Travelling to Keele open days
Keele University is ideally situated in the heart of the UK, right by bustling university town Newcastle-under-Lyme, and just minutes away from the exciting city of Stoke-on-Trent. Our postcode for Sat Nav is ST5 5BG.
Open Day attendees and guests can benefit from free local bus travel to and from campus on our event days - see below for further details.
- As a Keele Open Day attendee, on the day of the Open Day you and your guests can benefit from free local bus travel to and from Keele campus on any bus, with any operator, within "The Potteries" local area.
- Show your Open Day ticket, emailed to you upon registration, to your bus driver, and you and your guests will receive free travel to and from our campus.
- Many of our visitors may catch the No. 25 First bus, which travels through Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme, stopping at Stoke-on-Trent railway station.
- More details on all local bus routes and times can be found on the First Group website.
- Keele is between Junctions 15 and 16 on the M6 motorway, and is just west of Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
- We are halfway between Manchester and Birmingham.
- Our postcode is ST5 5BG for Sat Nav.
- When you arrive on campus, please follow the signs and our parking attendants' directions to the next available car park.
- Car parking is free on the Open Day.
- The nearest railway station to Keele is Stoke-on-Trent (5 miles / 8km away).
- If you are arriving by train, to get from Stoke-on-Trent station to Keele you and your guests can benefit from free local bus travel on the day of the Open Day, on any bus, with any operator, within "The Potteries" local area.
- Simply catch the No. 25 First bus from outside Stoke-on-Trent station, showing your Open Day ticket (emailed to you upon registration) to the driver.
- More details on all local bus routes and times can be found on the First Group website.
- Keele positively supports cycling as a vital aspect of sustainable transport and cycling facilities have been increased and upgraded in recent years.
- There are plenty of places to park your bike at Keele.
- To plan your cycle journey to Keele you may wish to use this cycle map of Staffordshire.