Commutting to Wolwich Crown Court for Jury service

bilsea159
bilsea159 Posts: 256
edited February 2011 in Commuting general
I am doing jury service next month and would like to continue commuting by bike. Has anyone done this or work in the courts at Wolwich, I need to get an idea about leaving the bike safetly and changing facilities.

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  • Berk Bonebonce
    Berk Bonebonce Posts: 1,245
    I do not think you are supposed to advertise the fact that you are doing jury service at Woolwich Crown Court next month. If the authorities are told about the appearance of this thread ... you may well not be doing jury service at Woolwich Crown Court next month.

    If ever I were up in court I sincerely hope that you are not on the jury.
  • bobinski
    bobinski Posts: 570
    bilsea159

    hi re your post about woolich. contact the court and let them know you will be cycling and ask where you can lock yr bike. i have cycled to prison before for work and have parked by railings and been warned should use one of the cycling sheds but might need permission.
    cheers
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    cant help on Woolwich, hopefully you'll have better luck than I did at Minshull St in Manchester no facilities at all inside - I had to bring clothes every day, change in the Jury Room gents or sneak into the public disabled toilets and sheffield stands nearby was the best parking on offer. There was no concession or consideration given at all to anyone not arriving by public transport or own car.

    The real PITA is the security check every day: depending on who it was, I had my multitool confiscated cos it has a small blade, I had to take the top off my water bottle if I'd been daft enough not to empty it. My pump caused some discussion on the first couple of days. I had to show my SPD cleats a couple of times to prove I wasn't concealing something metallic. I was juggling helmet, gloves, lights off my bike etc and the security still insisted I open up all the bits of my backpack myself and rummaged clothes & whatever out of the way.

    You do get bike mileage allowance tho, HMRC 20p standard, for your commute mileage.

    take a book or knitting or laptop & dongle, ideally a few different things to pass full days of sitting about- theres no guarantee who gets picked - I got lucky and was busy for my fortnight but there were a few who got practically nothing to do, they were suicidallly bored as you're on constant standby and not allowed to wander off unless released for lunch and our room was just an airport waiting lounge with the odd book & magazine left about.
  • bobinski
    bobinski Posts: 570
    should have been clearer. Belmarsh prison is part of the Woolich crown court complex and security is v v tight there.

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