Training Venue Details
Welcome to our venues page - we have 3 training venues - Northwood, Ruislip Manor and West Harrow. Please scroll down the page to see details of them all. If you are attending a course you will have been provided with joining details telling you which venue you're at. Those of you who booked on-line can access your joining details by logging in and going to the members area. Those who booked on the phone or in person please check your emails.
Mount Vernon Hospital
Rickmansworth Road
Northwood
Middlesex
HA6 2RN
When you arrive
If coming by car, pull up outside in the dedicated parking space and drop off your equipment and then park in the nearby car park (see details below).
How to get there
Our training room is within the grounds of Mount Vernon Hospital which is located on the A404 in Northwood, Middlesex. Mount Vernon Hospital is well signposted on all major routes.
By car
From the M25 exit at Junction 18 (A404), then follow signs for Rickmansworth and then Northwood.
From the West, take the M40 exit at Junction 1 (A412), then follow signs for Denham, then Harefield and then Northwood.
From London, take the A40 to the Ruislip turn off (A4180) and follow signs for Ruislip and then Northwood.
Enter the hospital site from the Rickmansworth Road, marked Gate 1. Follow the road for 200 yards – mind the speed bumps! The Car Park you need is on your left.
Parking
You are not allowed to park outside the front of the Post Graduate Medical Centre however you may wish to drop off your bags and equipment before you park your car. If you wish to park onsite, please park in Car Park A. The hospital car parks are open 24 hours a day with a fixed charge. This is a pay and display car park and is checked regularly by the traffic attendants. The daily rate is £12 per day and the machine only takes change.
For FREE parking we suggest that, as there are no parking restrictions on some of the nearby residential roads just outside the hospital grounds, you allow enough time to drop your bags off, park your car and walk back up to the Post Graduate Centre.
By Tube
Take the Metropolitan Line to Northwood Station, (which is about a mile from the hospital), then catch a 282 or H11 bus to Mount Vernon Hospital (5 minutes away).The Metropolitan line runs from Aldgate in the City of London. You require a Watford or Amersham train. Do not get the Uxbridge train
For Underground timetables please contact Transport for London on 0207 222 1234 or on www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl.
By Bus
Buses run to and from the Hospital regularly. Bus Stops are close to the main entrances.
From Harrow bus station - H11
From Ealing Hospital - 282
From Uxbridge - 331
From Watford - 8
Smoking
Mount Vernon Hospital is a smoke-free zone and smoking is not permitted anywhere on the site.
Map
The Windmill Studio Centre
106 Pembroke Road
Ruislip Manor
Middlesex
HA4 8NW
When you arrive
If coming by car, pull up outside in the dedicated parking space and drop off your equipment and then park in the nearby public car park (see details below). Please report to reception and you will be shown to our training room – there will usually be someone on reception from 9.30am. In the event that there is no-one at reception, please walk to the door on the building next door on your right which is at the top of a small ramp and ring the bell.
By car
From the M25:
- Exit at junction 16, then join M40 motorway signposted Uxbridge, London.
Continue forward onto A40. - At Swakeleys Roundabout Junction, branch left, then at Swakeleys Roundabout take the 1st exit onto Swakeleys Road (B467) Signposted Harefield, Ruislip, Ickenham.
- Continue along Swakeleys Road until you get to junction with B466. Turn left at “Coach and Horses” Pub onto High Road (Ickenham) – B466 – signposted Ruislip.
- Pass West Ruislip railway station and continue along B466 which will start to bear left when it becomes Ickenham Road – signposted Ruislip, Northwood.
- Turn right onto A4180 High Street.
- At traffic lights, turn left onto Pembroke Road signposted Eastcote
- Windmill Studio Centre is on your right, before you get to the end of Pembroke Road (cross road junction).
From London (A40):
- At Polish War Memorial junction, branch left and take 3rd exit off the roundabout onto A4180 signposted Ruislip.
- Pass Ruislip Gardens Underground Station
- At mini-roundabout bear right onto A4180 signposted Northwood.
- At traffic signals turn right onto Pembroke Road
- Windmill Studio Centre is on your right, before you get to the end of Pembroke Road (cross road junction).
Parking
You can park outside to drop off any equipment prior to parking your car. There are several side streets within walking distance of the centre or you may use the public car park located behind the venue. This car park is free after 6.30pm and on Sundays. Charges apply at other times; whole day parking costs over £5.00. Please bring sufficient change if using the car park.
By Tube
For Underground timetables please contact Transport for London on 0207 222 1234 or on www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl.
Take the Metropolitan Line or Piccadilly Line to Ruislip Manor Station. Turn right out of the station and walk under the bridge to the crossroad. Turn left onto Pembroke Road and walk on left-hand pavement. Windmill Studio Centre is on your left-hand side.
By Train
The nearest Main line station is West Ruislip (Central Line). However, Harrow-on-the-Hill is also a main line station and is on the Metropolitan Line (direct link to Ruislip Manor station). For Mainline train timetables and help in planning your journey contact the National Rain Hotline on 0845 7484 950 or on www.nationalrail.co.uk
By Bus
For help and timetables please contact Traveline on 0870 608 2608 or on www.traveline.org.uk or contact Transport for London on 0207 222 1234
Smoking
This venue is a smoking free zone.
