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Location & Directions
St Albans Chess Club meets on Monday evenings from 7:30 at
By Train
From the station, please leave by the exit on Platform 4, walk across the car park and turn right into Ridgemont Road. The club is at no 29, about 5 minutes walk, bearing right at the fork and it is on the right just past the bollards.
From the M1 (Northbound) / M25 (clockwise)
Leave the M25 at Junction 21A or M1 at Junction 6. Follow the A405 (sp St Albans) to the "Noke" roundabout and take second exit (still A405) until you come to the roundabout with the A414 (was M10). Take the A414 (3rd exit) to the next exit and get into the extreme left hand lane (sp St Albans). Take the first exit (A1081) and go straight on past two roundabouts and under the railway bridge when you come to a roundabout. Go straight on until you get to the second roundabout where you turn right into Alma Road. Continue to the first set of traffic lights and turn right. As you assend the incline that take you across the railway line turn right, into Ridgemeont Road before, you cross the bridge. Proceed down Ridgemont Road, bearing right at the fork until you come to the bollards. The entrance to the car park is on your right.
Should you come into Ridgement Road from the other direction you will not be able to access the car park, but you can park on single yellow lines in Ridgmont Road in the evenings (please read and obey the parking instructions).
From the M1 (Southbound)
Leave at Junction 7 on to the A414 (was M10) and follow it to the end. Continue as above from the M10 roundabout.
From Watford
Take the A405 towards St Albans under the M1 and over the M25 to the "Noke" roundabout. Continue as above from M1(northbound) / M25 (Clockwise).
From Harpenden
Follow the A1081 South to the "Ancient Briton" traffic lights and go straight on. Follow that road for about a mile until you come to the centre of St Albans, at a roundabout just past the church on your left. Turn left on to Hatfield Road and then right at the second set of light (ignoring pedestrian lights) into Upper Latimer Road and left at the next set of lights. Go straight on at the next set of lights (with Iceland on your right just before the lights). Go straight on and as you assend the incline that take you across the railway line turn right, into Ridgemeont Road before, you cross the bridge. Proceed down Ridgemont Road, bearing right at the fork until you come to the bollards. The entrance to the car park is on your right.
Should you come into Ridgement Road from the other direction you will not be able to access the car park, but you can park on single yellow lines in Ridgmont Road in the evenings (please read and obey the parking instructions.
From Hemel Hempstead
Take the A4147 through Leverstock Green to St Albans. Pass under the M1, straight on at the first roundabout and the second (with the A5183) and on to traffic lights at the Ancient Briton. From there proceed as From Harpenden.
From M25 (Anticlockwise) and A1(M)
Take M25 (Anticlockwise) to Junction 22 and follow A1081 to roundabout with A414 Take the third exit (A1081) and go straight on past two roundabouts and under the railway bridge when you come to a roundabout. Go straight on until you get to the second roundabout where you turn right into Alma Road. Continue to the first set of traffic lights and turn right. As you assend the incline that take you across the railway line turn right, into Ridgemeont Road before, you cross the bridge. Proceed down Ridgemont Road, bearing right at the fork until you come to the bollards. The entrance to the car park is on your right.
Should you come into Ridgement Road from the other direction you will not be able to access the car park, but you can park on single yellow lines in Ridgmont Road in the evenings (please read and obey the parking instructions.
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