Local information
Accommodation
Students will be provided with single en-suite accommodation on campus from Sunday 13 July until Friday 25 July. Check in 3pm-10pm at East accommodation centre.
Directions
Bus U1 goes from the train station to the campus. The main bus stop (arrivals square) is close to the accommodation.
It is about a 40 minute walk from the station to campus (steep uphill in parts). The most convenient pedestrian entrance to the campus (reasonably close to the 4 West building, where the classes and talks take place) is at the intersection by the building labelled “The Woodlands” on the campus map.
Meals
All meals will be provided, starting with dinner on Sunday 13 July and ending with lunch on Friday 25 July, except for some meals at the weekend.
Breakfast
Served daily 7.30-9.00 at the Lime Tree.
Lunch
- 14, 22 July: Buffet in 4W Atrium
- 15-18, 21, 23-35 July: You will be issued with vouchers that you can use in a variety of outlets on campus.
- The Lime Tree: Hot dishes, pizzas, pasta and salad bar/deli. Can get very busy.
- The Pavillion (in 10E lower ground floor): Some hot dishes and ciabattas
- The Sports cafe (in the Sports Training Village): Hot dishes similar to those at Lime Tree, but portion sizes suspected to be larger to cater for athletes
- 4W cafe (in level 2 4W): Some hot dishes, sandwiches and salads
- The Market: shop at the Student Union that has some groceries
- 19 July: We will bring a packed lunch on the excursion to Avebury
Dinner
- 13-15, 17, 21-23 July: We have a separate counter service at the Lime Tree with a few different meal options (no need to use vouchers)
- 16 July: Pizza and boardgames in the Claerton rooms (level 3 in 2E)
- 24 July: Conference dinner
For dinner on 18-19 July and lunch on 20 July we have not organised any group meals, as we expect that many of you will make your own programmes at the weekend. If you are staying around on campus, then you can use vouchers at the Lime Tree.
The campus includes a Fresh shop that provides additional food and essentials (but the lunch vouchers are not valid there).
Things to do in Bath
You might consider the following activities in Bath in your spare time:
- Herschel museum of astronomy, situated in the house from where Uranus was discovered (£11 entry with NUS card)
- Hire a bike (for example Bath Bike hire or Julian House) and follow for example:
- The two tunnels cycle route (see eg here)
- Cycle to Bristol on the Bristol-Bath railway path.
- Holbourne museum (£7 entry with NUS card)
- American museum, 15 minute walk from the campus (£13.50 for students)
- Jane Austen centre, currently celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane AUsten’s birth
- No 1 Royal Crescent museum
- Prior Park landscape garden (£10 entry, or free if you come for the group visit at 11am on Sunday 20 July)
- Bath University has excellent sports facilities, which are available to you on a pay-as-you-go basis. (Concession rates require an NUS card.)