Tango Cheltenham

From Cheltenham

• Head out of Cheltenham on the A40, Gloucester Road.
• After the GCHQ roundabout at the Gloucester Road, Princess Elizabeth Way junction, take the first left into Whittington Road, signposted Benhall.
• Take the first right into Robert Burns Avenue.
• St. Mark's School is the second school on your right.
• Parking is available around the back of the school.

From J11 of the M5

• Head towards Cheltenham on the A40.
• At the first roundabout, turn right.
• At the next roundabout, turn left into Hatherley Lane.
• At the next roundabout, take the second exit to continue on Hatherley lane and take the first left into Robert Burns Avenue.
• St. Mark's School is on the left after the first left turn. Parking is available around the back of the school.

From the East (Oxford)

• Head into Cheltenham on the A40.
• Keep going until you see town ahead of you and are forced to follow the road around to left. Get into the right hand lane.
• Follow the road around to the right and keep going past the town hall. Get into the left of the two right hand lanes at the lights.
• Go straight on at the lights (you have no choice).
• At the next lights, veer to the right (still in the left hand lane) rather than taking the left/straight on option.
• Just before the bus station turn left and then left again - the parking is on your left here and the church is on your right.

From the South (Devon) or West (Bristol)

• Head towards Cheltenham on the A40.
• Turn left onto the B4633 Gloucester Road.
• Go over the first roundabout and then take the second right into St. George's Road.
• At the end of this road, turn left at the lights into Royal Well Road. Take the first left and the first left again - the parking is on your left and the church is on your right.

N.B. Google maps wrongly locates the Tithe Barn about 300m south of where it should be. If you use Google maps, please instead use this link

If travelling northwards on the M5, you will be unable to exit at Junction 10, so you need to choose whether to exit at Junction 11 and travel up through Cheltenham to the racecourse then use the directions below from Cheltenham or to travel up to Junction 9 and follow the directions below. If travelling south on the M5, you may leave at Junction 9 or Junction 10 and follow either sets of directions below.

From Cheltenham

• Head north out of Cheltenham on the A435, Evesham Road.
• Continue up past the racecourse to the roundabout at GE Aviation and turn right onto Cheltenham Road.
• Go straight on at the traffice lights.
• Turn sharp right at the mini-roundabout into the Tithe Barn car park.

From J9 of the M5

• Turn eastwards onto the A46.
• Go over the traffic lights after about 3km and continue to a roundabout .
• Turn right onto the A435 and follow this until you reach Bishops Cleeve.
• Continue to follow the A435 until you reach Stoke Road. Turn left here.
• Follow Stoke Road to the mini-roundabout and take the second exit into the car park at the Tithe Barn.

From J10 of the M5 (limited access - only for those travelling south as an alternative to the J9 route)

• Head towards Cheltenham when you leave the motorway.
• At the first big roundabout, turn left.
• Turn right at the mini-roundabout and then left after the narrow railway bridge.
• Turn right at the next mini-roundabout and go straight over the next.
• At the racecourse, turn left onto the A435 and follow the directions from Cheltenham above.

From the M5

• Come off the M5 at junction 9 and head for Tewkesbury.
• Keep going until you reach the main roundabout in the centre of Tewkesbury (has a needle). You will have passed the hall on your left.
• Turn left and then left again to Rails Meadow Car Park.
• There is a little path from the car park to the hall, but it is tricky to find, so if you miss it, it is 5 minutes walk around to the front.