The full postal address for the Centre is:
Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts, School of Arts and Education, Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT
Read some student comments (with lots of links) about the benefits of our location.
The Centre is situated in a leafy, purpose-built campus on the border between rural Hertfordshire and London, within easy reach of the centre of the city by road or Underground and close to the M25 motorway.
Reception is located close to the Chase Side entrance.
Asking for directions
If asking for directions, specify ‘Cat Hill,’ as there is another campus nearby!
Local accommodation
Download a 2-page PDF file of places to stay.
By Underground
Piccadilly line to Cockfosters then ten minutes walk
or
Piccadilly line to Southgate then 298 or 299 bus
or
Piccadilly line Oakwood then the 307 bus to Cat Hill roundabout.
British Rail
To New Barnet then 307 bus to Cat Hill roundabout.
Bus
298, 299 or 307 bus to Cat Hill roundabout.
Motorway
We are about 3 miles south of the M25 Potter's Bar exit (junction 24); take the A111 following the signs to Southgate.
By car from inner London
The Cat Hill campus is on A111, between Southgate and Cockfosters.
There is a roundabout at the junction of Cat Hill and Chase Side (the A111). The campus is immediately before that roundabout, opposite the Chicken Shed theatre.
By car from outside London
- M25 to A111:
- Leave the M25 at Junction 24.
- This is signed northward to Potters Bar, but you turn southward on the A111.
- A111 to Cockfosters:
- Follow the A111 (fields give way to suburban houses).
- Ignore the Trent Park campus of the University on the left.
- You see Cockfosters Underground station; a parade of shops begins: continue.
- Approaching the Cat Hill campus:
- At the end of the parade of shops, there is a roundabout.
- Straight over the roundabout, almost immediately on the right, is the campus.
On campus with a car
On campus, take the first exit at the small roundabout (almost straight over) and head for the barrier. Press the button to speak to Reception and they will let you in.
Walking from Cockfosters underground station
- From Cockfosters tube station, turn south towards a parade of shops.
- Continue past the parade of shops to a roundabout.
- Straight over the roundabout, almost immediately on the right and opposite the Chicken Shed Theatre, is the campus.
Finding Reception at Cat Hill
- Enter the Peter Green building beneath the hexagonal porch.
- Inside, Reception is just on the left.
- Tell them who you are visiting and wait to be met.
