pub?

i know this must be a really stupid question but what do you do for pubs at Warwick uni?! I mean when i visited and wandered round, there wasn't a typical pub in the SU like there is at all the other unis i visited.
I'm aware that Warwick is very campusey and sort of in the middle of nowhere so do you have to go ages for a proper pub?!

Reply 1

EmmaK90

I think there's a pub called varsity up towards westwood? Not entirely sure though, so we'll have to wait for some current students to get here :smile:

University of Warwick

Coventry

Reply 2

ChloeGsy

well done on your offer! i'm still waiting but even if Warwick did offer me a place (and i know this sounds ridiculous) i don't know if i'd take it because i'm concerned about the whole 'bubble' thing - simple things like not having a pub close by or really experiencing a town. I dunno - Exeter was my favourite but Warwick has such a high reputation!

Reply 3

benwellsday

Varsity is supposedly a "pub" but whenever I've been it's more sort of modern music and cheap drinks. Not very pub-like really. There is a pub being built on campus with the union rebuild, but since it's part of the union it'll be a student pub, which kind of changes the atmosphere.
In your second year you'll most likely want to be in Leamington (at least most people do) so you could check that out to see if it'd be worth putting up with a year of the campus. If you really want to leave campus you can but it's just a pain with buses and stuff. Birmingham is quite close too, and only cost me £3 to get there the other night.

Reply 4

estel

It's a campus. The grad was pretty pub-like last year, and I believe that with the... err... Dirty Duck they're planning on recreating a similar pub-like atmosphere in the union next year.

There are a few local pubs within walking distance of the University though. The Phantom Coach is a Sizzling Grill a little way past Tesco, and there are a few others like the City Arms whose location I am uncertain of.