I have a son @ Warwick and a daughter @ York. Both great unis. York is closer to the city but the campus is usually dead, nothing going on - when I've visited I hardly see anyone at all & daughter says that the campus life is pretty dire. The students tend to go out into York city & as it's so close; easy to hold down a job there. Conversely Warwick campus is buzzing, with lots of socials going on - a really lively student union bar/club - I think that they make more of an effort because it's isolated? If you feel like you're missing out when @ Warwick, there is a party bus that takes students into Birmingham - ticket includes return journey & entry into a club. Or the buses are running all day and most of the night to and from Leamington and Coventry (where most 2nd & 3rd years live). I went to Leeds, also a campus uni, which had a fantastic student union bar, regular live music & a shop; short walk into Leeds city - would recommend.