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The British Sprint Relay Championships are being held at the University of Bristol North Village (formerly ‘Stoke Bishop Halls of Residence’). The North Village is west of the A4018 Westbury Road, at the ‘White Tree’ Roundabout junction with Parry’s Lane and North View.

Competitors and Spectators need to enter on FOOT only, via the gate (the blue star in the map above) into Wills Hall on Wills Lane (private road), off Saville Road. Entry via any other North Village access could see you on the course area and risking disqualification. The post code nearest to Wills Lane (a residential home next door) is BS9 1JA. What3words is: ///eagle.perky.expand.

There is no on-site parking, save for race officials. There is some limited public parking possible on nearby roads around the Downs - along Saville Road, Downleaze, Rockleaze, Circular Road, as well as Stoke Road, Ladies Mile and other local roads. However, we are in competition for that parking with organised sports teams and other Downs users. While there is no time limit on Saturdays and no charge, availability is going to be limited and unpredictable. Note that Parry's Lane, other than the small top section Southeast of Saville Road (currently permanently full of tatty caravans and living vans) is all double yellow lines.

Public transport

There is no Railway station nearby. The nearest is Clifton Down, 1.63km away, on Whiteladies Road — part of the Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach branch line.

Our strong recommendation is to use local buses to reach the ‘Westbury Road’ bus stops (highlighted with red boxes in the map above), around White Tree Roundabout on the A4018. (There is a tree with its trunk painted white next to the roundabout, hence the name!). ///cafe.refuse.offers is the What3Words for the roundabout centre, nearest postcode BS9 3UN. From the bus-stop walk roughly 400m Southwest from there to the Wills Hall entrance from Wills Lane, via Savill Road. N.B. Do not use the main entrance to Wills Hall on Parry’s Lane, since you risk entering the course area and being disqualified. Bus payment can be cash or contactless card and concessionary passes are useable.

The easiest, quickest and most obvious bus routes are from The Cribbs Mall, Cribbs Causeway BS34 5DG (bus station) or BS34 5UP (The Cribbs Mall itself). There are some 7000 parking spaces there, in sections A-K, with electric charging points available. The bus station is just North of the Cribbs Mall itself. Directions and details here. Bus Services 1, 2/2a, 3 all stop near White Tree Roundabout, with 1 and 2/2a being the most direct and frequent. (3 goes a long way round and 4 only stops on the far, southern side of the Downs). Closest road access to the Cribbs Mall is from Junction 17 on the M5 but you can also come west on Hayes Way and Merlin Road from the A38 and the Bristol northern ring-road A4174 (the route for anyone staying in the 3 budget hotels close to Sunday’s British Sprint Championships).

If coming from Bristol City Centre, the 1, 2/2a and 3 all stop at the ‘Westbury Road’ stops by the White Tree Roundabout. These buses will have stopped before at Bristol Temple Meads Station and then on The Centre (a long, wide street with the Bristol War Memorial and statues on it).