'rural' unis?

Which uni's are more 'rural'?
Like a bit more quiet?
Not so much clubs/nightlife? (although with some of it)
Cos i dont really want to go to a big big city uni! (dont worry london is definately out :p:

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Reply 1

luke88

Keele could be considered a 'rural' university. It's set in the countryside but has links to major city of Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley) and smaller town of Newcastle-under-lyme.
Lancaster university is set in a quite rural location but several miles down the road theres the towwn.

With Keele, you have the best of both worlds. If you don't fancy the clubbing side much than you stay at Keele, if you feel like clubbing there is Hanley a few miles away.

Lincoln?

Lancaster and its a rated uni too :biggrin:

Its near the Lake District for when you want scenery and about 30 minutes down the motorway theres Blackpool which apparently has a good night scene and is becoming the Las Vegas of the UK.

Reply 4

Fluffy

Keele is the one that immediately springs to my mind. So rural it is almost desloate :smile:

Reply 5

HannahZ

When you say rural, do you mean like located in the middle of the countryiside? A lot of campus universities maybe on the edge of large towns/cities but have a spacious green feel to them but then you have the nightlife in the town as well if you want it. They aren't necessarily 'rural' in the true sense of it. Or are you looking for a realtively small or medium sized town.

Some suggestions:
Unis with nice campuses: Exeter (can get to the moors or coast at weekends) Royal Holloway nice campus with small town (a bit suburban though)
Right on the edge of town: UEA (located on the edge of Norwich, looks out over countryside), Swansea (on the beach)
Out of town: Kent, Lancaster
Smaller town/city: Durham, St Andrews, Bangor, Aberystwith, Bath

Reply 6

Fluffy

Swansea isn't rural (nor is it on the edge of town), although is on the coast.

Reply 7

HannahZ

It's hard to find many truly rural universities as most are attached to major towns or cities but some have less of that big city or intensely urban feel to them. Sometimes, like Exeter, although located in a historic city, being on a hill with views over surrounding countryside can make it feel less urban.

Reply 8

xlucyx

When I went to visit both York and Exeter they seemed pretty rural - both quite quiet, but with a smallish city nearby.

Reply 9

SuperhansFavouriteAlsatian

Herts is in the middle of a big field.

Reply 10

Charlieee

Edge Hill might be seen as a rural uni. It has fields and stuff around it, and in the room where I might be staying you can see wild rabbits and squirrels outside the window :smile:

Reply 11

Kew

Royal Holloway. It's two minutes away from Windsor Great Park, and the nearest town of any size is Staines. Egham (the small town down the hill from campus) and Englefield Green (village next to campus) are both quiet.

Other than the Union, for clubbing people have to go to Kingston, Windsor and London.

Reply 12

sophisti_kate

Royal Agricultural College.

Reply 13

Steeeeevo

St Andrews University, Scotland:

Its a small city, (I read a statistic somewhere that 2/3 of the cities population are directly linked with the university!) 5th smallest university in the UK (according to this) yet still has a good student social life (pubs, bars ect with a more lively night out in nearby Dundee / Edinburgh) and is one of the most prestigious universities in the UK.

As you can see by my sig I’ve already choose it for exactly those reasons!

Reply 14

BovineBeast

Lampeter in the University of Wales. It's the oldest University in Wales, the smallest (non-specialist one) in Britain, and attached only to a small town, the population of which apparently doubles in term-time - no train links, and it's an hour and a half from Aberystwyth by bus. I'd bet it's the most isolated university in the UK.

Reply 15

mtbab

Keele blates, 617 acres of field, what more could you want they have like their own forest and lake lol, think hogwarts seriously lol!

Aber is kinda ya edge fo town, not maninc nightlife but good.