I wouldn't say the uni is out in the sticks, it's a 5-10 minute taxi ride and a ten minute bus. The taxi rates are cheap, especially if sharing with mates and there are also night buses on the weekends. I've just finished my fourth year there and I'd agree with previous posters in that if you're looking for a massive city with massive nights go for London, Manchester, Liverpool etc. Lancaster is a small city, there are 9 bars on campus, and several in town. In terms of clubs, there is sugar house which is student union run so very popular, the main second choice which is elements (two floors), and then a string of smaller bars/clubs such as bentleys, mint and apothecary. I'm from Manchester so a night out in lancaster does seem on a smaller scale but the thing I really enjoy about that is there are ALWAYS people out. These will be mostly students an you're very likely to run into course mates or house mates or other friends on a night out which is great fun. So really it's up to you. After four years I am kinda tired of the sugar house but there are other venues, and also colleges often organise nights out in major cities, often for the price of £10, which will usually include travel there and back, entry and a free shot. Lancaster has two universities so it is very densely populated with students on a night out, which is great. Lancaster also organises "big nights out" two or three times a year. These are bar crawls all around town in your college colour tshirts (buying a £5 tshirt will get you drink discounts and free entry everywhere on the crawl) and this is always a fantastic night.