Mini-debconf in Cambridge, UK. Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th November 2023
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Getting there
Cambridge is easy for access by
- Road (M11, A14)
- Rail (45 mins to 1hr from London King's Cross station)
- Air (30 minutes from Stansted Airport Code: STN)
Once you're in Cambridge, there there are several ways to get to Arm. It's a couple of miles from the city centre or railway station, so it's walkable if you're keen or you might prefer something else.
- There are lots of taxis (if you need to call for one, Panther are normally good - +44 1223 715715) and Uber operate in Cambridge too.
There are regular bus services that go along Cherry Hinton Road straight past Arm - look for the C3.
- There are also several companies offering cycle rental for easy travel around the city.
Accommodation
There are many Debian people who live in and around Cambridge, so we have lots of locals to help show people around and arrange free accommodation / crash space for a lot of visitors.
Arm is in the SE corner of Cambridge, next to Cherry Hinton, a couple of miles from Cambridge City centre.
If you'd prefer a hotel or B&B over dossing/crash space, here's a map showing accommodation locations and prices where known. No URLs yet.
There are 3 hotels and 18 B&Bs within reasonable distance. Mostly clustered on Cherry Hinton Rd, about halfway between Arm and the town centre. The closest hotel is the Holiday Inn Express but it's a km or so from any evening facilities. The Sorrento is about the same distance. Hotels are £66-100, B&Bs £40-55.
There are loads more (mostly expensive) hotels in the middle of town.
Catering
We're planning on eating at the Arm campus each lunchtime. On Thursday and Friday the normal Arm canteen will be open and there is a wide range of food on offer to suit most tastes.
On Saturday and Sunday we'll order in sandwiches, pizza or similar. There are plenty of shops within 10 minutes' walk if you would prefer to do something different, of course.
For other evenings, we'll most likely organise into smaller groups at the time - 40+ people in one pub is likely to be difficult! Cambridge is quite a cosmopolitan city with all sorts of restaurants - ask if you need recommendations.
Talk to us
We'll be using the IRC channel #debconf-cambridge on irc.debian.org for chat during the mini-conf, and especially for anybody watching video and wanting to join in. We're on Twitter; connect to us @MiniDebConfCamb