The Warwick Accommodation Thread (+Guide in Post#1)

Hey guys!

Could someone explain to me the bathroom situation for non-suite accommodation please? We only got shown the en-suite stuff, and I only have knowledge of the bathrooms of Bath University 3 or 4 years ago .. What's the layout?

At Bath they had the cubicles lined on one side of the bathroom and then 2 showers in their own separate "rooms" (if you could call them that). Is it similar at Warwick?

I'm unsure ony how exactly they allocate it, but I do know that there is a larger number of 12 person and 9 person flats in Tocil as oppose to the smaller 6 person flats (which, I THINK, are quite often reserved as single-sex areas in some of the blocks). But you may as well give it a try as you have nothing to lose! I would suggest just making sure that what you put in your description is a good description of your personality really to give you the best chances of being put with like-minded people (:

Hi... I am a postgraduate at the Warwick Business School for the year 2011/12. I am going to apply for the on campus accommodations and needed some guidance.

As I was going through the rents for the postgraduate halls of residences, i could see that Tocil was the cheapest. So could anyone tell me how is this accommodation overall. Is it good enough. And wat about the bathroom being shared between 4 people? Is it a problem ??/

Also, as i was going through the campus map file in the website, i could see that Tocil is actually not the closest accommodation to the warwick business school. Lakeside and Heronbank were the closest... But then again, they are quite expensive. Don't think i can afford them. So could anyone tell me how much time it takes to reach the wbs campus from the Tocil residence on foot ????


Also, please help me understand the let period of the accommodations... I see that Tocil has a 39 week let period. So, when does that mean i have to let go of the campus and wont be allowed to stay ????

I have a very similar question to salman, I am under the impression that the undergraduate Accounting & Finance course will be taught at the Warwick Business School Building (64 on the map)?

If so, can I ask how long it would take to walk to there from Cryfield (15 on map)?

Cryfield does seem like, purely from looking at the map, quite far from the "thick of things". Is this the case, or will it still be easy to access most places?

Which other accommodation can be considered close to the Business School?

Thanks for your time

I have a very similar question to salman, I am under the impression that the undergraduate Accounting & Finance course will be taught at the Warwick Business School Building (64 on the map)?

If so, can I ask how long it would take to walk to there from Cryfield (15 on map)? Cryfield does seem like, purely from looking at the map, quite far from the "thick of things". Is this the case, or will it still be easy to access most places?

Which other accommodation can be considered close to the Business School?

Thanks for your time

Nowhere on campus is to far from things though and you can get most places within a 10 minute walk at most from anywhere id have said , the only exception being westwood and liberty park locations as they are technically off campus (at least i think west wood is still classed as off campus)

If you walk fairly quickly, you can get from Westwood to central campus in 10 minutes. I would consider Westwood to be on campus. Liberty Park is a bus ride away and definitely off campus.

yep liberty park is wayyyy off campus but still a great place to live as i was there for two years and if you like being in the hustle and buslte of a city while still in halls rather than on campus often described as being 'a bubble' its perfect I think westwood has that handy little shuttle bus for people as well at certain times which must speed things up to

Yeah I know people sometimes used that shuttle bus to get back in the evenings. I'm not sure if it really sped things up that much though as it goes back to Westwood the long way round, via Lakeside etc. I've never used it myself though so I can't be sure.

Hello there
I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm trying to plan my journey to an open day on the 27th. I was wondering if you could tell me how long it will take me to get from Coventry Rail station to the Campus? I understand it will be around 15 minutes via taxi, is it considerably longer via bus?

My train is expected to arrive at 13:24, do I have sufficient time to get there if the event starts at 14:00? For example, if was to get the Number 12 (am I able to take that from the railway station), at 13:31, am I likely to get to the university in half an hour?

Thanks for your time.

Hello there
I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm trying to plan my journey to an open day on the 27th. I was wondering if you could tell me how long it will take me to get from Coventry Rail station to the Campus? I understand it will be around 15 minutes via taxi, is it considerably longer via bus?

My train is expected to arrive at 13:24, do I have sufficient time to get there if the event starts at 14:00? For example, if was to get the Number 12 (am I able to take that from the railway station), at 13:31, am I likely to get to the university in half an hour?

Thanks for your time.

Hello! I wanted advice about the accomodations from people that are actually on campus.
I put warwick as firm yesterday for literature and film studies so i've been looking around on the site- First, is not being in an en-suite terrible? Which accomodations are en-suite and what are your experiences?
Second, I heard the film studies place is far from the student union so if i live at Westwood i'd be close to the place where i study but far from the center- is that really bad or is it not that far? Thanks for your help and advice.

Hello! I wanted advice about the accomodations from people that are actually on campus.
I put warwick as firm yesterday for literature and film studies so i've been looking around on the site- First, is not being in an en-suite terrible? Which accomodations are en-suite and what are your experiences?
Second, I heard the film studies place is far from the student union so if i live at Westwood i'd be close to the place where i study but far from the center- is that really bad or is it not that far? Thanks for your help and advice.

Hello there
I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm trying to plan my journey to an open day on the 27th. I was wondering if you could tell me how long it will take me to get from Coventry Rail station to the Campus? I understand it will be around 15 minutes via taxi, is it considerably longer via bus?

My train is expected to arrive at 13:24, do I have sufficient time to get there if the event starts at 14:00? For example, if was to get the Number 12 (am I able to take that from the railway station), at 13:31, am I likely to get to the university in half an hour?

Thanks for your time.

Check out the guide at the start of the thread for stuff on what's en-suite and what isn't, along with reviews and photos of the halls of residence.

Westwood is probably most ideally located to you - most of the Film Studies lectures take place in A1.28 in Milburn House. It's likely you will be heading there for lectures more often than heading out, and if you are at Westwood you will find a way to go out as a group - will be fine.

Cool, thanks to both of you.
The only thing with Westwood is that it's corridors and 18 to 26!!! people per kitchen which is madness. So if i apply to say, Arthur Vick (9-14 people per kitchen), Jack Martin (11-13) and Tocil (6-12) which are also closer to the center, would i be that far from where i study, like would i be the only one with lit/film study course there since all the other would chose Westwood to be closer to Milburn House?

Also, any idea where Bluebell is/will be located?

Thanks a lot!!

There's about 50 students enrolled each year onto the course - that would mean it is unlikely to have more than a handful in each hall. It may perhaps depend if other people on the course have the same idea of living near where their lectures are, but I'd say people will be spread out because there are other factors other than location (no doubt you should consider all factors, rather than where your lectures are). In terms of distance it would be about 12 minutes walk to Tocil, a bit further for JM/AV/Rootes - Rootes and Cryfield may be approaching 17-20 minutes in you are on the far side. It's the same issue of going for Westwood when your lectures are in main campus.

Bluebell is located below Rootes - in the 'Construction Work until Summer 2011' yellow box http://i40.tinypic.com/357lqq8.jpg. Some photos of Bluebell at the start of the thread as well