It's right on the coast! Some of the buildings back on to parts of the beach. It's very easy to walk to the beach from most of the campus where it is such a small town too.(Original post by 04MR17)
Interesting.
Didn't know it had a beach!
And I have to say I found that Bristol had more bikes than Cambridge....
At Cambridge I was more concerned about the huge buses on the narrow streets.![]()
It has all the charm of Cambridge, just none of the hectic aspects (practically no traffic in comparison to the hell that is Cambridge). Some may find it a little too quiet though. But although it was always the most painful to get to in terms of location, then I use to love going there because I actually got to see it.
I worked as a recruiter where I exclusively looked after Cambridge for nearly a year and probably visited over 60 times in that year alone so I have seen a lot of it. Although there are obviously some stunning buildings that will attract the most attention, it can be equally as ugly as it is pretty!
I could never put Bristol on the list. It has some nice buildings but the city is ugly as hell and the campus is mashed between parts of the city. Plus they have destroyed some of the nicer large town house buildings by trying to connect them together with walkways and extensions.
I'm trying to now think which university is the worst I have been to in terms of appearance. Sussex is springing to mind or maybe Warwick.
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View Poll Results: Which UK University has the most beautiful Campus?University of Exeter1636.95%University of Sussex512.17%Bangor University311.32%Keele University823.49%University of Nottingham2319.84%University of Bristol1034.39%University of Oxford45619.43%Royal Holloway, Uni of London1566.65%University of Cambridge62026.42%University of St Andrews1305.54%University of Birmingham1817.71%University of Aberdeen311.32%University of Greenwich562.39%Queen's University Belfast562.39%Voters: 2347. You may not vote on this poll
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(Original post by 04MR17)
Everyone is welcome to their architectural preferences. I saw a news piece last year (or so...) arguing that we need to stop demolishing all these brutalist buildings because there'll be non left at this rate. The point behind the design was always about the practicality of the interior, never the aesthetic of the exterior.
But they are preserving some - the DAB unfortunately being one of them. The whale improves things, somewhat :x I actually think the typewriter is one of the better examples of the style, and would be worth preserving as it isn't quite so awful as many other examples -
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Well there's always gonna be the bunker, since they've worked out it's too expensive to demolish it anyway...they actually considered moving the security office there (hilariously) but I think they determined actually retrofitting the building for human habitation would be too expensive
But they are preserving some - the DAB unfortunately being one of them. The whale improves things, somewhat :x I actually think the typewriter is one of the better examples of the style, and would be worth preserving as it isn't quite so awful as many other examplesGive me Magdalene any day!!!
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It's right on the coast! Some of the buildings back on to parts of the beach. It's very easy to walk to the beach from most of the campus where it is such a small town too.
It has all the charm of Cambridge, just none of the hectic aspects (practically no traffic in comparison to the hell that is Cambridge). Some may find it a little too quiet though. But although it was always the most painful to get to in terms of location, then I use to love going there because I actually got to see it.
I worked as a recruiter where I exclusively looked after Cambridge for nearly a year and probably visited over 60+ times in that year alone so I have seen a lot of it. Although there are obviously some stunning buildings that will attract the most attention, it can be equally as ugly as it is pretty!
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- 07-10-2017 09:01
Votes too for Sussex and Birmingham. Interesting.
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Walking is the best way to get around Cambridge if you live in a central enough college.
Those roads were not made for motorised vehicles...
Even if cycling was an option, I'd fear for my life.
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Being all suited and booted for work + travelling from London = inability to cycle and a lifetime spent calling Panther for taxis to and from the station instead.
Even if cycling was an option, I'd fear for my life.
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Queen's University Belfast also has a vote now.
The challengers are coming.
Cambridge still in the lead, with Oxford in clear second.
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- 07-10-2017 09:19
Tagging in the Keele crew.
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Being all suited and booted for work + travelling from London = inability to cycle and a lifetime spent calling Panther for taxis to and from the station instead.
Even if cycling was an option, I'd fear for my life.
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But I also studied at Nottingham and it was glorious!
I guess Keele had squirrels rather than overly friendly geese though. Hmm.
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I'm surprised to see Sussex in the list. I must have only seen the ugly end of it, because the parts I have seen just look like slabs of concrete.
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