Symposium venue

The Palace Hotel
Palace Road
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 7AG
UK

Tel: +44 1298 22001
Fax: +44 1298 72131

Buxton is a spa town in the heart of the Peak District National Park. Set 1000 feet above sea level amidst the dramatic Peak District landscape and blessed with stunning scenery, magnificent architecture, a wealth of shops, a thriving arts scene and its world-famous spa water, Buxton has plenty to offer any visitor.

How to get there:

BY PLANE
The nearest international airport to Buxton is Manchester Airport. Buxton is approximately 40 km southeast of Manchester airport. A frequent direct bus service from Manchester Airport to Buxton is operated by Trent Buses. Trains also frequently depart from Manchester airport to Manchester Piccadilly (the main train station in Manchester) and from here a connecting train to Buxton can be caught please see the National Rail Enquiries website.

BY TRAIN
Buxton train station is about 300m from the Palace hotel (see map).

BY BUS
Buses from Manchester Airport terminate at Market Place (see map) which is about a 15 minute walk from the Palace hotel or a short taxi ride.

Accommodation:

The registration fee includes 1 nights stay (including breakfast) for the 13th September at the Palace Hotel. If additional nights of accommodation are required please contact the Palace Hotel explaining that you are attending the 17th New Phytologist Symposium.

Symposium logo, Leaf circuit board by Sam Day. Spatial and compositional discontinuities at the plant community and landscape levels revealed by multivariate analysis of hyperspectral images, courtesy of Alan Gay. Wheat endosperm development; Models of syncytia at 3 and 4d postanthesis and 12C nucleus 16 dpa, courtesy of Wegel et al., 2005 New Phytologist 168, p253. Two modes of mass, energy and information exchanges for a plant, courtesy of Chelle, 2005 New Phytologist 166, p781. Using L-systems for modeling source–sink interactions, architecture and physiology of growing trees: the L-PEACH model courtesy of Allen et al., 2005 New Phytologist 166, p869.