VISITING THE OFFICE  This is NOT the web site for Royal Mail, this is NOT the web site for Watford Sorting Office. The number for the Sorting Office is 01923 215600 (switchboard), or 01923 215712 (collections) THIS IS NOT WATFORD SORTING OFFICE, THIS IS NOT ROYAL MAIL this is just a local mail order company that happens to be in the next street to the Sorting Office (I say this twice because people STILL phone and TELL us that we are Royal Mail because they read it somewhere!) QUICKTEST We do not have a shop, we do not have a showroom, if you wish to browse please ordder from this web site or visit us at an antiques fair. However, if you know exactly what you want and you have money in your pocket you're welcome to call at the office. VISITORS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - UNEXPECTED VISITORS WILL BE TURNED AWAY. Address is Quicktest, Park House, Greenhill Crescent, Watford Business Park, Watford, WD18 8PH.   To view map click here (or paste this link into your web browser): http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=wd188ph&Z=1 Park House is in Greenhill Crescent, on the left, just before Caxton Way  OFFICE  HOURS - Summary Monday to Thursday approx. 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to mid-afternoon Saturday - closed Sunday - usually 9am to early afternoon OFFICE  HOURS - Detail (2008) Monday: Open 7am (8am in term time) Close 6pm (earlier in the 'quiet season' mid-July to early September) Tues-Weds: Open 7am Close 6pm (earlier in the 'quiet season' mid-July to early September) Thurs: Open 7am Close 6pm (4pm in term time) Friday: Open 7am (8am in term time) Close some time between 2pm and 4pm Weekend: Saturday - closed Sunday - 9am to 3pm (but closed in the 'quiet season' mid-July to early September) PLEASE NOTE These are extraordinarily long office hours so please forgive me when I react coldly to those  who say we should open on Saturday, or who ask if they can visit out of hours - the answer to both questions is 'no'. BEFORE YOU VISIT Check that you know what you wish to buy or that we are happy to see what you have to sell. Telephone 01923 220206 for an appointment. Unexpected callers will be turned away. If you are buying, bring cash. Or bring a personal cheque with a cheque card, or a business cheque plus additional identification - we can then accept the cheque subject to authorisation by EQUIFAX. No cheque card, no identification? Then we can't accept your cheque. If you are selling, please remember to bring some identification. No identification?  Then we can't buy anything from you, even if you have traveled hundreds of miles. For details of the identification you will require, click here BY ROAD IF YOU ARE USING SAT-NAV Postcode is WD18 8PH, No.19 The moment the voice says you have reached your destination on the left, stop, look up, see the big transmitting mast on the roof - that's the building you want. Turn left immediately before the green sign FLEXSPACE, TO LET (and above the main door: RECEPTION). Now scroll down to THE LAST BIT. BY ROAD / FOR OUT-OF-TOWN-ERS You will need a road map that includes the London / Hertfordshire area. Find London. Now move your eye North West and find Watford. If you can see Harrow you're nearly there, if you're looking at St Albans, Hemel Hempstead or Amersham you've overshot. Have you found Watford? Now find Croxley Green Station. This is on the A412 West of Watford half way between the centre of Watford and the centre of Rickmansworth.   Landmarks to ask for if you get lost and are 'somewhere in Watford' - the hospital and football stadium. Landmarks to ask for if you know you are very close - Two Bridges pub; Ascot Road leading to Royal Mail Sorting office (ask a postman); the Business Parks. Landmarks on map: bridge over the canal,  fire station, double roundabout. It is the double roundabout you are aiming for, especially the smaller of the two with the word CROXLEY around on it. What next?  ...please scroll down to THE LAST BIT IF YOU HAVE A ROAD MAP OF THE M25 AREA Watford is INSIDE the M25...but only just.  The M25 loops tightly round three sides of Watford so please look at the map - if you approach from the South use Junction 17 or 18, if you approach from the North West or North use Junction 19 or 20, if you approach from the East use Junction 21a. We are approximately 4.5 miles from each of these junctions.  Similarly, the A41 loops round two sides of Watford, look at the map or you could add 15mns to the journey.  From the M1 leave at either Junction 5 or 6. From the A1(M) I recommend that you leave at J3 onto A414 and follow the signs to the M1 (you will join M1 at J6 and leave it at J5). BY ROAD / FOR LOCALS From Watford. Watford Business Park (adjoining Croxley Business Park) is best approached from the Rickmansworth Road, the double roundabout is the first roundabout after the underpass. From Bushey via Bushey Arches or from Northwood via the NATO ('Warrior') base, turn West into Deacons Hill / Wiggenhall Road, over the bridge at the lights, follow left into Vicarage Road, over the pedestrian lights, right at the traffic lights, road bends left , road bends right, ahead at mini roundabout,  left into the main road at lights.  You should now be in Whippendell Road. At the roundabout follow the signs to the Business Parks onto the Dual Carriageway. From Rickmansworth via Watford Road aim for the roundabout after Croxley Green station. From St Albans take the North Orbital then A412 / St Albans Road all the way.  Alternatively A411 / Hempstead Rd and join A412 / Rickmansworth Road at the Town Hall roundabout. The Landmark of the old Sun Printers at the double roundabout was derelict for several years;  then it was pulled down and for most of 2004 all that remained was a mile of hoardings and lots of sky; from 2005 to 2007 this was a massive building site; now (2008) there are new flats and offices so the approach from Whippendell road will look unfamiliar if you haven't been this way for a while.  Do not confuse Watford Business Park with the industrial estates off Tolpits Lane - you cannot reach Watford Business Park from Tolpits Lane (there is a footpath, but there is no way for cars). THE LAST BIT At the double roundabout aim for the roundabout marked CROXLEY and follow the signs Croxley and Watford Business Parks and Business Parks.  You should find yourself driving along a fast (but short) dual carriageway.  If (Eastbound) you negotiated the double roundabout but are now on a single carriageway A-road signed Town Centre, turn round. If (Westbound) you went round the CROXLEY roundabout but missed the dual carriageway, turn round. Follow the signs Croxley and Watford Business Parks and Business Parks. At the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway take second exit (no choice) and at the next roundabout 1st exit (signed Watford Business Park).   You are now in Greenhill Crescent, map   SUMMARY Park House is the eighth building on the left, when you see Pennings (on the right) you are getting close. Then phone us or call at Reception for directions to our unit. DETAIL After you have taken 1st Exit into Greenhill Crescent, Park House is the eighth building on the left, like this (all on the left): - big (empty) building by roundabout  - Renault - Jeep, Suzuki - KarTek - Kenwood plc CFB, - Baker slow down! - Warehous / Factory To Let (Summer 2008) - next building is PARK HOUSE, green sign reads FLEXSPACE, TO LET (and above the main door: RECEPTION) and turn left along the side of the building. You are now driving along the side of Park House, past Cafe Restaurant.  When you get to the end (by the skips) turn right.   You now have two options: a) stop by the skips, stay in the car, telephone 01923 220206, someone will 'talk you down' until you arrive at our door. IF you follow these instructions the final few yards will be easy. However, if you are 'somewhere in Watford' or if you have decided to explore the Park House complex, we will not be able to work out where you are and will not be able to give you any further directions. or b) park anywhere, walk back to RECEPTION (where it says RECEPTION in huge letters over the main door at the front of the building), ask for directions. Reception is open Monday to Friday 8.20am to 5.10pm. BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT BY TRAIN / MAINLINE, Watford Junction Station FROM LONDON either the Euston-Watford line (mainline) or London Underground Bakerloo Line and change at Queens Park.  Then take a bus or taxi, it's too far to walk.  FROM THE NORTH Glasgow-Crewe-Birmingham-Watford. National Rail Enquiries: 08457 48 49 50. BY TRAIN / LONDON TRANSPORT, Watford (Met. line) Station. London Underground Metropolitan Line.  London Transport Passenger Enquiries: 020 7222 1234. These two stations are in different parts of town so please check your route carefully. BY BUS, W30 goes past our door (opposite CAXTON WAY), mornings and evenings only (7.20am to 9am, and from 4.20pm) from Watford Junction and Watford Town Centre. BY BUS 5 or 6.  It's a 10mn walk from the roundabout at the main road (junction of A412/Rickmansworth Road-Watford Road  and Whippendell Road), this bus stop know as CROXLEY, TWO BRIDGES.  Many other buses stop near this roundabout, on average every 15mns throughout the day, maps and timetables www.arriva.co.uk  Hertfordshire Passenger Transport enquiries: 0870 6082608.   BY TAXI from Watford Junction Station or from the pedestrianised Watford Town Centre or try 01923 252525 for a minicab. If you're traveling on the Met. Line go to Croxley rather than Watford because there's a minicab office next to to Croxley Station. BY FOOT (from Watford Station) or by BICYCLE From Watford (Met. Line) Station the walk takes me 20mns. If you keep stopping to check these directions it could take 25mns. My colleague insists it takes him 17mns. Turn left out of the station [Cassiobury Park Avenue]  and first left into Swiss Avenue. At the end, turn right and cross the main road (Rickmansworth Road). You are half way there. Follow the pavement to the left, around the fire station. Ahead you can see a roundabout marked CROXLEY, a big yellow building and a derelict clock tower (in scaffolding, Summer 2008).   Cross over the main road (Wippendell Road) and continue ahead into Ascot Road (cyclists join the cylcle path here, it avoids the roundabout on the main road). keep the yellow building to your left and the clock tower to your right, you will pass under the low railway bridge, derelict-looking warehouse on your left, trees on your right. When you get to the end of the road (just past the entrance of the Royal Mail Sorting Office) you can see that straight ahead is a dead end (for traffic) and to your right is a roundabout. By foot: aim for the roundabout (road sign reads BUSINESS PARKS) and at the second roundabout follow the pavement round to the left (road signs reads WATFORD BUSINESS PARK). By bicycle instead of turning right to aim for the roundabout, continue ahead. The cycle path splits, left towards Watford, right towards the buildings of the Business Park - turn right, through the posts. At the end turn left into the main road. You are now in Greenhill Crescent. Park House is the eigth building on your left if you are walking (or fifth if you followed the cycle path) with RECEPTION in bold letters above the main door (you are getting close when you see PENNINGS on the right...but please remember, Park House will be on your left).