Arriving by car
Car parking arrangements:
Main car park:
There is a car park to the rear of the church building, but you
are advised that this fills up quickly. There are 3
disabled car parking spaces in the car park, alongside the hut at the back.
Please note that the bay by the side entrance to the church
for dropping-off only. Please do not leave your car in this bay.
Additional car park:
If the car park at the back of the church is already full when you arrive, (look for the red
sign), please use our additional parking area. This is accessed from Coxhill
Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central' Development), 200m along Penn Rd.
As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge, the entrance to the
additional car park is immediately on the right - through a gate to an area
enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
Arriving from the Town Centre:
Follow signs for A413 towards Amersham. This takes you onto small section
(just ¼ mile) of 3 lane dual carriageway (Walton Street), which leads to
Aylesbury's gyratory system. Get into right hand lane ready for the traffic
lights. Go straight ahead at first set of lights. Then at the second set (just
20 yards or so further on) get into the inside of the 2 right-turn lanes, to
bear right (following signs for Stoke Mandeville Hosp) and then get into the
left hand lane (still following signs for Stoke Mandeville Hosp), over railway
bridge and zebra crossing. Immediately take right hand fork controlled by
traffic lights and over a second railway bridge. Once over this railway bridge,
you come onto a roundabout - Chestnut Crescent. Take 5th exit (Nightingale
Road). After a sharp left hand bend, this road becomes Penn Road. Southcourt
Baptist Church is 300m on the right.
From A418 (Oxford Road):
At the first set of traffic lights (which has a right-hand turn restriction),
go straight on towards the town centre, passing Aylesbury College on your right.
At the double mini-roundabout, turn right round and return back out of town
passing Aylesbury College for a second time (this time on your left!). At the
traffic lights turn left into Churchill Avenue. At the first roundabout, turn
left into Prebendal Avenue. Take second left into Penn Road. The Church is on
the left after ¼ mile.
In coming from this direction, you will pass the entrance
to our additional car park before reaching the church. To access this, you will
need to turn left into Coxhill Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central'
Development) from Penn Rd before reaching the
church. As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge, the entrance to
the additional car park is immediately on the right - through a gate to an area
enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
From A41 (Bicester Road):
Head for town centre, then follow directions to Oxford, using the A418. After
going over railway bridge and then passing Aylesbury College on your left, you
come to traffic lights. Turn left into Churchill Ave, signed for Stoke
Mandeville Hospital. At the first roundabout, turn left into Prebendal Avenue.
Take second left into Penn Road. The Church is on the left after ¼ mile.
In coming from this direction, you will pass the entrance
to our additional car park before reaching the church. To access this, you will
need to turn left into Coxhill Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central'
Development) from Penn Rd before reaching the
church. As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge, the entrance to
the additional car park is immediately on the right - through a gate to an area
enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
From A413 (Buckingham Road):
Head for town centre, then follow directions to Oxford, using the A418. At
the traffic lights turn left into Churchill Ave, signed for Stoke Mandeville
Hospital. At the first roundabout, turn left into Prebendal Avenue. Take second
left into Penn Road. The Church is on the left after ¼ mile.
In coming from this direction, you will pass the entrance
to our additional car park before reaching the church. To access this, you will
need to turn left into Coxhill Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central'
Development) from Penn Rd before reaching the
church. As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge, the entrance to
the additional car park is immediately on the right - through a gate to an area
enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
From A418 (Bierton Road):
Head for town centre, then follow signs to Amersham A418. As you leave the
town centre you will find yourself on a small section (just ¼ mile) of 3 lane
dual carriageway (Walton Street), which leads to Aylesbury's gyratory system.
Get into Right hand lane ready for the traffic lights. Go straight ahead at
first set of lights. Then at the second set (just 20 yards or so further on) get
into the inside of the 2 right-turn lanes, bear right (following signs for Stoke
Mandeville Hosp) and then get into the left hand lane (still following signs for
Stoke Mandeville Hosp), over railway bridge and zebra crossing. Immediately take
right hand fork controlled by traffic lights and over a second railway bridge.
Once over this railway bridge, you come onto a roundabout - Chestnut Crescent.
Take 5th exit (Nightingale Road). After a sharp left hand bend, this road
becomes Penn Road. Southcourt Baptist Church is 300m on the right.
If the church car park is already full, continue a further 200m along Penn Rd
and turn into Coxhill Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central' Development) for
our additional car park. As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge,
the entrance to the additional car park is immediately on the right - through a
gate to an area enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
From A41 (Tring Road):
Head for town centre, at the 'Tesco' roundabout turn left into Walton Road
following signs for Amersham A413 and Stoke Mandeville Hosp. This will take you
past Aylesbury Grammar School and Walton Pond as you approach traffic lights.
Take the second exit at the gyratory system (following signs for Stoke
Mandeville Hosp) Continue over railway bridge and zebra crossing. Immediately
take right hand fork controlled by traffic lights and over a second railway
bridge. Once over this railway bridge, you come onto a roundabout - Chestnut
Crescent. Take 5th exit (Nightingale Road). After a sharp left hand bend, this
road becomes Penn Road. Southcourt Baptist Church is 300m on the right.
If the church car park is already full, continue a further 200m along Penn Rd
and turn into Coxhill Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central' Development) for
our additional car park. As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge,
the entrance to the additional car park is immediately on the right - through a
gate to an area enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
From A413 (Wendover Road):
As you begin to approach the town centre (passing the Broad Leys pub followed
by the Police Station on your right), the road becomes 2 lanes as you approach
some traffic lights (Aylesbury's famous gyratory system). Both lanes have to
bear left at the lights, but stay in the left lane (as the right lane will
shortly turn right at the next set of lights), following signs for Stoke
Mandeville Hosp at this point. Continue over Railway Bridge and zebra crossing.
Immediately take right hand fork controlled by traffic lights and over a second
railway bridge. Once over this railway bridge, you come onto a roundabout -
Chestnut Crescent. Take 5th exit (Nightingale Road). After a sharp left hand
bend, this road becomes Penn Road. Southcourt Baptist Church is 300m on the
right.
If the church car park is already full, continue a further 200m along Penn Rd
and turn into Coxhill Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central' Development) for
our additional car park. As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge,
the entrance to the additional car park is immediately on the right - through a
gate to an area enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
From B4010 (Stoke Mandeville & Princes Risborough):
From the Stoke Mandeville Parish Church, turn left (as you face the church)
at the mini roundabout (signed Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Southcourt). Stay
on this road for 1 mile. As you approach the outskirts of the town, Stoke
Mandeville Hospital will be on your right. At the second roundabout turn left
into Churchill Ave. Follow the road over the railway bridge (watch out for speed
camera!), straight on at the first roundabout and left at the second roundabout
into Cottesloe Road. Follow Cottesloe Road (it has a sharp left bend) till you
get to a mini roundabout. Turn right at this mini roundabout into Taylor Road.
At the T junction turn left into Old Stoke Road until you reach a roundabout -
Chestnut Crescent. Take 4th Exit (Nightingale Road). After a sharp left hand
bend, this road becomes Penn Road. Southcourt Baptist Church is 300m on the
right.
If the church car park is already full, continue a further 200m along Penn Rd
and turn into Coxhill Way (the turning for the 'Grand Central' Development) for
our additional car park. As you turn into Coxhill Way and over the small bridge,
the entrance to the additional car park is immediately on the right - through a
gate to an area enclosed by a wire-mesh fence. Once
parked, there is pedestrian access to the church from the far end of this
car park.
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