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Sport, exercise and health Details of opening hours are listed on the website. There is a ‘pay-and-play’ system in place at At a local level the Varsity Series involves off-peak times in the pool and the sports hall. competitions against the University of the West The University organises a varied programme of Contact of England in a number of special events for sporting activities catering for all levels of fitness and The full terms and conditions are available at Sport, Exercise and Health traditional sports such as rugby, football and interest. The overall aim is to promote health and www..ac.uk/sport/memberships/ Tyndall Avenue boat racing. termsandconditions. wellbeing among the whole University community. Tel: (0117) 92 88810 The Union also runs one of the largest Staff work closely with UBU Sport and Health (see Fax: (0117) 33 11105 Once you have purchased a pass, your UCard intramural leagues in the country, with over next page) by offering technical help, coaching and Web: www.bristol.ac.uk/sport will be encoded accordingly, and you will need 1,000 students competing every week. Students expertise to clubs and individuals. Activities include: Coombe Dingle Sports Complex to present your UCard each time you use of all abilities can represent their hall, department ••Exercise classes for the fit and the not-so-fit Tel: (0117) 962 6718 sports facilities. ••Aquafit classes, circuit training and weight training or society, or just play with friends, in a number ••Coaching for University teams and for of team sports such as 5- and 11-a-side individuals at all levels The sport and activity pass Charges for 2013/14 football, basketball, rugby, mixed hockey Peak Off-Peak ••Advice on fitness training, nutrition and other The sport and activity pass is more than just and netball. Three-year pass £600 £450 aspects of health a gym pass: it provides access to all the If you prefer casual and commitment-free sport ••High Performance Squad for those wishing Two-year pass £450 £300 centrally managed sports facilities across then try UBU Active, where the emphasis is to compete at national or international level One-year pass* £250 £150 the University including free exercise-to-music on keeping fit while having fun. TheFit and ••Events held throughout the year including One-year pass** £265 £165 classes. Income from the sale of passes Fabulous programme is another casual option the Varsity Boat Race and football and rugby * if paid in full provides funding for all essential services and and provides free (or very cheap) sessions for matches against the University of the ** if paid in three instalments programmes. There are additional charges for: female students. West of England. • externally run courses and activity programmes New students should have received a brochure which involve instruction, including Pilates How to apply Joining a sports club in their registration packs giving details of all • entry to the indoor and outdoor tennis courts The registration packs for new students included Students wishing to join a sports club will need the sports facilities and activities available. If at the Coombe Dingle Sports Complex information on how to apply for a sport and to pay: you have not received one, call into the Sport, • services such as physiotherapy and massage. activity pass before the start of term. If you ••the relevant club joining fee, which varies decided not to apply then but subsequently Exercise and Health building to pick up a copy. There are two membership packages: Peak and according to affiliations, coaching, equipment You will also find various leaflets and timetables change your mind please visit www.bristol.ac.uk/ and kit Off-Peak. Off-Peak members may not use sports sport/memberships/obtainingasportspass for exercise classes and training sessions. facilities after 3.30pm on weekdays. ••an annual membership fee, which helps cover All this information is also on the website. and follow the instructions for online application costs such as insurance and travel. Passes are available for one, two and three and payment. University sports facilities years, with charges on a sliding scale. The Members of any club which uses University three-year pass offers the best value for money. Sport and the Students’ Union facilities for training and matches, receives ••Swimming pool, in the basement of the Passes may be renewed at the start of each University coaching or participates in BUCS Richmond Building The Students’ Union (UBU) must purchase a sport and activity pass. academic year, on payment of the appropriate offers a wide range of sporting opportunities ••Sport, Exercise and Health Building, which charge in force at the time. This helps to pay for club facility time and includes a double-court sports hall, jogging track, for all levels of experience. Primarily, the Union professional coaching. the Pulse Health and Fitness suite, free-weights Sport and activity pass charges are not refundable, supports the running of over 50 sports clubs area and three studios offering a wide range of except in the event of serious illness or early with activities ranging from the traditional to Contact exercise classes, martial arts and fencing withdrawal from the University, and there are no the unusual, so you can try most things, from UBU Sport and Health ••Squash courts, situated close to the precinct concessions for part-time students or for time football to sky diving. In addition to training Richmond Building ••Healthy Living and Sports Medicine Unit, offering spent away from Bristol during your studies (eg on and competition, the clubs and the Union also 105 Queen’s Road injury diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation fieldwork or placements). Students on four-year organise social activities including weekly Sports Tel: (0117) 33 18648 ••Coombe Dingle Sports Complex, comprising programmes which include a full year away from Nights and the annual Sports Awards Dinner. Email: [email protected] several grass and artificial pitches and courts, Bristol may buy a three-year pass which will be Web: www.ubu.org.uk/activities/sports a four-court indoor tennis centre, an Olympic rolled over to cover the final year, with no additional Sport at all levels weights room and a pavilion with bar and payment required. Students who have purchased The majority of the clubs take part in the catering facilities an Off-Peak membership may upgrade to Peak British Universities and Colleges Sport ••Boathouse on the River Avon at Saltford, membership later on; students who have (BUCS) championships. Bristol has achieved halfway to Bath. purchased a Peak membership may not considerable success in recent years, ranking in subsequently downgrade to Off-Peak membership. the top 13 universities in the UK.

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Within the University Other student musical societies include Music Performing arts Elsewhere in Bristol Theatre Bristol, Bristol Operatic Society, Change The University’s own theatre, the Wickham Theatre Music – Theatre Ringers, Live Soc, Indie Soc, Rock Soc, Jazz in Cantock’s Close, is the venue for several Participation King Street Funk Soul Society, Jungle Soc and Folk Club. productions each year by visiting theatre groups There are plenty of opportunities for students to www.bristololdvic.org.uk Most of these societies run on a more casual and by members of the Department of Drama. participate, and perform, in choirs, orchestras and basis than those listed above and also welcome – Opera, musicals, ballet other musical groups. Different levels of ability are Students in other schools have the opportunity music lovers of all abilities to their activities. St Augustine’s Parade catered for: some groups are open to all-comers, to participate in many other productions, either Full details are available on the Students’ www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk while entry to others is by audition only. as performers or as members of the production Union website at team (eg set design, front-of-house, etc). There Colston Hall – Classical, popular, jazz, world music No audition required: www.ubu.org.uk/activities/societies. are several different and varied performing arts Colston Street ••University Choral Society Concert going societies. DramSoc, Bristol Operatic Society, www.colstonhall.org ••University Wind Orchestra* The Department of Music arranges lunch-hour Spotlights, Music Theatre Bristol and Panto Soc ••University String Orchestra* St George’s Bristol – Classical, folk, world music concerts every Wednesday and some Fridays each put on a number of shows throughout the ••University Church Choir (sings at Communion Great George Street during term time (up until the start of exams in year and hold auditions for each one. Members service every Sunday morning during term www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk the summer term). These normally take place of the Stage Technicians Association (STA), also a and at other occasional services) in the Victoria Rooms and are free of charge, Students’ Union society, receive training in various – Wide variety of events ••Symphonia with a retiring collection. Performers include aspects of production, including set design, lighting Raleigh Road, Southville ••University Brass Ensemble* some of the groups listed above as well as and sound systems. STA provides crew for shows www.tobaccofactory.com ••University of Bristol Barbershop Singers professional soloists and ensembles. There is and technical assistance for events from operas to ••University Jazz Orchestra – Exhibitions, film, live art, dance, music also a programme of evening concerts. Details cabaret nights. • University Revelation Rock Gospel Choir 16 Narrow Quay of all concerts, workshops and other events are Some academic school societies, such as French, www.arnolfini.org.uk Audition required: listed at www.bristol.ac.uk/music/events. German, Falstaff (English) and Galenicals (Medics), • University Symphony Orchestra Watershed – Cinema, digital media, events have a tradition of putting on productions, as do • Bristol University Singers Contact 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside some of the Halls of Residence. Other societies • University Chamber Choir* Department of Music www.watershed.co.uk to look out for include the Film-making Society • University Chamber Orchestra* Victoria Rooms (UBFS), Artofficial, Fine Film, Latin American and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery; ; • University Early Music Group Tel: (0117) 33 14044 Ballroom Dancing, Photo Soc, Dance Soc, Le Roc, Georgian House; Red Lodge • University Baroque Ensemble Email: [email protected] Circus Soc, Rag Morris, Capoeira and a diverse www.bristol.gov.uk/page/museums-and- • University Big Band Hornstars Web: www.bristol.ac.uk/music range of cultural societies that put on their own galleries • Bristol University Madrigal Ensemble performances, such as the Chinese, Malaysian • University New Music Ensemble Explore@Bristol – Hands-on science centre and Thai Societies. See the Union’s website for Harbourside * Membership of Bristol University Music Society required further details: www.at-bristol.org.uk www.ubu.org.uk/activities/societies. Some auditions take place at the Victoria Rooms Royal West of England Academy – Visual arts during Introductory Week, and this is the only Visual arts Queen’s Road, Clifton opportunity to audition for the whole year. Every autumn term the University arranges a www.rwa.org.uk Most groups rehearse on a weekly basis. series of free public art lectures on a particular The Department of Music produces a leaflet theme. These usually take place on six This is only a selection of Bristol’s attractions. giving further details about all of the above consecutive Tuesdays from 6 – 7pm in the Others are listed in the Guide produced by the groups – see Wills Memorial Building. Students’ Union – see Section 6. www.bristol.ac.uk/music/unimusicmaking.

The Bristol University Music Society (BUMS) For more information about cultural and To find out what’s on acts as an umbrella group for many musical public events at the University, please visit • www. venue.co.uk (covers Bristol and Bath) activities – see www.bumsonline.org.uk. www.bristol.ac.uk/events. • www.visitbristol.co.uk Membership benefits include reduced-price • www. bristol.gov.uk/eventviewer and free concert tickets and access to music • www. bristol.gov.uk/nav/leisure-and-culture practice rooms.

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Information Local buses Long distance travel The University operates a student car club scheme with Zipcar. Zipcar offers 100 free University travel website Bristol and the University precinct are well Train memberships to University of Bristol students The University’s travel web pages contain served by bus services. There are buses Bristol is the regional capital of the South West every year. For further details see a wealth of up-to-date information about from the precinct to: and has good intercity rail connections. It has www.bristol.ac.uk/carclub. all forms of travel in and around Bristol ••the city centre (numbers 8, 9, 19, 16) two major train stations, Bristol Temple Meads plus links to other travel-related resources. ••Bristol Temple Meads Station (numbers 8, 9) and Parkway. Both can be reached by bus. Contact See www.bristol.ac.uk/transportplan. ••Stoke Bishop Halls of Residence (number 16) Discounts of one third are available with a ••Clifton (numbers 8, 9) Transport Plan 16-25 Rail Card (also available to full-time Journey planning and maps ••Gloucester Road (number 19) 1-9 Old Park Hill mature students). See www.16-25railcard.co.uk. There are several websites which enable you to ••UWE Frenchay campus (number 19). Tel: (0117) 92 89100 plan specific trips in detail. For local trips a good Email: [email protected] The University bus services (numbers 16 Coach place to start is: www.travelwest.info. Web: www.bristol.ac.uk/transportplan and 19) form part of the Wessex Red network. You can travel to London and several other Facebook: facebook.com/TravellingtoUoB You should have received a pocket sized map Bus passes for all Wessex Red services are destinations cheaply and easily using Megabus Twitter: @UoBrisTravel of the University precinct and surrounding area provided for those undergraduates living in or National Express coaches. either in your registration pack or at registration. University-allocated accommodation. Other Various maps, including Google maps, are students may purchase passes from the Car available at www.bristol.ac.uk/university/maps. Hawthorns Reception or buy individual tickets You are strongly encouraged not to bring a car Maps of central Bristol produced by Bristol City on board the bus. with you to Bristol. The majority of on-street Council are available free from the reception The Bristol Flyer airport shuttle bus travels parking in and around the precinct is subject to desks in Senate House and the Students’ Union. from Bristol International Airport to several A-Z street maps covering the whole of Bristol are residential permits, meters and time limits. Under destinations within Bristol including the city available from bookshops and newsagents. the University’s car parking regulations students centre and the Triangle, a short walk from the are not permitted to park in the University Walking precinct. See www.flyer.bristolairport.co.uk. precinct during working hours. A civil car parking enforcement system is in place. Parking facilities The main University precinct (the central Local trains at halls of residence are extremely limited, and University area containing the majority of are subject to local rules. Students with mobility academic buildings) is quite compact, and no The Severn Beach Line crosses the city, calling at several stations between impairments may apply to Security Services for a buildings are more than 10 minutes’ walk apart. parking permit. The precinct is within easy walking distance Severn Beach and Bristol Temple Meads. Clifton Down station is the nearest to the of the city centre, Bristol Temple Meads train Park and Ride station and the various residences. University precinct, about 10 minutes’ walk away – see Part-time students who regularly commute www.travelwest.info/severnbeachline. to the University may wish to consider Cycling using the Park and Ride service, which Many of the residences have secure cycle Taxis operate from three different locations sheds and there are cycle stands throughout (see www.travelwest.info/parkandride), the University precinct. The University runs Bristol has several taxi and private hire taxi firms. or to use one of the two multi-storey car parks numerous initiatives to support and encourage There are taxi ranks on the Triangle, close to the close to the precinct (Trenchard Street/Park Row cycling, including free cycle training and a free precinct, and in the city centre. The University or Berkeley Place). cycle surgery to keep your bike in good order. has an arrangement with the taxi firm V Cars To keep up to date with cycling events and (0117 925 2626), who will, in an emergency, Car clubs initiatives you can join the University Bike User provide you with late-night transport even if you An alternative to bringing a car to university Group mailing list. Further Information, including do not have enough money on you for your fare, is joining a car club. Car clubs offer pay-as- a map showing the location of cycle stands on surrender of your student card (UCard). you-go cars located on streets all over Bristol within the precinct, is available at As soon as the fare has been paid, your card will (and elsewhere in the UK). For a modest annual www.bristol.ac.uk/cycling. be returned. membership fee and realistic trip mileage charges you can use them whenever you want, for as long as you want (subject to availability).

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