How far away is your uni from your hometown?
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?Uni is in Stoke, originally from London.
It takes 1 1/2 hours by Virgin Trains, and is usually just under £40 (with Student Railcard discount). But with London Midlands it's around £20 or less however it takes twice the time (3 hours). -
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?About 250 miles. Have to take a train from Guildford to London (about 30-45mins), tube to St. Pancras and then the whole Eurostar hassle. That's another 2 hours. When I get to Brussels it's another hour on the train. Good thing I live only a block away from the station. It's only a 5 min walk
With all the waiting around and formalities it's a good 5-6 hours. Not that bad all in all but expensive enough to only go for the holidays. -
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?Dundee is about 160 miles north of my home town. It takes about 3 and a half hours if we drive, but if I get the bus it's closer to 5 because I need to hang around in Glasgow for a while.
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?from Athens to Glasgow.(Original post by ru7lan)
5 hours in which direction? I'm also 5,
In Cyprus
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?2 1/2 hours by car or train, but costs a bomb (about £40 with a railcard). I don't go home often but don't regret it - the chance was there to go somewhere pretty different from where I'd grown up and I'm glad I took it.
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?About 150 miles I believe, about a 7 hour journey if you take the car and ferry. When I go home for half term and shorter visits I fly which takes about 5 hours door to door
I only go home every 6 weeks or so, but in all honesty I wouldn't have it any other way! I get the full rein when it comes to gaining independence and having my own space, but I know that my next visit home won't be too far away 
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?about 5 hours by car, 4.5 hours by train - London to Durham! (270 miles)
to be honest one of my main uni selection criteria was it had to be 3 hours + from home!
£18.60 single on the train if booked very carefully, going up to £100
(with railcard, i'd die without mine!)
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Re: How far away is your uni from your hometown?If I get into my firm I'll be around 400 miles away (coming from NI, hoping to go to Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge).
If I get into my insurance, it'll be more like 150 (Liverpool).
Won't be able to go home all that often, but whatever. -
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1 and a half hours in the car and roughly the same on the train including changes; although there's a 15min walk from campus to Loughborough station which can make it slightly longer than driving. Albeit thats travelling on a Sunday when it's generally quiet.
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