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Directions

The club is about two miles west of the city centre, just outside the ring road.  It is about half-way along University Bouldevard, on the left hand side of the road heading into the city (the same side as the University, opposite the Hockey Club and Tennis Centre).  There is a layby with a statue of Lord Trent (Jesse Boot, founder of Boots the Chemists) outside.  Go through the large formal iron gates and then through a smaller iron gate immediately on your right.

Its address is Nottingham Croquet Club, University Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 2QH (but please address post to individual officers, as deliveries are unreliable).  If you get stuck, there is a telephone in the pavilion, 0115 922 2237.

By Bicycle

There are cycle tracks running along both sides of University Boulevard, between the City Centre and Beeston.

By Bus

NCT Buses 13 and 14 pass the club on the way between the City Centre (use stop C1 at Broadmash if coming from the Railway Station) and Beeston.

Trent Barton Indigo Buses between Nottingham and Long Eaton and Derby also passes the club on the way from the Broadmash Bus Station (near the Railway Station) to Beeston via Dunkirk.  The nearest stop is called Tennis Centre, which is on the opposite side of the road from the club if coming from the city.

By Rail

East Midlands Trains run between either Nottingham or Beeston and London (St. Pancras International) , Derby, Crewe, Liverpool, Lincoln, Norwich or Cambridge.  

Cross Country Trains run between either Nottingham or Beeston and Birmingham, Cheltenham or Cardiff.

Nottingham is the city's main station, which is a few hundred yards south of the Broadmarsh bus station (see buses above).

Beeston is a smaller station, with less frequent services, about 20-30 mins walk from the club: from the station head North towards Beeston town centre, then turn right at the lights and walk along Queens Road, which takes you into University Boulevard.

By Car

From the M1, leave at J25 and take the A52 towards Nottingham.  Having joined it at the slip road, follow it across two roundabouts, each of which has traffic lights, then turn right at a third one, which does not.   Each of these roundabouts is about 1.5 miles away.  You should now be in a dual carriage way called Woodside Road.  Go across another roundabout, in about 0.5 miles, then left, into University Boulevard, at the one about 100 yds ahead.  The club is then on the left in about 0.5 miles. 

From the city or western ring road, come off the ring road at the Dunkirk flyover and take the A6005, heading away from the city towards Beeston and Long Eaton.  This takes you past the South Entrance to the University into University Boulevard.  It is safest to go on to the roundabout at the end of the Boulevard, turn round and then come back towards the club, which will then be on the left in about 0.5 miles.

In either case, please take care when turning across the cycle track.

You can park in the layby, but not on the road, the cycle-track or the verge between them.

By Air

East Midlands Airport is about 20 miles SW of the club.  There is a half-hourly Skylink coach service to the City Centre and Railway Station and an hourly Rainbow 5 service which passes the club.