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I'm hoping to be studying engineering this year, so I will hopefully be living at the kingston hill campus. It's about 3 miles out of town and I was wondering if this makes much difference to the social life kingston hill residents have compared to ones closer to kingston center such as Penrhyn Road?

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klika89

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Original post by andrew241094

I'm hoping to be studying engineering this year, so I will hopefully be living at the kingston hill campus. It's about 3 miles out of town and I was wondering if this makes much difference to the social life kingston hill residents have compared to ones closer to kingston center such as Penrhyn Road?

To be honest I don't think there is that much of a difference. It all depends where you go out to. During the early night you still have KU buses so it's not difficult to get to the town - it's just a case of finding your way to get back home I guess.

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katr905

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Original post by klika89

To be honest I don't think there is that much of a difference. It all depends where you go out to. During the early night you still have KU buses so it's not difficult to get to the town - it's just a case of finding your way to get back home I guess.

You seem to know about KU, do you study there?
I'll be studying there too this year.

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Original post by andrew241094

I'm hoping to be studying engineering this year, so I will hopefully be living at the kingston hill campus. It's about 3 miles out of town and I was wondering if this makes much difference to the social life kingston hill residents have compared to ones closer to kingston center such as Penrhyn Road?

Hi Andrew,
Kingston Hill is a great campus to live at! I lived at Seething Wells last year but spent most of my time at the Kingston Hill campus. Getting into town isn’t a problem on weekdays there is a free university bus service which runs until fairly late at night or if you miss it there is a bus stop for the regular bus just outside campus. For weekends you will need an Oyster card as TFL busses are now contactless! There is a uni bus into town roughly every 20 minutes, and the 85 bus (paid) runs 24 hours a day.

The campus itself is very lively, the Students Union bar is within walking distance from the halls of residence and so is the Co-op which is great when you forgot something when food shopping!

I’ve got back from many late nights to stay with friends at Kingston Hill, you’ll have a great time!

Chloe :smile: