Bars & Entertainment

The bars and entertainment at the University of Warwick are centered around the Student Union which is fairly large and was extended during 1998/9. You may expect as a Student Union the beer prices would be low and I have heard stories of other Universities where Beer was a pound a pint or less. At Warwick however, Beer prices are almost as high as most pubs so this is not a major attraction of the various bars. The Union has various different nights although Monday is the big night on Campus when all the cheesy 80's and 90's music is brought out for the weekly 'Top Banana' event. On Friday night the University night club holds a more traditional club ...  Read the complete review

I come from a traditional university where the focus is definitely on work rather than play. However, my boyfriend has been here for the past year and so having spent a considerable amount of my free time socialising here, I consider myself well-informed enough to give it the thumbs up! The range of bars, cafes and restaurants on campus is HUGE and there seems to be a society to fit the tastes of Goths, Indie Chicks and nightclubbers alike. Warwick also benefits hugely from having the Arts Centre on campus (the biggest outside London apparently) which plays host to theatrical productions from the likes of the RSC, has a cinema showing at least two ...  Read the complete review