Visiting Hov Pod

Visiting Hov Pod – how to find us Good to hear that you plan to visit us. Our address is Reaction International Ltd, Unit J, Bakers Wharf, Millbank Street, Southampton, SO14 5QQ. To find us, place our post code [ SO14 5QQ ] in the search box at Google Maps at http://maps.google.co.uk/ To experience the Hov Pod ride experience for yourself, the best time to come is at low tide so a change of clothes may be advisable. Low tide allows us the opportunity to differentiate what the Hov Pod is capable of that boats or Jet Skis are not. Please note that our factory opens at 9.30am. Available demo dates and times are listed at http://hovpoddemo.blogspot.com/ Overseas Visitors We are situated 75 miles south of Heathrow Airport, London. For information about the airport and hire cars, please visit http://www.baa.co.uk/main/airports/heathrow/ Gatwick Airport is an alternative airport, and we believe you can travel by train to Southampton in two hours from this airport, trains leave every 30 minutes but you may have to travel into London. The Coach from Heathrow to Southampton is quite good, this brings you to the centre of town where you have the choice of good hotels, within walking distance of the coach and rail stations (and main shopping area) There is a local airport in Southampton, otherwise Heathrow Airport is the best airport to travel to. Flybe operate low cost flights into Southampton Airport from all major European cities. Log onto www.flybe.com for more information and to book your flight! The train for Southampton from London travels from Waterloo Station, on the Northern Line of the underground railway network known as The Tube - to find this station, visit http://www.tfl.gov.uk/home.aspx and use the travel planner page. For rail travel information from Waterloo, The journey time is 70 minutes, see http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/959.aspx Where to Stay For comfortable guest house accommodation close to our factory and the shopping area and station at reasonable costs, we recommend Mayfair Guest House 11 Landguard Road Shirley Southampton, SO15 5DL www.themayfairguesthouse.co.uk email: [email protected] Tel 0044 (0) 23 8022 9861 Fax 0044 (0) 23 8021 1552 A new budget hotel has just opened near the centre of Southampton. Charges are £32 per night. Book at http://www.etaphotel.com/etaphotel/fichehotel/gb/etp/6209/fiche_hotel.shtml

Etap Hotel is located at: Western Esplanade 3 West Quay road Southampton Hampshire SO 151RA Tel : (+44)8712222288 This is a very central location, close to rail, and coach station, shops, restaurants. Guests thought the rooms small, but well sound insulated - you have to pay a deposit for the TV remote control !) For other guest house, bed and breakfast accommodation in the Southampton area, please visit http://www.s-h-systems.co.uk/southamp.html For good economy hotels, try the Novotel Hotel West Quay Road, Southampton SO151RA Tel (44) (0) 23 8033 0550 Fax: (44) (0) 23 8022 2158 email [email protected] website: www.accorhotels.com or the Ibis Hotel Southampton, West Quay Road, Western Esplanade, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 1RA Tel (44) (0) 23 8063 4463 Fax: (44) (0) 23 8022 3273 Email [email protected] www.ibishotels.com Perhaps the premier hotel in Southampton and most conveinient is shown at http://www.devereonline.co.uk/jdevere.htm? http://www.devereonline.co.uk/hotel_harbour/ If staying in London, you can reach us by train from London Waterloo Station, take the train to Southampton Central. We can pick you up from the station (on the side of the station by platform 4) and bring you to our office, call our factory on local number 023 8023 1111. The office is just 10 minutes from the Southampton Central Station. The express train takes around 70 minutes from London. By Road - How to find us If coming from the London direction down the M3 join the M27 heading towards Portsmouth. If heading from the Bournemouth direction on the M27 carry on around the top of Southampton and stay on the M27 heading for Portsmouth. Leave the M27 at Junction 7 and take the fourth exit on to the A334 up Charles Watts Way towards Southampton. If travelling from the Portsmouth direction then leave the M27 at Junction 7 and take the first exit on to the A334 up Charles Watts Way towards Southampton. At the roundabout at the top of Charles Watts Way take the third exit towards Southampton and Bitterne (still on the A334) along Thornhill Park Road. After passing a garage on the left you will head downhill in to a dip and then carry straight on ahead back up the other side. At the top of this hill you will pass a church on the right hand side and approach a large junction. At this junction you should bear to your right and join the middle lane of the main road which is heading towards the city centre, this road is the A3024. Watch out for speed cameras! Stay on this road until you go over the river and then turn left on to Princes Street at the first set of traffic lights towards The Wharfs. Follow this road around the tight right hand bend and past the corner of William Street. 50 meters after William Street you will pass an office building on your left with Bakers Wharf on

the front, our office is situated around the back, take the right hand side road around Bakers Wharf building. If you get lost, follow tourist signs to St Mary's Football Stadium (Southampton's Football Club). Millbank Street, can be found exiting the mini roundabout outside the Stadium onto Belvidere Street, which after turns into Millbank Street after 100 yards, Bakers Wharf is a further 50 yards on the right side of the road (from the Stadium) after a Building Merchants, an alleyway is found to the right of Bakers Wharf main building. Turn down the side of the building down an unpaved road with a large wall on your right, this is Bakers Wharf. Reaction International Ltd. are the end building on the right. If you get lost, our telephone number is (0044) 023 8023 1111 or 023 8023 0000. We look forward to meeting you.