Nearest IKEA to Cambridge
Ian Richardson
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MarkD...
joke about it being in Thurrock.
M.
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Gareth Marlow
http://www.ikea.co.uk/ikea_near_you/near.asp
Brent Park is the closest but it's a bit of a pig to get to compared to
Thurrock. I wouldn't fancy trying to get to either at this time of the
year though.
Gareth
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Brian Watson
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> In article <asgai7$ra866$1...@ID-99375.news.dfncis.de>,
> Ian Richardson <zat...@chaos.org.uk> wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me the closest IKEA store to Cambridge?
>
> http://www.ikea.co.uk/ikea_near_you/near.asp
>
> Brent Park is the closest but it's a bit of a pig to get to compared to
> Thurrock. I wouldn't fancy trying to get to either at this time of the
> year though.
Agreed. If you must, go *very* early (ideally, be there at opening time) and
still expect to queue at the exit.
Can recommend the jumbo hot dogs AFTERWARDS (buy two; one is never enough)
if you like eating that sort of thing.
:-)
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> Ian Richardson <zat...@chaos.org.uk> wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me the closest IKEA store to Cambridge?
>
> http://www.ikea.co.uk/ikea_near_you/near.asp
>
> Brent Park is the closest but it's a bit of a pig to get to compared to
> Thurrock. I wouldn't fancy trying to get to either at this time of the
> year though.
Agreed.
If you must go this side of the new year, go *very* early (ideally, be there
at opening time - Lakeside is easier to get to and opens at 10am weekdays,
9am Saturdays, and 11am Sundays) and *still* expect to queue at the exit.
Matthew Vernon
> Brent Park is the closest but it's a bit of a pig to get to compared to
> Thurrock. I wouldn't fancy trying to get to either at this time of the
> year though.
I went to Thurrock when last moving house. Having a large grey
knackered hired transit van makes loading up much easier :-)
Matthew
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>Well *whatever* you do don't get them to deliver anything that's
>currently out of stock.
I'll second that. If it's not in stock, it doesn't exist. I'll repeat my
anecdote about the queue at the counter to pick up the "difficult"
things, where most of the progress was from people giving up and going
home before they were served. And what they say they have in stock at
the sales points doesn't always come true when you hit the warehouse.
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> If you must go this side of the new year, go *very* early (ideally,
> be there at opening time - Lakeside is easier to get to and opens at
> 10am weekdays, 9am Saturdays, and 11am Sundays) and *still* expect to
> queue at the exit.
FWIW, went to the Brent/Neasden IKEA on Saturday PM. It was busy, but not
too bad. Got a parking place OK, queued about 15 minutes at the checkout and
had about a 20 min wait at the "Collection Point" for some other stuff.
I have no idea how typical this is, it's the only time I've been to IKEA in
my life. Can't say I really took to the place though.
Matthew.
Jean-Luc
1.5 hours to get to Thurrock, while it takes usually 2.5 hours to get
to Brent Park, as you have to drive right into London.
Plus the Thurrock IKEA has just been refurbished.
JL
Mark Ayliffe
Jean-Luc <tequi...@hotmail.com> typed:
> I went to both Thurrock & Brent Park from Cambridge... and it took me
> 1.5 hours to get to Thurrock, while it takes usually 2.5 hours to get
> to Brent Park, as you have to drive right into London.
No you don't. It's on the North Circular. It's been a while since I went
there, but I'm sure it never took as long as 2.5 hours unless the traffic
was exceptionally bad. I used to visit a customer in the Ikea tower pretty
often.
Mark
Sue
I've been driving past there on a pretty regular basis lately in the
evenings and it can take anything between 1.5 to 2 hours to get there,
depending on time of travel and state of traffic. 2.5 hours doesn't
seem to bad an esimate to me if Jean-Luc was travelling during the day
when traffic is typically heavier than it is when I travel.
Sue.
Jon Green
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>
> Can recommend the jumbo hot dogs AFTERWARDS (buy two; one is never enough)
> if you like eating that sort of thing.
...and they even do veggie hot dogs! (Yayyy!) Haven't tried them, though.
Jon
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> In article <asgai7$ra866$1...@ID-99375.news.dfncis.de>,
> Ian Richardson <zat...@chaos.org.uk> wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me the closest IKEA store to Cambridge?
>
> http://www.ikea.co.uk/ikea_near_you/near.asp
>
> Brent Park is the closest but it's a bit of a pig to get to compared to
> Thurrock. I wouldn't fancy trying to get to either at this time of the
> year though.
>
> Gareth
We went to Thurrock about 3 weekends ago. Getting there was ok from
Cambridge, but the car park had no spaces left, so we had to park in B&Q
over the road. Going round the display rooms was ok, but had trouble
getting a big trolley for the stuff we needed and the queues to pay were
hideous. We were in the queue for at least half an hour. Our time was
speeded up by the fact that we already knew what we wanted from the
catalogue and their labelling system has greatly improved. When Naich saw
the queue he just wanted to leg it, but the stuff we bought was good value
and I had heard about the nightmare delivery problems on Watchdog.
HTH
Jen
Gareth Marlow
J.M. Steers <jm...@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Going round the display rooms was ok, but had trouble
>getting a big trolley for the stuff we needed and the queues to pay were
>hideous. We were in the queue for at least half an hour.
It's fine if there are two of you; one to queue, the other to go fetch the
hot dogs...
G
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> "Brian Watson" <br...@spheroid.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>
>> Can recommend the jumbo hot dogs AFTERWARDS (buy two; one is never
>> enough) if you like eating that sort of thing.
>
> ...and they even do veggie hot dogs! (Yayyy!) Haven't tried them,
> though.
The wife was particularly excited about the salted herring - she hasn't had
any of this since she was last in Russia. I was pleasantly surprised by the
swedish vodka :-) It helped to calm me down after the frustration of finding
out that one of the things we wanted wasn't in stock!
I'll be slightly less surprised when I go back and get some more vodka ;-)
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One is being built on the ourskirts of Peterborough. DoeS aNyBody know
when it is due to open?
Daniel
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>>Can anyone tell me the closest IKEA store to Cambridge?
>
>One is being built on the ourskirts of Peterborough. DoeS aNyBody know
>when it is due to open?
It's a warehouse, not a shop.
There were rumours 2 years ago of an IKEA shop near the Hampton Tesco,
but they were probably a journalist getting confused about the depot,
and nothing's been said since (and they would, considering the new
warehouse, adjoining road works, TV reception problems from the new
mega-shed, and the upcoming jobs there, are a continuing headline news
item).
Sam Holloway
<rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:
>There were rumours 2 years ago of an IKEA shop near the Hampton Tesco,
>but they were probably a journalist getting confused about the depot,
>and nothing's been said since (and they would, considering the new
>warehouse, adjoining road works, TV reception problems from the new
>mega-shed, and the upcoming jobs there, are a continuing headline news
>item).
There are many rumours floating around for various areas. It is
certainly true that IKEA are keen to open in/near Cambridge. (They
used to have a page on their website with "where we would like to open
stores", and Cambridge was marked. However, I can't find that page now
- has it gone, or am I missing the link somewhere?)
The most substantiated rumour I've heard of all if that they're
opening in the Northampton/MK/Bedford area (i.e. somewhere reasonably
close to the M1). The MK local paper has run an article stating
they're opening there. There was a mention in a Bedford local paper
that a new store was planned. (And again the IKEA website used to have
a potential store 'blob' on the map there.)
As they have a policy of only building on brownfield sites, and taking
into account local traffic situations (an IKEA store generates a
substantial amount of traffic at times; I remember passing the one nr
Leeds when it opened and seeing around two miles of queues each way on
the M62 to get in), the chances of finding a suitable site in
Cambridge are probably limited at the moment.
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Meldrew of Meldreth
<s...@samholloway.co.uk> writes
>As they have a policy of only building on brownfield sites
Stores, maybe. The Peterborough warehouse is a green fields site.
>and taking into account local traffic situations (an IKEA store
>generates a substantial amount of traffic at times;
The PBO warehouse is getting its own newly built intersection on the PBO
bypass.
Sam Holloway
<rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:
>In message <1riuuu4n343pn4hq9...@4ax.com>, Sam Holloway
><s...@samholloway.co.uk> writes
>>As they have a policy of only building on brownfield sites
>
>Stores, maybe. The Peterborough warehouse is a green fields site.
Yup - good point...
Of course, I'm sure if they find a good green field site, the
temptations of commerce will override their guiding need to 'recycle
land'. :-)
Mark Ayliffe
Meldrew of Meldreth <rol...@perry.co.uk> typed:
> In message <asned1$mmd$1...@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>, D.A. Beauregard
> <dab...@cus.cam.ac.uk> writes
>>> Can anyone tell me the closest IKEA store to Cambridge?
>>
>> One is being built on the ourskirts of Peterborough. DoeS aNyBody
>> know when it is due to open?
>
> It's a warehouse, not a shop.
That's odd as they already have a massive warehouse at Thrapston (on the
A14), around 20-30 minutes away by road.
Mark
Mark Ayliffe
> <s...@samholloway.co.uk> writes
>> As they have a policy of only building on brownfield sites
>
> Stores, maybe. The Peterborough warehouse is a green fields site.
As was the Thrapston one IIRC.
Mark
Meldrew of Meldreth
<mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk> writes
>That's odd as they already have a massive warehouse at Thrapston (on the
>A14), around 20-30 minutes away by road.
Indeed. Anyone know if that one's closing?
Paul Oldham
mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) growled:
> That's odd as [Ikea] already have a massive warehouse at Thrapston (on the
> A14), around 20-30 minutes away by road.
Which would, I've always thought, be an excellent location for a shop.
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Paul Oldham <pa...@the-hug.org> typed:
> In article <md2qsa...@192.168.1.252>,
> mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) growled:
>
>> That's odd as [Ikea] already have a massive warehouse at Thrapston
>> (on the A14), around 20-30 minutes away by road.
>
> Which would, I've always thought, be an excellent location for a shop.
You'll upset uncle Colin!
Mark
Paul Oldham
mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) growled:
> In news:memo.20021206...@paul.the-hug.org,
> Paul Oldham <pa...@the-hug.org> typed:
> > In article <md2qsa...@192.168.1.252>,
> > mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) growled:
> >
> >> That's odd as [Ikea] already have a massive warehouse at Thrapston
> >> (on the A14), around 20-30 minutes away by road.
> >
> > Which would, I've always thought, be an excellent location for a shop.
>
> You'll upset uncle Colin!
I am generally supportive of the policy Colin likes to espouse on this but
Ikea is a special case.
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>I am generally supportive of the policy Colin likes to espouse on this but
>Ikea is a special case.
Just IKEA, or all furniture shops?
Paul Oldham
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> In message <memo.20021206...@paul.the-hug.org>, Paul Oldham
> <pa...@the-hug.org> writes
> >I am generally supportive of the policy Colin likes to espouse on this
> >but Ikea is a special case.
>
> Just IKEA, or all furniture shops?
If you know of any other store of any kind which produces the same effect as
Ikea then feel free to nominate, but I think it really is a special case.
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> (Meldrew of Meldreth) growled:
>
>> In message <memo.20021206...@paul.the-hug.org>, Paul Oldham
>> <pa...@the-hug.org> writes
>>> I am generally supportive of the policy Colin likes to espouse on
>>> this but Ikea is a special case.
>>
>> Just IKEA, or all furniture shops?
>
> If you know of any other store of any kind which produces the same
> effect as Ikea then feel free to nominate, but I think it really is a
> special case.
Which particular effect had you in mind? The DIY barns are similar in some
respects. MFI is similar in some different respects. Other warehouse-style
retail barns also fit in some respects (e.g. occupants of Coral Park and
t'other side of Coldham's lane).
Mark
Paul Hudson
wrote in news:ujiqsa...@192.168.1.252:
> Which particular effect had you in mind?
Traffic would be my guess.
Meldrew of Meldreth
>Ikea
What effect? Lots of people turning up and wanting to drive away with
furniture??
Colin Rosenstiel
mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) wrote:
> Other warehouse-style
> retail barns also fit in some respects (e.g. occupants of Coral Park and
> t'other side of Coldham's lane).
You haven't been to Coral Park recently, have you?
Colin Rosenstiel
Colin Rosenstiel
mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) wrote:
Certainly was. The original Blott on the Landscape!
Colin Rosenstiel
Naich
What's going to be there? At the moment it seems to be a gravel
depository.
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Colin Rosenstiel <rosen...@cix.co.uk> typed:
Doesn't seem too terrible to me. I think it's not visible from any existing
houses for example.
Mark
Naich
> On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
>
> > You haven't been to Coral Park recently, have you?
>
> What's going to be there? At the moment it seems to be a gravel
> depository.
In answer to my own post... Jen has found this -
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/councillors/agenda/2002/0515plan/R17.pdf
Which seems to answer it.
Paul Oldham
d...@mrao.cam.ac.uk (Naich) growled:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Naich wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
> >
> > > You haven't been to Coral Park recently, have you?
> >
> > What's going to be there? At the moment it seems to be a gravel
> > depository.
>
> In answer to my own post... Jen has found this -
>
> http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/councillors/agenda/2002/0515plan/R17.pdf
>
> Which seems to answer it.
Including a "Drive thru retaurant" - which they should have been refused on
spelling grounds alone (and I'm referring to the second word primarily).
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> In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.1021209123421.7375A-100000@cadsa>,
> d...@mrao.cam.ac.uk (Naich) growled:
>
>> On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Naich wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
>> >
>> > > You haven't been to Coral Park recently, have you?
>> >
>> > What's going to be there? At the moment it seems to be a gravel
>> > depository.
>>
>> In answer to my own post... Jen has found this -
>>
>> http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/councillors/agenda/2002/0515plan/R17.pdf
>>
>> Which seems to answer it.
>
> Including a "Drive thru retaurant" - which they should have been
> refused on spelling grounds alone (and I'm referring to the second
> word primarily).
>
The whole document has an amazing number of mis-spellings and/or typos
and font/appearance changes.
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Colin Rosenstiel
mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) wrote:
> In news:memo.2002120...@a01-09-5548.rosenstiel.cix.co.uk,
> Colin Rosenstiel <rosen...@cix.co.uk> typed:
> > In article <qf2qsa...@192.168.1.252>,
> > mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) wrote:
> >
> >> In news:BzlJfVQk...@perry.co.uk,
> >> Meldrew of Meldreth <rol...@perry.co.uk> typed:
> >>> In message <1riuuu4n343pn4hq9...@4ax.com>, Sam
> >>> Holloway <s...@samholloway.co.uk> writes
> >>>> As they have a policy of only building on brownfield sites
> >>>
> >>> Stores, maybe. The Peterborough warehouse is a green fields site.
> >>
> >> As was the Thrapston one IIRC.
> >
> > Certainly was. The original Blott on the Landscape!
>
> Doesn't seem too terrible to me. I think it's not visible from any
> existing houses for example.
As you come over the hill from Cambridgeshire it fills a great chunk of
the horizon, very prominently.
Colin Rosenstiel
Mark Ayliffe
Colin Rosenstiel <rosen...@cix.co.uk> typed:
> In article <rgq1ta...@192.168.1.252>,
> mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) wrote:
>
>> In news:memo.2002120...@a01-09-5548.rosenstiel.cix.co.uk,
>> Colin Rosenstiel <rosen...@cix.co.uk> typed:
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't seem too terrible to me. I think it's not visible from any
>> existing houses for example.
>
> As you come over the hill from Cambridgeshire it fills a great chunk
> of the horizon, very prominently.
That is overstatign it sorely. It is large granted, but only just protrudes
above the horizon and is set far enough back from the road that it only
takes up a small part of the horizon. So what if it looks a bit ugly to
people blasting at national speed limit +x% from the A1 to the M1? Locals
aren't inconvenienced much at all. It's not even as visually intrusive to
drivers as (say) the hotel on the outskirts of Kettering(?) about 10 miles
further west. The presence of the A14 is of course a very different matter.
I'm sure that the overall quality of life in Thrapston and Islip has
decreased rather since it arrived.
Mark
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Colin Rosenstiel
mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) wrote:
> In news:memo.2002120...@a01-09-5548.rosenstiel.cix.co.uk,
> Colin Rosenstiel <rosen...@cix.co.uk> typed:
> > In article <rgq1ta...@192.168.1.252>,
> > mark.ayl...@nospam.pem.cam.andthis.ac.uk (Mark Ayliffe) wrote:
> >
> >> In news:memo.2002120...@a01-09-5548.rosenstiel.cix.co.uk,
> >> Colin Rosenstiel <rosen...@cix.co.uk> typed:
> >>>
> >>> Certainly was. The original Blott on the Landscape!
> >>
> >> Doesn't seem too terrible to me. I think it's not visible from any
> >> existing houses for example.
> >
> > As you come over the hill from Cambridgeshire it fills a great chunk
> > of the horizon, very prominently.
>
> That is overstatign it sorely. It is large granted, but only just
> protrudes above the horizon and is set far enough back from the road
> that it only takes up a small part of the horizon. So what if it looks a
> bit ugly to people blasting at national speed limit +x% from the A1 to
> the M1? Locals aren't inconvenienced much at all. It's not even as
> visually intrusive to drivers as (say) the hotel on the outskirts of
> Kettering(?) about 10 miles further west. The presence of the A14 is of
> course a very different matter. I'm sure that the overall quality of
> life in Thrapston and Islip has decreased rather since it arrived.
It's a Blott on my landscape. So there!
Colin Rosenstiel
BW
"Colin Rosenstiel" <rosen...@cix.co.uk> wrote in message
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Isn't that building a distribution depot and not a store anyway.
Mark Ayliffe
BW <bw@spamtrap> typed:
>
> Isn't that building a distribution depot and not a store anyway.
Yes dear. How easy it is to get lost amongst the threads of cam.misc. :-)
Mark
Mark Ayliffe
Colin Rosenstiel <rosen...@cix.co.uk> typed:
>
Fairy 'nuff!
Mark