Antrix offers costume hire and other facilities for those in Maidstone & Mid-Kent. As we are in private premises,
if you wish to visit, it helps to please make an appointment. This allows us to stagger the time between
appointments and gives you the opportunity to take time to choose, unhurried and unworried by parking restrictions and
other customers.
We are located about 2½ miles south of Maidstone, off the A229 Hastings/Loose
Road. For GPS/Sat Nav. we are at ME15 9TG, but on the right-hand side
of Waldron Drive (some GPS/Internet maps show us on the left!). Unfortunately the Streetview picture on Google suffered the
same problem but we think we've fixed it. Basically, in the picture, we have a white van parked opposite us - in
reality it's usually a grey-silver vehicle.
A more precise location for Antrix is 51"14' 43.05N, 0"31'
11.17E which should put you by the kerb right outside! Detailed directions from various areas follow below.
DIRECTIONS
From
Motorways M2 or M20: Take A229 exit (Junction 3 off M2, Junction 6 off M20) and follow A229 through Maidstone
From Maidstone: Take the A229 Hastings/Loose road south out of the town, forking right
at the Wheatsheaf pub junction. Having passed a fire station, a shopping parade, the Swan and Papermakers'
Arms pubs and the Plonkers off-licence, take the next right turn for Lancet Lane
(just beyond a zebra crossing). Waldron Drive is a left turn off Lancet Lane and Antrix is at No. 8,
the fourth house on the right beyond the Valley Drive turn.
From Headcorn & Sutton Valence:
Take the road to Maidstone as far as the Plough Pub crossroads at Langley. Take the left turn opposite the pub towards Boughton
Monchelsea and Linton (the Heath Road). Follow Heath Road until its junction with the A229 at Linton Crossroads and turn right
towards Maidstone and continue as detailed below in From Staplehurst.
From Staplehurst
& the Weald: Use A229 Maidstone/Chatham road up Linton Hill and across the Linton crossroads,
passing the Shell garage site. Stay on the A229 (passing Loose village in the valley) to the top of the hill (Walnut Tree
pub to the right, Loose Schools to the left). Take the next left turn (Lancet Lane) located just before the zebra crossing.
Waldron Drive is a left turn off Lancet Lane and Antrix is at No. 8, fourth house on the right after the Valley Drive turn.
From Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells: Follow the A26 via Wateringbury to Maidstone. This
will bring you in via Barming, down the Tonbridge Road, into a one-way system leading down via the London Road to the
'river roundabout' in Maidstone at which point you can join the A229 signposted for Hastings as detailed above in
From Maidstone.
From villages between Ashford and Maidstone (A20): (Via Maidstone
Town) Follow the A20 towards Maidstone. After passing through Bearsted and the Willington Street junction you pass
the walls of Mote Park on your left, then shortly after the Grove Green/Maidstone Studios junction you pass Turkey Mill and go
under a rail bridge. You have a garage to the left and Haynes garages to the right. Beyond the next traffic lights the
road is marked into three lanes and you want the left-hand lane marked for Hastings A229. Follow this to take you
over the viaduct (passing Sainsburys on your right) and to join the A229 at the Thirsty Pig Pub intersection.
Follow the road up Upper Stone Street and to the Wheatsheaf junction as detailed above in From
Maidstone
From villages between Ashford and Maidstone (A20): (Avoiding Maidstone Town centre) Follow
the A20 towards Maidstone. After passing through Bearsted you come to the Willington Street junction and turn left
into Willington Street itself. Proceeding at a careful 30 mph (there are notorious speed cameras along this
road) travel the entire length of the Street until you reach the T-junction with Sutton Road. Here you turn right towards
Maidstone, passing a large Morrisons store and shortly after, the Kent Police HQ, as you proceed.
Having passed a parade
of shops featuring a Barclays Bank, again watch your speed as you approach another speed camera and then
avoid the bus lane as you come to the Wheatsheaf junction traffic lights. Here, turn left around the front of the pub and
into Loose Road then proceeed as detailed above in From Maidstone
Public
Transport: From Maidstone, take the 89 bus for Loose/Coxheath (stops are located in King Street (at the top
of the High Street) & the Chequers Mall Bus Station) or the 5 bus for Staplehust/Sandhurst and ask for Norrington
Road. (Current cost of a Return Adult Fare (2011) is around £3.40) Alighting at this stop, look for the zebra crossing
mentioned above and Lancet Lane close by. NOTE: Our Google listing states that The Walnut Tree (the next stop from Norrington
Road) is the closest bus stop, but that is 'as the crow flies' and there is a school in the way!
Notes:
Lancet Lane is a school drop-off/pick-up area,
so avoid 8.45-9.05am and 2.45 - 3.40pm during term-time if possible.
Waldron Drive has no street lighting,
so after dark, look for the path lights!
Payment is by cash or cheque with Bank Card and proof of
identity. The nearest ATM is at the Lloyds Bank opposite the shopping Parade and Swan Pub mentioned above.
