Accessibility

Event: Towards a Better Life: Introduction to Social Role Valorisation (SRV) - 2 Day Workshop - Newcastle 22 and 23 October 2024

General information

Travel instructions

By car: The most convenient parking for the centre is via the Frederick Street car park entrance to Charlestown Square. Parking at Charlestown Square is free for the first 3 hours. Extended free parking can be arranged for people who are participating in functions at The Place for more than 3 hours. Please discuss your parking needs with the staff at The Place when booking your function. By public transport: Bus stops are conveniently located right outside The Place in Frederick Street. Regular bus services are available to and from the majority of Lake Macquarie and Newcastle suburbs, and some Hunter Valley buses have services to Charlestown. Bus timetables for services to and from Charlestown are available at The Place during reception hours. A convenient taxi phone is located inside the Level 2 car park of Charlestown Square, approximately a 200m walk from The Place. After business hours, a taxi zone operates in Pearson St, approximately a 100m walk from The Place. Bicycles: Parking for bicycles is available just outside The Place, adjacent to the bus stops in Frederick Street.

Entry instructions

The Place is located at the corner of Frederick and Pearson Streets, in Charlestown NSW. The centre is conveniently located at the southern end of the Charlestown Square shopping centre. Access to The Place is from outside the shopping centre via our front door in Frederick Street. Our front door faces toward the Charlestown Oval. Accessibility The Place is accessible for mobility impaired persons, and for wheelchairs, prams and trolleys. The accessible paths of travel from the car park and the shopping centre are: From the Level 2 car park, travel out past the gym towards Frederick Street. Continue past the stair case and turn left onto Frederick Street at the kerb line. Travel along the lower footpath toward the bus stops, and then turn left around the garden and return along the upper footpath to the front door of The Place. From the South Piazza, take the lift between The Bavarian and Strike Bowling down to street level (Pearson Street). Travel out of the lift towards Pearson Street, and when you reach the kerb line turn right toward Frederick Street. Stick to the kerb line and continue along the footpath and around the corner past the garden beds onto Frederick Street, past the bus stops to the front door of The Place.

Accessible parking

The Place is accessible for mobility impaired persons, and for wheelchairs, prams and trolleys. The accessible paths of travel from the car park and the shopping centre are: From the Level 2 car park, travel out past the gym towards Frederick Street. Continue past the stair case and turn left onto Frederick Street at the kerb line. Travel along the lower footpath toward the bus stops, and then turn left around the garden and return along the upper footpath to the front door of The Place. From the South Piazza, take the lift between The Bavarian and Strike Bowling down to street level (Pearson Street). Travel out of the lift towards Pearson Street, and when you reach the kerb line turn right toward Frederick Street. Stick to the kerb line and continue along the footpath and around the corner past the garden beds onto Frederick Street, past the bus stops to the front door of The Place.