Venue information

Rheumatology 2011 will be held at The Hilton Brighton Metropole and the DeVere Grand in Brighton

The Hilton Metroploe and The Grand are truly remarkable conference venues. The first is the recent recipient of an
£8 million facelift and the second an iconic Victorian building, both of which stand centre stage on the vibrant Brighton seafront and as a local landmark. Magnificent and imposing.


Brighton is one of the most vibrant, colourful and creative cities in Europe. Cosmopolitan, compact, energetic, unique, fun, lively, historic, young, exotic and free-spirited, it's a city like no other.

Getting there

Getting to Brighton & Hove is easy. It's:

  • just under an hour by rail from London
  • about 45 minutes by road from the M25 London orbital motorway
  • half-an-hour from London Gatwick Airport
  • on a direct rail link from the Eurostar Service at St Pancras
  • accessible by regular coach connections from London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports
  • within easy access of Northern France from the nearby port of Newhaven
  • only 1.5 – 2 hours by motorway from the major ports of Dover, Portsmouth and Southampton.

How to get to Brighton

Travel to and travel from Brighton and Hove is easy. Use the link below to find out more and book travel to Brighton.

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