Get in touch
Basic contact details for SITraN, including how to find us.
Contact details
Address:
385a Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2HQ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 114 222 2230
Fax: +44 114 222 2290
Email: neuroscience@sheffield.ac.uk
How to find us
The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience is located opposite the Royal Hallamshire Hospital on Glossop Road, and shares an entrance with Barber House.
How to get here
Parking is limited and visitors are advised to travel by public transport where possible.
Train
Sheffield is at the heart of the railway network. Regular services operate between Sheffield and London St. Pancras (from just over 2 hours), Birmingham (1.25 hours), Leeds (1 hour) Manchester (1 hour) and Nottingham (1 hour). There is a direct link from the railway station to the Sheffield Station Supertram stop via the main overbridge.
Coach
National Express operates a comprehensive coach service to most parts of the country from Sheffield Transport Interchange, Pond Street. The fastest service to London takes about 3.5 hours. The 40 bus runs from the Transport Interchange, and there are Supertram links via the railway station (platform 6b) and Commercial Street.
Megabus low-cost coach tickets
Car
Parking on campus is limited, so if you plan to drive to the University please arrange parking with us in advance. We will try and help you to find a convenient location.
We recommend that, unless you know the city well, when travelling from the north, east and south you should approach Sheffield by the M1 (and M18 if necessary).
- From the west and Manchester
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- Leave the M60 (east) at junction 24 - signed Sheffield.
- Continue following the Sheffield signs along the M67 and the A628 Woodhead Pass.
- Join the A616 and follow signs for M1 and Sheffield A616 for 10 miles.
- At the roundabout, follow signs for Sheffield (North) A61 and later City Centre A61 for 7 miles, passing through Grenoside and Hillsborough.
- At the ring road roundabout - junction 7 Shalesmoor - turn right onto the ring road, following signs for University of Sheffield and Glossop A57.
- Continue along Netherthorpe Road to the next roundabout - junction 6 - University Square.
- Take the first exit for departments in the Broad Lane and Mappin Street areas and the third exit for the main part of the campus via Western Bank.
- From the south and east
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- Approach Sheffield on the M1 and leave the motorway at junction 33, following the city centre signs along the dual carriageway A630/A57/A61 Parkway.
- Shortly after entering the 40mph zone, turn right onto the ring road at junction 1 - Cutler's Gate.
- Continue along the ring road following signs for University of Sheffield, Barnsley A61 and later Glossop A57, through junctions 10, 9, 8 and 7.
- At junction 7 - Shalesmoor - turn left and continue uphill along the ring road, still following signs for University of Sheffield and Glossop A57.
- Continue along Netherthorpe Road to the next roundabout - junction 6 - University Square.
- Take the first exit for departments in the Broad Lane and Mappin Street areas, and the third exit for the main Western Bank part of the campus.
- From the north
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- Leave the M1 at junction 36 - signed Sheffield (North) A61.
- At the roundabout take the third exit and follow signs for Sheffield (North) A61 and later City Centre A61 for 9 miles, passing through Grenoside and Hillsborough.
- At the ring road roundabout - junction 7 Shalesmoor - turn right onto the ring road following signs for University of Sheffield and Glossop A57.
- Continue uphill along Netherthorpe Road to the next roundabout - junction 6 University Square.
- Take the first exit for departments in the Broad Lane and Mappin Street areas, and the third exit for the Western Bank campus.
Park and Ride
You may find that Park and Ride is the most convenient way to get to the University if you are arriving in Sheffield by car. The University is well served by trams connected to park and ride facilities at the Meadowhall Interchange and Nunnery Square (off the A630/A57/A61 Parkway).