Well Wytham Abbey is only a 10 minute Uber ride from Oxford rail station, which is only 1 hour from London Paddington Station; and it’s reasonably convenient by rail from Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
The key features of a good conference venue are (1) easy access to international flights and domestic rail connections, and (2) an enticing location that can attract busy, choosy intellectuals who have many other options of places to go and people to see.
Those features generally involve being located in places that many other people value—i.e. that, given supply & demand, tend to involve high real estate prices.
Well Wytham Abbey is only a 10 minute Uber ride from Oxford rail station, which is only 1 hour from London Paddington Station; and it’s reasonably convenient by rail from Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
The key features of a good conference venue are (1) easy access to international flights and domestic rail connections, and (2) an enticing location that can attract busy, choosy intellectuals who have many other options of places to go and people to see.
Those features generally involve being located in places that many other people value—i.e. that, given supply & demand, tend to involve high real estate prices.