Teletubby land (Halls Of Residence At The University Of Hull)

Member Name: BeckyAvery

Product:	Halls Of Residence At The University Of Hull
Date:	16/05/01 (2697 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap

Disadvantages: Not everyone likes sharing a room or wants to be catered for

The university has a number of different Halls, unfortuately 90% of them are a good 3 miles away from the university buildings, in a village called Cottingham. Cottingham itself is a very nice village if you take the time to look which most students don't. There are 5 unversity residences in Cottingham, The Lawns, Ferens Hall, Thwaite Hall, Cleminson Hall and Needler Hall.

The Lawns is by far the biggest, it is split into 6 sub halls Grant, Reckitt, Downs, Lambert, Nicholson and Morgan, which are again split into blocks A-E. All but Morgan are catered Halls, students eat in the Lawns Centre, food is basic and sometimes edible. The problem, although not in all cases with the Lawns is that alot of the rooms are double rooms which means you have to share with a complete stranger and also means that you will have very little personal space. Lots of people who arrive at university to find they are sharing a room are horrified at the thought, but most soon get used to the idea and they find that they have an instant friend. All rooms in the Lawns complex have balconys which are great in the summer, or during winter when used to chill beer. All room have networked computer access and have wash basins. The Lawns centre also houses a computer room for those who don't own a computer, and of course the obligatory bar, the bar opens every night and has the usual selection of cheap beers and spirits. The Lawns also has it's own tennis courts for those mad enough to enjoy sports, but they are free unlike those at the uni sports centre. As it's name suggests there is alot of green areas at the Lawns and a large area affectionatly known as Telebubby land.

Ferens Hall is right next door to the Lawns and shares its catering facilities as its residents have associate membership to the Lawns centre.

Needler Hall is in the centre of Cottingham and again is a catered hall providing 2 meals a day, breakfast and dinner. It is right next
door to Safeways and in close proximity to several pubs all popular with the students.

Cleminson Hall and Thwaite Hall are very close to each other again both are catered halls providing 2 meals a day, Thwaite Hall stands in extensive grounds which have a lake and tennis courts, it is very picturesque especially in winter.

The other university halls are the Taylor Court flats which are directly on the university campus. These flats are self catered and are based on eight people sharing a kitchen area. Rooms are spacious and each has points for connecting to the university computer network and has an aerial socket.

Other university accomodation comes in the form of student houses along side the university. The houses are basic and accomodate between 4 and 6 people some have communal living room areas but others don't and there is just a shared kitchen.

Cleaners are provided by the university but they only come once per week so it is really the job of the students to keep houses clean and tidy.

Prices for accomodation vary between Halls and you get a discount if you are sharing a room, a room in a student house typically starts from about £35.

Transport to the university is frequent and starts from the Lawns, and then goes past the other Halls, the buses are usually very busy so if you live at one of the other Halls you want to get the other buses that continue into the city unless you want to stand in the cold only to watch the bus go by without you. A semester bus pass will cost you about £80 prices however change all the time, but it's well worth it as the price of a single ticket to the university will cost over £1. Your bus pass can be used to get into the city centre as well, just be sure to get on a bus thats going into the town.

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