From the M4 East
Leave the M4 at Junction 29, follow this road for approximately 3 miles (you will pass the Holiday Inn on the right). Take the third exit off the A48 signposted ‘Docks A4232, Cardiff E’. Keep left, follow the road to the next roundabout and turn right following signs for City Centre A4161 (2nd exit off roundabout). Keep on the main Newport Road for approximately 2 miles.

At the 8th set of traffic lights (including pedestrian), Turn left off Newport Road and turn down the Fitzalan road, this then turns into Adam street, then Bute street. At the 2nd set of traffic lights turn right and go over the island. Turn first left and it will be on the left side of the road.

From the M4 West
Leave the M4 at Junction 33 – sign posted ‘Cardiff (W) - A4232’, Follow the A4232 to Cardiff Bay. Take exit/follow brown signs for Techniquest, then take 1st left, at the next junction turn left and then take a 1st right into Dumballs Road. Travel to the other end of this road and Zurich will be on your right.

 

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From London, the North and the East (via the M6)
Leave the M6 at junction 6 and follow the A38(M) Aston Expressway and Queensway. Keeping to the right, continue on until you pass Bristol Street Motors on your left. At the traffic lights, turn right and carry straight on through the next set. On arriving at Five Ways roundabout, take the second exit onto Hagley Road. Continue through two sets of traffic lights – Zurich is about 100 yards on the left.

From the South West (via the M5)
Leave at junction 3 (A456) and take the third exit at the roundabout. At roundabout, follow A456 signposted Birmingham, through Quinton Expressway (under tunnel) to small island, straight on to lights at top of hill (Hagley Road West). Drive straight over the lights on dual carriageway. When approaching next set of lights, move to middle lane, straight on to Hagley Road, through 2 more sets of lights (Norfolk Hotel on left). From these lights, move to right hand lane to further set of lights by Thistle Hotel. 100 yards straight on, on right, cut through on dual carriageway. You will see Zurich building on the right.

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From the M3 Southampton
Exit the M3 at junction 4A (sign-posted for Farnborough (W), A327, Fleet and A3013). At the roundabout at the top of the slip road, turn left, travelling back over the M3 onto the A327. Continue straight over the second roundabout(A327). At the next roundabout turn left, continuing on the A327. At the next roundabout (with the Nokia building on your left) turn left, again continuing along the A327. Go straight across the next roundabout (the entrance to the Nokia buildings, again on your left) Follow the road for approximately 1.5 miles. Take the second entrance into Apollo Rise on the left (before the next roundabout.)

From the North (M3)
Exit the M3 at junction 4A (sign-posted for Farnborough (W), A327, Fleet and A3013). At the roundabout at the top of the slip road turn right onto the A327. At the next roundabout (with the Nokia building on your left) turn left, again continuing along the A327. Go straight across the next roundabout (the entrance to the Nokia buildings, again on your left) Follow the road for approximately 1.5 miles. Take the second entrance into Apollo Rise on the left (before the next roundabout.)

 

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Zurich Municipal Newcastle is in the middle of the city centre, the main shopping street is Northumberland Street -leading to Pilgrim Street, and then to the Tyne Bridge.

To locate Bamburgh House, walk down Northumberland Street on left hand side of road in direction of Pilgrim Street and Tyne Bridge, cross over New Bridge Street at traffic lights. Keep on right hand side of road, walk past NCP car park to en of block, turn right into John Dobson Street, Bamburgh House is on end of block at junction with Market Street East and John Dobson Street.

 

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From the South M1 (London, Cheltenham) also from the East M62
Immediately after M62 the M1 splits into M1 on left and M621 on right. Take the M621. Leave M621 at junction 3 and follow Leeds City Centre signs. Enter City by Neville Street, passing Leeds Hilton on left. Go under railway arches into City Square on City Centre Loop, move to right into Quebec Street and right at end into King Street and East Parade (past front of office) then move into left hand lane.

At next traffic lights turn left into The Headrow. Immediately (after 75 yards) turn left again into Park Cross Street – this is a Pedestrian Street with access only. The Zurich entrance is next to last on left with name on gates and intercom to Security before the barrier.

 

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Directions from Glasgow Queen Street Station To Eagle Building, Glasgow
Come out of Glasgow Queen Street at George Square exit. Turn right and cross at the lights, George Square will be on your left. Walk along this block which will bring you onto St. Vincent Street. Turn right and keep on walking up and over the hill (it's quite a hike) until you come to Pitt Street, turn left and at the bottom of the hill is Bothwell Street. The Eagle Building is straight ahead (a large black glass building).

It's a good quarter of an hour's walk to the office.

Directions from Central Station to to Eagle Building, Glasgow
When coming out of the main entrance at Central Station, turn left. At the traffic lights, (Hope Street) look diagonally to the right which is Bothwell Street. At the corner you will see the Abbey National. The Eagle Building is immediately past Forte Posthouse Hotel which is approximately quarter of a mile.

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From London M3
At Junction 13 on M3, keep to the left briefly following the route for M27 West, Southampton Docks and Bournemouth and then follow A33 to Southampton at Junction 14. At roundabout, approximately one mile from motorway exit, with Total garage on the right, follow A33 sign to City Centre, The Docks and Waterfront Old Town.

Keep following the A33 (signage as above) and after 2.3 miles, you will come to a parade of shops on the right hand side, the last one of which is Wadham Kenning, Range Rover dealer. Having gone through the traffic lights, you are now on the left hand side of an open grassed area with a large number of trees on it. Stay in the right hand lane and at the end of the grassed area bear right and then first left into London Road. At the end of London Road there are traffic lights - turn right at the lights and then second right again at traffic lights into Grosvenor Square. There is public parking off Grosvenor Square and the Zurich Municipal Offices can be found on the ground floor of Mountbatten House.

From M27 (East or West)
Exit at Junction 3 of the M27 following M271 to Southampton. At the roundabout at the end of the M271, take the first exit to Southampton. This leads onto a 3 lane dual carriageway. Get into the middle lane which becomes the left hand lane over the flyover. Proceed to the traffic lights and go straight on (Millbrook Road) Move to the left hand lane but stay on this road and proceed to the next traffic lights. Go straight on at these lights. You then pass Southampton railway station on your left.

Proceed up a short incline and still in the left hand lane, take the left fork at the next traffic lights into Havelock Road (the Civic Centre is on your right and the BBC studios on your left). Get into the middle lane before the next traffic lights, at which proceed straight on and also straight at the next traffic lights immediately thereafter into, Cumberland Place. At the next traffic lights, turn left into Grosvenor Square. There is public parking off Grosvenor Square and the Zurich Municipal Offices can be found on the ground floor of Mountbatten House.

 

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