THE Giant Accommodation Thread

Well looking at our forum I saw that alot of it needs improvement so I composed this thread about accommodation. The source of information here is Facebook, NH website, Wikipedia etc. The compilation here is a bit messy and so forgive information overlap since this is from different sources.
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THE Giant Accommodation Thread



Southwell Hall

Housing close to 200 students and one of the newest halls of residence available at the University. Situated on Jubilee campus, its a 5 minute walk to University Park alongside having both the Computer Science and Business schools mere metres away.

Southwell Hall is named after the local town of Southwell. It houses about

200 students, and along with the rest of the first stage of the campus, was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins.

Accomodation comes in the form of single ensuite rooms.

Southwell Hall is a catered hall on The University of Nottingham’s Jubilee campus, which opened in September 1999. This state-of-the-art campus accommodates three teaching departments – Education, Computer Science and the Business School - two undergraduate catered halls, one postgraduate self-catering residence and the central catering facility.

Southwell Hall is a mixed Hall with 193 residents all accommodated in single en-suite (shower) study bedrooms. The Warden of the Hall, Dr Gethin Roberts, is assisted by a Senior Tutor and four resident tutors (collectively called the Senior Common Room). Each student is assigned to a Hall Tutor (in addition to their tutor in their academic school). Hall Tutors (who are members of staff or postgraduate students) are able to provide help, information and advice when necessary. The domestic side of the Hall is under the control of the Hall Manager Sally Edwards, the Assistant Hall Manager Sally Gorman and the Senior Housekeeper Gina Clifton. The Warden's Secretary is Ann Collins. The Hall, which also caters for conferences in the vacation, has a domestic staff of 15 people. The social side of Hall life is organised by the Junior Common Room (JCR), of which you will be a member. The JCR has a President, Vice President and Committee.

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Broadgate Park

Well this self catered hall is a large set of park owned by UPP. There is a large range of rooms ranging from simple single study rooms to ensuite studios. This huge set of blocks is located near the lively area of Beeston where shops, Tescos (future), Sainsburys and basically all your day to day needs can be satisfied.

Broadgate Park is also a part of the University's residence and is the only self-catering accommodation around the main campus at University Park. Broadgate Park is a conglomeration of self-catering flats located just outside the West Entrance of University Park Campus, and is the largest site of University arranged accommodation, housing around 2,400 students. It is considered part of the University's halls of residence, but is owned by UPP (Broadgate Park) Ltd.

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Sherwood Hall

Sherwood Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for about 267 students. The hall is named after Sherwood Forest, and was designed by the architects J Fletcher Watson as part of the 1960s expansion programme on University Park. Building work started in March 1963 and the hall opened, as a male hall of residence, in October 1964.

Sherwood Hall was designed as an interpretation of the traditional collegiate quadrangle, but using contemporary forms and materials. A distinctive feature is the white painted shiplap weatherboarding, which gives the hall something of a North American feel. As originally built, the hall had a single quadrangle of accommodation blocks, with a further accommodation block and the main hall and library forming a second, but open-ended, court. Subsequent extensions have transformed this into a second quadrangle.

For the first twenty-two years of its life, the warden was the late W. R. "Bunny" Chalmers. As of 2006 the current Warden is Dr Antonino La Rocca.








St. Peters Court

Managed by UNITE, this place is right in the Radford area - an increasingly popular place for students. We're only minutes away from the Jubilee campus and we have our very own shuttle bus that will take you to the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. Plus, it covers the city centre with all its pubs, restaurants and shops. So, all in all, getting around is no bother.

UNITE also arrange free hop on buses to both campuses and houses a gym onsite (20 GBP a month). Recently extended it can now house over 800 students all with en suite rooms.

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Raleigh Park

Raleigh Park is in an excellent central location – situated in the popular student area of Lenton, close to the city centre with Jubilee Campus down the road and University Park Campus and the Queen’s Medical Centre only a 20 minute walk away. You’re only a short stroll from the popular student haunts, including trendy eateries, bars and eclectic shops.

Built on the original Raleigh Cycles site, Raleigh Park is a modern, purpose-built student village offering approximately 1,000 rooms for undergraduates and postgraduates. It’s made up of blocks of flats for groups of 4 – 6. There are some handy on-site facilities for you to make use of.

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Lenton and Wortley

Lenton and Wortley Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for just over 300 students, making it the third largest hall on campus. The hall results from the amalgamation of two previous halls of residence, Lenton Hall and Wortley Hall, named after the local district of Lenton, and Professor Harry Almond Saville Wortley, Principal of University College Nottingham from 1935 to 1947. The Hall is home to one of the four "Mix" cafe-bars on campus. In 2004, the Warden was Mr William Hooker. The current warden is Dr Glenn McDowell.

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Ancaster

Ancaster is situated by the West Entrance and is only a 10-15 minute walk from the center of campus, where both the Portland building and Hallward library are (not too bad even if you have a 9.00 lecture!).

Ancaster Hall - Can these Nottingham students spell? Obviously not, L for lectures will be further away for you here than at most halls and you'll learn to run faster than most in the morning. This is compensated for by the Chip Shop next door. Apparently the campus hopper bus is always full of Ancastrians.







Willoughby Hall


Willoughby Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for around 260 students. The hall is named after the local Willoughby (or Willughby) family, whose family home Wollaton Hall is just across the road from the university. 2007 saw the addition of The Mix, the largest of the 4 on campus, and subsequently the largest hall bar. The current warden is Professor Bernard McGuirk, and the current JCR President is Adam Edwards.

Welcome to Willoughby! One of 12 catered halls on University Park. This summer Willoughby is undergoing some exciting refurbishments and will look shiny and new for you in September! Situated near the West entrance Willoughby is handy for local shopping area Beeston and is only a ten minute walk from the centre of campus. The hall is contained within one building so has a very strong sense of community and fun, there are several JCR events run throughout the year so get involved!








Florence Boot

lorence Boot Hall (often known as 'FB' or 'Flosse Boot') provides accommodation for just under 200 students. The hall is named after Florence Boot, the wife of Jesse Boot, First Lord Trent, a major benefactor to the University. It was opened in 1928. It was originally all female, but has been mixed sex since 2000.

One of the smallest of the 12 catered halls on University Park, Florence Boot is located near the west entrance and offers both single study and en suite bedrooms. Unlike most other halls accommodation within Florence Boot isn’t divided into blocks, instead the hall consists of one large building making it incredibly sociable and friendly. Florence Boot was the first hall of residence at Nottingham University and benefits from spacious rooms, its own field and an impressive dining room. One of the most charming and spirited halls on campus, you will always remember your first year in FB!

FB hall is an amazing hall to live in. We're quite small so everyone can get to know each other and we have a hall with corridors so its easy to mingle with anyone (other halls have blocks with about 5-maybe 12 students living in each block, not very sociable we're better). Also because we are so small our food taste 10x better than other halls (trust me). Now we are located at the west entrance so for those of you doing engineering, sciences, medicine, architecture - you've got a fair walk to lectures compared to those doing history and law but its not really a problem.


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Lincoln Hall

Lincoln Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for about 221 students. The hall is named after the nearby East Midlands city of Lincoln. The current Hall Warden is Mrs. J. Wright.

The Hall was designed by the Nottingham architect F.E. Wooley and opened in 1962; until 1997 it was an all male hall. The buildings overlook parkland at the rear and form two main courts. The rectangular lower court consists of 12 self-contained accommodation blocks, each named after places found in the county of Lincolnshire. Accommodation is the form of single study rooms, some shared study rooms and others which have private bathrooms between two study rooms. The upper court features the dining hall, the Coveney library, the Senior Common Room and the gatehouse, all enclosing a circular lawn. Two gilded herons, the Hall's emblem, adorn the wrought iron gates leading to the park.

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Derby Hall

Derby Hall is a hall of residence at The University of Nottingham. This website, designed by your JCR committee, is intended to show you (the up and coming freshers) the ropes of the hall, show you a bit of its history, but most importantly, let you know what a crazy, fun-filled and frankly FANTASTIC year you are about to let yourself in for!

Derby Hall provides Accommodation for just over 300 students. The hall is named after the local city of Derby. The hall, completed in 1963, was designed by the New Zealand architect, Brian O'Rourke, in classical style, around a central quad. An extension block named Matlock was later added, greatly increasing accommodation with 90 rooms added. In 2007, the Warden was Professor Charles Watkins.

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Rutland Hall

Rutland Hall provides accommodation for 260 students. It has three floors and is divided into ten blocks, A-J. It is named for the Duke of Rutland. The hall was originally opened in 1964 as part of a large expansion of the university during that period. By the 1990s, it was clear that more accommodation was needed. Therefore, in 1993, a new, en suite wing was built — K Block. The building was completely refurbished in the summer of 1999. A particularly notable feature of the building is the unusual shape of its library, which is an octagon. It also has a perennial rivalry with its neighbour, Sherwood Hall, although Rutland Hall is renowned for receiving banter from all of the other halls. Rutland Hall is the home of 'Karni' (or Karnival) the leading student run charity organisation in the world having won the inter-hall competition 39 times in the competition's 43 year history. In 2007 students in Rutland Hall 2007 raised a record £112,000 of Karni's £667,000 total.







Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale Hall is the smallest hall of residence on campus with accommodation for around 150 students. The hall opened in 1950, and was refurbished in 1998. It is named after the nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, and originally stored the university's collection of documents and memorabilia associated with her, although this is now stored in the Hallward Library. Until 2000 the hall was all female, but it is now mixed. The present warden is Professor Jan Bradley.



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Cavendish Hall

Cavendish Hall provides accommodation for about 279 students. The hall is named after the Cavendish family. In 2004, the Warden was Dr M M Daly. As of 2005, Cavendish Hall JCR is one of the two JCRs (the other being the Nightingale Hall) on the University Park Campus that is formally recognised as an association of the Students' Union. It was originally all female, but has been mixed sex since 1997.






Hugh Stewart

Hugh Stewart Hall is the largest hall on University Park Campus (the third largest at the University), providing accommodation for around 347 students. The hall is named after Hugh Stewart (1884–1934) who was Principal of University College Nottingham from 1929 to 1934. Until 2000 the hall was all male. The oldest part of Hugh Stewart Hall was originally called Lenton Hall, and was built in about 1792, as a home for Nottingham banker and owner of the Butterley Company, John Wright. The hall was extended in 1937, at which time it was renamed Hugh Stewart. It was extended again in 1969. The Hall's Warden is Ms Stacy Johnson of the School of Nursing who, in September 2005 took over from archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson after he unexpectedly had to resign due to academic commitments, having being warden for only a year. He was preceded by Dr. Don Rees who had been Warden of the hall for 29 years.

Until June 2006, the hall housed the last remaining student-run bar in the University. Since October 2006, Hugh Stewart Hall has been one of four halls on campus to have a Nottingham Hospitality run Continental Café, rather than a bar.









Cripps Hall

Cripps Hall provides accommodation for just over 300 students. The hall is named after its benefactor, Sir Cyril Cripps. It opened in 1959, and was originally all male, but has been mixed sex since 2000. Cripps Hall was designed by the architects Donald McMorran and George Whitby, and is a grade II listed building (one of only relatively few post-war buildings to be given such status, and the only listed Hall on Campus). Cripps Hall has a perennial rivalry with its neighbour, Hugh Stewart Hall.






Newark Hall

Newark Hall is an undergraduate hall of residence named after the local town of Newark, sharing its coat of arms and motto "Deo Fretus Erumpe" ("Trust in God and Sally Forth"). Housing about 400 students, this makes it the second largest hall of residence in the University (after Bonington Hall). As the rest of the campus, it was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins in the shape of an eight framing two quads surrounded by the building.

Social life revolves around the Junior Common Room, which is responsible for organizing events for all residents. These tend to take place in the quads or large bar on the ground floor of the building. Formal dinners, hosted by the Warden, are also held at regular intervals throughout the year. Since the start of the academic year of 2002, the Hall was lead by its Warden Dr. Fiona McCandless, supported by the rest of the Senior Common Room and Hall Management. In September 2006 Dr Mark Wenman has become the new Warden. During non-term time, the Hall caters for conferences and visitors to the University.

Newark Hall is a catered hall on The University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus, which opened in September 1999. The campus accommodates three teaching departments – Education, Computer Science and the Business School, two undergraduate catered halls, one postgraduate self-catering residence and a central catering facility (The Atrium).

Newark Hall is a mixed hall with 401 residents all accommodated in single en-suite (shower) study bedrooms. The Warden of the Hall, Dr Mark Wenman, is assisted by a Senior Tutor and 7 resident tutors (collectively called the Senior Common Room). Each student is assigned to a Hall Tutor (in addition to their tutor in their Academic School) who is able to provide help, information and advice when necessary. The domestic side of the Hall is under the control of the Hall Manager, Jenny Leigh Brown, the Hall Assistant, Sally Gorman and the Senior Housekeeper, Carol Daley. The Hall, which also caters for conferences in the vacation periods, has a domestic staff of 30 people. A student body known as the Junior Common Room provides the social side of the Hall. The JCR has a President, Vice President and Committee.

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Bonington Hall

Based in the village of Sutton Bonington, half way between Nottingham and Loughborough, this 40-acre campus offers plenty of facilities to help you live and study– a sports centre, library, academic buildings, restaurant, café, bar, bank and several shops to name but a few. The lively village of Kegworth is only 2 miles away, which offers plenty of local amenities. Derby and Leicester are close by and good transport links means it’s easy to venture off campus – the free University shuttle bus service takes you to our Nottingham campuses.

Spread across the Sutton Bonington Campus, Bonington Hall is home to around 500 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Accommodation is available in the characteristic original houses (which have been extensively refurbished) or in the newly built contemporary development. There are lots of site facilities to help you enjoy your time here.