LESZNO TRAVEL GUIDE

This page is a guide only . It contains recommendations from either TMs, Referees or Parents from previous seasons.  Venues or official hotels may change for the current season so we recommend that you check the reglement’s before confirming any travel arrangements.  If you are booking hotels before the reglement is out we advise you may want to consider booking with free cancellation as it is not guaranteed that competition details will stay the same.

Background Info
Leszno is a town in western Poland with 64,197 inhabitants (2017) and is the seventh-largest town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszno

Latest Foreign Office Travel Advice
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Visa Requirements
None (as of 25.07.2022)
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements

Local Emergency Numbers
Central Emergency Number – 112
Ambulance – 112 / 999
Police – 112 / 997
Fire Service – 112 / 998
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on +44 (0) 20 7008 1500 (24 hours)

Venue
2021 – Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa “Trapez” im. Zbigniewa Bialasa
2022 – Sportshall Thirteen

Nearby Supermarket (to venue)
Zabka (400m from venue)

Hotels 
Hotel Wieniawa (1.5km from venue)
Apartamenty Leszno (1.6km from venue)

Flights
There are a range of flights from airports across the UK to Poznan Airport (75km from venue) and Wroclaw Airport (100km from venue). The travel time to Leszno from both is similar, approximately 90 mins.
NOTE: Leszno should not be confused with Lezno near Gdansk. Typing in Lezno in Google Maps gives the wrong destination.

If travelling on an early flight from Poznan back to the UK. The Moxy Airport Hotel is next to the airport and is  a few minutes walk from the departure building.

Transfers
There are no official transfers offered. Transfers were arranged for the athletes via the Hotel Wieniawa. Personal Coaches have hired cars.