Bull
Lodge, Bull Lane, is East-South-East of York
centre, situated 40 yards off Lawrence Street,
the A1079 main York to Hull Road. The city walls
at Walmgate Bar and the inner Ring Road, (the
A1036), the Barbican Swimming Pool, Leisure and
Conference Centre are just a quarter of a mile.
The University of York campus and Business
Science Park is half a mile. It is an easy level
walk into the centre. For the fit and able it
takes about 15 minutes to the centre, about 20
minutes to the Minster. Pavements have sloping,
tactile surfaces at crossing points enabling
easier, safer journeying for disabled, elderly
and wheelchair persons.Arriving
by bus or rail
York
does not have a bus station as such, but the
national bus stop and main line rail station are
located just the other side of the city centre.
Both national and local buses stop just outside
the main entrance to the railway station. The
local, number 10 (Claret Line) bus service (to
Stamford Bridge) links them, via the city centre
to Lawrence Street. Ask for the 'Sisters of Poor
Claire Convent' stop. The stop is about 100 yards
before Bull Lane on the same side of the road.
The bus service is every twenty miunutes during
the day and early evening. There is no late
evening service. A Sunday daytime service
operates hourly.Transfer time is about 10
minutes. Alternatively taxis wait outside the
rail station, take about 5 minutes outside of
rush hour times and cost about three to four
pounds. You are advised to confirm the taxi fare
and destination as Bull Lodge Guest House, Bull
Lane, off Lawrence Street. If you are fit and
able you can walk from the station in about
twenty-five minutes. You can check the bus
timetable by clicking on
FIRST
GROUP BUSES
Arriving
by road
From
the south, (M1, A1, A19) head east along the A64
towards Scarborough. At the A1079 York to Hull
intersection, turn off left on to the dual
carriageway and travel towards the centre of
York. Bull Lodge is 2.2 miles from the
intersection and the route, with approximate
cumulative mileage from the intersection, is as
follows:
Pass the Grimston Bar Park & Ride site on
your left hand side and through the bus lane
access control lights (0.4 ml)
Continue on through the T-junction traffic lights
with 'B&Q' warehouse on your right hand side
(0.5 ml.)
Keep in the right hand lane along the dual
carriageway to the roundabout (0.7 ml.)
Cross over and continue along the A1079.
At the end of the dual carriageway you pass
through the bus lane control lights with the
Black Bull Public House and Restaurant on your
left hand side (1.3 ml.)
Keep in the left hand lane and continue through
the crossroad set of traffic lights with York St.
John Playing Fields on the left hand side and
Tang Hall off to the right (1.4 ml.)
Continue on the A1079 through the next set of
crossroad traffic lights, Greendykes Road is off
to the left leading to the University Campus,
Melrosegate to the right You immediately pass the
Shell Garage on your left hand side (2.0 ml.)
As you proceed round the bend the Hull Road
becomes Lawrence Street and there are new
appartments, Olympian Court, on your right hand
side. Slow down as the blue and yellow Jet garage
comes in to sight on the left hand side.
Immediately before the garage Bull Lane, a very
narrow, tree-lined, side street is off to the
right, opposite the Highthorn physiotherapy
clinic.(2.15 ml.)
Bull Lodge is some 40 yards down Bull Lane on the
right just past the new block of appartments
known as Tradewinds (2.2 ml.).
Should you miss the Bull Lane turn off you will
pass the blue and yellow 'Jet' garage and the
'Sisters of Poor Claire Convent' on your left
hand-side of Lawrence Street and arrive at the
city walls at Walmgate a quarter of a mile away.
From
other directions follow the road signs for York
city centre until you arrive at the inner ring
road, the A1036. Follow the inner ring road until
you arrive at Walmgate Bar and the A1036/A1079
Hull Road intersection. Branch off onto the A1079
Lawrence Street and follow the road out for a
quarter of a mile through the T-junction traffic
lights at James Street, past the 'Sisters of Poor
Claire Convent' on your right hand side. Just
past the blue and yellow 'Jet' garage on your
right hand side you will see Bull Lane, a very
narrow turning, off to the left opposite the
Highthorn physiotherapy clinic. Bull Lodge is
some 40 yards down Bull Lane on the right just
past the new block of appartments known as
Tradewinds.
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