How do I get to Accio 2005?
• Reading University maintain a page containing links to maps of the campus, and links to explanations of how to get there by road and by rail here. London Heathrow is the closest international airport. • Why is Accio 2005 in Reading? • Reading is a sizable UK town, well served by road and by rail. It is close to Heathrow airport and not far from Gatwick airport; making Accio 2005 readily accessible from Continental Europe or further afield. Reading also houses a campus university which makes it a great conference venue. Reading itself is a historic town with many literary associations, most notably Jane Austin’s schooling and Oscar Wilde’s incarceration. Though Reading suffered from unsympathetic building in the 1970s, it is an easy journey to many fabulous Harry Potter sites: • 10 miles to Bracknell where they filmed 4 Privet Drive • 45 mins by car from Virginia Water where scenes filmed from PoA were filmed. • 1 1/2 hours from Tutshill in the Forrest of Dean where JKR spent much of
