Directions
to get to The Bull:
CAR: If arriving by car on the
A38 (the Aston Expressway), leave the fly-over section and descend to approach the
Lancaster Circus traffic island (with its Fire Station doors visible on the
eastern perimeter). leave the Island on the A34, dual-carriage-way; New Town Row,
sign-posted to Walsall and West Bromwich. In about 200 yards (1/8th mile), after Vesey Street,
take second left into Price Street and proceed (in this one-way
street) up towards its junction with Loveday Street. You may wish to park in an
available slot, along here. Pay-and-Display parking tickets are required between 0800 and
1800; except on Sundays.
WALKERS: There are FOUR
prominent buildings for prestigious organisations in close proximity to our site
and you should plan your walk or ramble, to arrive via one of these. They are St
Chad's - the Catholic Cathedral, Aston University, the Dental Hospital adjoining
the Children's Hospital, and the Central Fire Station.
If arriving from the The Cathedral, proceed along Shadwell Street for 100 yards
or so, then turn right into Loveday Street. Alternatively, you might turn right
into Bath Street then left to detour via the Welsh Congregational Chapel, if you
wish.
If you approach us from Aston University or else from the nearby Fire Station,
it is necessary to cross Lancaster Circus through the pedestrian underpasses.
Some of the signage points to the "Gun Quarter" and leads to Vesey Street; a
road which is currently flanked on both sides by car parking space. The Bull
can be seen from most sides of the Lancaster Circus roundabout.
If your arrival is down Corporation Street from the city centre, you should
discover the heli-pad for the two hospitals (H-bricks in the block paving) and
then the nearby underpass alongside
the Dental Hospital. Descend to use the Ashted Subway to enter the Queensway
underpass island area (sometimes popular with skate-boarders!), then take the
Lench Subway with its sloping incline leading to a short flight of pedestrian
stairs which are directly in front of The Bull.
CYCLE: We suggest you come
to us along the routes we recommend for Walkers or Canal visitors. The signage
indicates where cycles should avoid conflict with pedestrian movement. On arrival
at The Bull,
ask at the bar for access to our rear garden Veranda where we will be pleased to
store your (pedal) bike while you are with us.
(Motorcycle visitors may leave
their machines alongside the entrance kiosk at the adjacent Vesey Street
car-park.)
CANAL: Your main reference
point is the Aston junction of the Birmingham & Fazeley and the Digbeth Branch
canals. Moor-up in this vicinity; the "hospital pound", and proceed on the towpath towards the infamous Farmer's Bridge
Flight - beneath the highly visible BT telecoms tower. However, at
the Loveday Street bridge - "Barker Bridge" - you should leave the
towpath by turning left into Cliveland Street and turning left again in Lower Loveday Street to cross the
canal via this bridge. You then cross Shadwell St and continue up the slight
incline of Loveday Street to The Bull on your left in about 250 yards.
