This week, we are answering more of your questions from our Offer Holder Visit Days (OHVD) and seeing what you’ve been asking us on Facebook. Our next OHVD takes place tomorrow (Wednesday 15 March) and if you are attending, please see our February blog post letting you know what you can expect from your day.
Which residences are close to both St Lukes and Streatham Campuses?
We have received queries from students who will be attending lectures at both Streatham and St Luke’s campuses and from students who will studying at St Lukes but would prefer to live nearer the Streatham campus. They wish to know which residence(s) is best to put as a preference* on their accommodation application form. I must advise that this is completely dependant on personal preference and whether you prefer catered or self-catered accommodation. Please note however that all catered accommodation is located on the Streatham Campus with set meal times.
- Closest to St Lukes – Our Rowancroft residences including Rowancroft, Rowancroft Court and Rowancroft Mews are only a five minute walk to St Luke’s. There is also a free shuttle bus which runs between Rowancroft and Streatham departing at 7:45am/8:30am/9:15am/10:00am weekdays in term time and returns from Streatham to Rowancroft at 5.45pm and 6.45pm. Please note that times may vary for 2017/18.
- Equal distance – Both James Owen Court and the Printworks (Host) are located in the city centre and are only twenty five minutes walk to Streatham and twenty minutes walk to St Luke’s. These are self-catered residences providing en-suite accommodation. Northernhay House (Unite) is approximately twenty minutes walk to Streatham and twenty five minutes walk to St Lukes. It is situated in the city centre approximately one minute walk from the High Sreet. This is a self-catered residence providing standard rooms.
- Closest to Streatham – All other residence are located on or within a twenty-minute walk to the Streatham Campus, please see our website for further information on these. There is a free shuttle bus which runs from St David’s train station to Streatham and St Luke’s daily. Our closest residences to St Davids are: Cook/Llewellyn Mews, Point Exe, Brunel Close and Kingdom Mews. These are approximately fifteen minutes walk to the Streatham Campus if you do not wish to take the free shuttle bus. Northfield (Unite) is five minutes to the Streatham Campus but is within an approximate walk of five minutes to the St David’s train station.
*Please read our room allocation procedure and accommodation guarantee for further information.
Can I live in catered halls if I have an allergy/intolerance?
The short answer to this is, “Yes!” If you require a special diet because of an allergy or medical problem then our residences will do all they reasonably can in order to meet your needs. This could be done by arranging a meal plan with you for the term or by having weekly 1:1 meetings with our chefs to ensure that the meals provided will suit your requirements. We would encourage you to contact the relevant Residence Reception of the residence you are interested in to find out what support can be given.
Further information on the meals provided are available on our website. Please note that a vegetarian option is always available at each meal.
Next week’s blog will be answering more of your questions from our Offer Holder Visit Day. We will also be looking at support available to you whilst on campus and whether you have to live in university accommodation for your first year.
Accommodation Catherine