic Furniture. Follow this road to the next roundabout and then turn left.
- The entrance to Lilleshall NSC is approximately 1/2 mile along this road on your right.
From the West:
Via Shrewsbury/M54:
- From Shrewsbury, follow the A5/M54 motorway towards Telford.
- Leave the motorway at junction 6 and take the first exit at the roundabout interchange.
- The road goes down an incline with a Tesco and a Retail Park to your right.
- Go over the small roundabout (entrance to the Retail Park) and at the large roundabout at the bottom of the hill take the second exit, sign posted towards Hadley.
- Continue along this road until you reach another roundabout (to your immediate left will be a Texaco petrol station and opposite left will be a Ford car dealer - Furrows). At this roundabout turn right.
- Continue along this road (through Hadley) until you reach the roundabout junction with the A442 Queensway. Turn left - the road goes under a bridge and immediately joins another roundabout at the other side.
- Take the last exit from this roundabout (sign posted A518 Stafford & Newport).
- Follow this road alongside the Hortonwood Industrial Estate and out of Telford, continuing along the A518 towards Newport & Stafford.
- You will reach a roundabout where on the opposite corner is a pub/restaurant called the Red House. Go straight over this and the next island and at the following roundabout turn right onto Pave Lane.
- The entrance to Lilleshall NSC is approximately 1/2 mile along this road on the right.
BY RAIL:
- Trains run to both nearby Telford and Newport.
- If you are coming by train please contact Andrew Somers, aqs20@hermes.cam.ac.uk and we will arrange a minibus to pick you up and drive you to Lilleshall.