>. Contact Details: Main Switchboard: Fax: Email for General Enquiries: Box Office: Applicant Enquiries: >. How to Find Us: ALRA SouthALRA South: Train Stations: Clapham Junction and Wandsworth Common By Train Clapham Junction is our nearest station. It's an Overground Rail Station; ALRA South is not easily accessible by Tube. Trains from Waterloo and Victoria leave every few minutes, and take less than 10 minutes to get to Clapham Junction. Exit the station via the 'Shopping Centre' exit. Clapham Junction is within easy walking distance and has a regular bus service that stops outside the school. If you decide to walk from Clapham Junction station, allow 25 minutes. Take the Shopping Centre exit out of the station, turn right and cross over the road. Walk up St John’s Hill over the railway bridge, continuing straight at the traffic lights, and take the third left - Vardens Road. Use the pedestrian crossing by The Roundhouse pub and continue in the same direction along Spencer Park (with the railway line on your left) until you reach John Archer Way. The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is clearly visible across a small green on your right. By Bus from Clapham Junction You should take a 77 bus (not 77A) towards Tooting from the stop outside Debenhams in St. Johns Road. Get off at the stop called 'Windmill Road' (on London buses, each stop is announced through a PA system). Turn left into John Archer Way. The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is clearly visible across a small green on your right. By Tube Although we recommend the above route, it is possible to reach us by Tube. Please be warned that this route may take longer so please allow yourself more time when travelling to and from ALRA. Tooting Bec is our nearest Underground station, but it is a mile and a half from the college. Take a 219 bus towards Wandsworth and get off at 'Wandsworth Prison' just after the County Arms pub on your left (on London buses, each stop is announced through a PA system). Access can be gained through Fitzhugh Grove, a little further along on the opposite side of Trinity Road from the bus stop. Once in Fitzhugh Grove, follow the road around to the left. The RVP Building should soon come into view. If you choose to walk, the route is straight along Trinity Road, but it is a long walk. By Car Parking is free in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building. If you park your car at the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building during office hours, pop into the office for a slip for your dashboard. Access to the RVP Building is via Windmill Road and John Archer Way. The one-way systems here can be tricky, so do take the time to plan ahead. ALRA South is not in the Congestion Charge zone, and for most journeys here the zone should be easy to avoid. Click here for a link to the AA's route planning service, and select the option 'Avoid tolls / congestion charging'. >. At the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building:If you are coming to an Audition Day or to visit the office: If you are coming to see a show: Theatre doors tend to open 10 minutes before a performance. As there isn't a front of house area or foyer, if you're early please head over to Le Gothique bar, on the other side of the courtyard. >. AccessThe Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is a listed building, though the recommended adaptations have been made for people with access needs. Please call us on 020 8870 6475 to discuss your needs before setting off on your journey. This will also help us prepare ramped entrances if they're needed. There is access to the ground floor level only- this includes the ALRA Theatre (via a ramp), Le Gothique bar, a disabled-access toilet, and some of our rehearsal spaces. The disabled-access toilet is in the rear courtyard, at the opposite end of the covered walkway from Le Gothique. Please ask for assistance if needed, and note that the rear courtyard is cobbled. If you are coming to see a show and require an aisle seat, or a place with level access, please call us to let us know. >. How to Find Us: ALRA NorthALRA North: Train Stations: Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North Western By Train Wigan Wallgate and Wigan North Western are our nearest stations, and are across the road from one another. They are within easy walking distance of ALRA North; please allow 15 minutes for the walk. Exit the station, and turn uphill (right out of Wigan North Western, left out of Wigan Wallgate). At the top of the hill, carry straight on onto Standishgate, with WH Smiths on your right. At the bottom of Standishgate, at the crossroads with the main road, turn right. Follow this road - you'll see a large Tesco's on your left. Turn right onto Greenough Street, then immediately left onto Turner Street. ALRA North is the large building, clearly signed. By Bus From Southport and Ormskirk take the 375 or the 385. See above for directions from the bus station (Market Street) to ALRA North. By Car Parking is free on the ALRA North site. If you park your car at ALRA North during office hours, pop into the office for a slip for your dashboard. >. At ALRA NorthIf you are coming to an Audition Day, to visit the office, or to see a show: The ALRA North has excellent access for people with disabilities and we welcome applications from those with access needs. The Theatre, Cafe, TV and Radio facilities are all on the ground floor, as are accessible toilets and showers. If you are coming to see a show and require an aisle seat, or a place with level access, please call us to let us know. |