The 9th International Conference on Dietary Fibre will take place at the JIC Conference Centre in Norwich, UK.

Norwich public transportation to get to the JIC Conference Centre:

Buses

The Norwich Research park and JIC Conference Centre are easily accessible by bus from the city centre through local service of First Bus. You can catch the 11/12 (Pink line), 26/26A (Blue line), 21a (Orange line) & Konectbus 3/4 operate routes to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, which is a 5-minute walk to the venue.

Beryl hire bikes

Norwich has over 800 bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters to hire. Before you hire you will need to open an account with Beryl via the app and verify your payment method. If you wish to hire an e-scooter you will also have to verify your driving licence. The app has maps of where bike stations are located and how to use the bikes and scooters.

How to use taxis

Pre-booking a taxi is recommended, with companies including Veezu or Courtesy. Taxis in Norwich will generally not pick up fares unless booked directly through their central system. Exceptions can be found at the taxi rank on the northside of the Norwich Market and railway station.

Travel to Norwich by train

Within the UK, Norwich is easily accessible from London Liverpool Street Station (2 hours, direct), from London Kings Cross Station (2.5 hours, via Cambridge), and from the train station at London Stansted Airport (1.5 hours, often direct). Other routes are possible from the west (e.g. from Manchester, Cambridge, Nottingham, Peterborough) and we suggest for all train journeys to book on the Trainline website or app, as rail travel in the UK is often easiest using ‘tap and go’ from QR codes on your smartphone.

It is possible to buy train tickets on the day of arrival, however it is cheaper and more flexible to pre-purchase an ‘open ticket’ for the day of travel (‘off peak open’ tickets are the cheapest, allowing you to get on any train outside of typical rush hours).

If arriving internationally by rail on the Eurostar to London St Pancras Station, connections to Norwich are possible from London Liverpool Street Station (20 minutes by tube) or from London Kings Cross Station (a very short walk from St Pancras).

Once arriving at the Norwich train station, hotels in the city centre may be within walking distance if travelling light. Otherwise, or if staying at the University of East Anglia campus, a taxi is suggested. Pre-booking a taxi is recommended, with companies including  Veezu or Courtesy.

If connecting through London and using the London Underground (tube), please note that travel is easiest by using a contactless debit or credit card to ‘tap and go’ (i.e. tap to enter a station; tap out at the exit of your destination). Before you travel to DF26, please ensure your card supports international payments. Purchase of tube tickets is also possible within stations.

Travel to Norwich by air

Norwich has a small international airport that is part of the KLM network, providing quick connections from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. The Norwich city centre and the Norwich Research Park are then accessible by taxi. Pre-booking a taxi is recommended.

Norwich is easily accessible by direct rail service from London Stansted airport (approx. 1.5 hours), which is a major hub for lower-cost airlines that service much of continental Europe. As noted in ‘Norwich by Train’ above, connecting rail tickets can be pre-booked on the Trainline website or app.

London Heathrow may be a preferred arrival option for some ISOPOL delegates. From Heathrow, a suggested option is to use the new Elizabeth line tube to London Liverpool Street station, and then connect to Norwich by train as described above. The Piccadilly tube line can also be used, albeit slower than the Elizabeth line, and providing a direct connection to London Kings Cross station or a change on the tube to London Liverpool Street Station. Another way to travel from Heathrow would be buy a more expensive ‘Heathrow Express’ ticket, however this only gets you into London Paddington station, and you’d need to find a taxi or tube ride over to London Liverpool Street or Kings Cross.