A Guide to Living in University Accommodation www..ac.uk/residences Contents Introduction 8 Senghennydd Court 19 Residence Life Team 10 Senghennydd Hall 20 Aberconway Hall 11 Student Houses 21 Aberdare Hall 12 Talybont 22 Cartwright Court 13 Talybont Court 23 Clodien House 14 Talybont Gate 23 Colum Hall 15 Talybont North 24 Gordon Hall 16 Talybont South 24 Hodge Hall 17 University Hall 25 Open Days Roy Jenkins Hall 18 Campus maps 26 Chat to our staff and students, ask questions, get advice and information, and generally get a feel of what life as a student at is like. To book your place, visit: www.cardiff.ac.uk/openday Or contact the Open Day Office directly: Tel: 029 2087 4455 Email: [email protected]

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2 3 Reasons to Love Cardiff Jamie Roberts 03 (MBBCh 2013) Susanna Reid Our star (PgDip 1993, Hon 2015) The capital is alumni 02 From politicians and journalists to scientists 01 our campus World-leading and innovators – many well-known faces have research been through Cardiff’s corridors. Our alumni Cardiff University is at the include BBC broadcasters Huw Edwards, Jason heart of a thriving and Cardiff is in the top tier Mohammad and Susanna Reid, former National of Britain’s research Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke, Money Saving Martin Lewis growing capital city. universities and is Expert founder and journalist Martin Lewis OBE, (PGDip 1998) a member of the academic, writer and broadcaster Professor Alice “The official capital of Wales only since 1955, the prestigious Russell Roberts and many more. Our Honorary Fellows buoyant city of Cardiff (Caerdydd) has, since the turn of Group. It’s ranked include the likes of Sir Patrick Stewart, Stephen the millennium, witnessed a remarkable evolution from second nationally for Fry and Carol Vorderman. a large town to a truly international city, with massive research impact, and in developments in the centre as well as on the rejuvenated the top five universities 05 Bute Park waterfront. With a reputation as a party town, allied to lots for research excellence in the UK. A 130 acre of top-class sport and a cultural attractions, it is one of the 04 back garden UK’s most enticing destinations.” We’ve been awarded seven Queen’s Top teaching Bute Park lies in the heart of Source: Rough Guide 2020 Anniversary Prizes and employability Cardiff behind King Edward (which recognise world- VII Avenue. With the River Taff Stepping into a university that flowing alongside, it is the class excellence in UK provides innovative, exciting Higher Education) and perfect mixture of tranquillity teaching across the disciplines, and wide open space, ideal are home to a huge it’s hard not to feel the buzz. cohort of distinguished for relaxing (or running) on a A Cardiff education is unique summer’s afternoon. staff, including two and personable; students Nobel Prize winners are taught and mentored by and 13 Royal Society committed and enthusiastic Fellows. tutors and lecturers, many of whom are world-leading experts. Our graduates are amongst the most sought after by employers. 06 One big film set! The proximity and unique Our students fall in love with Cardiff. architecture of the So, what makes the Welsh capital so appealing? University campuses make it a prime filming location. Discover more at: www.cardiff.ac.uk/reasons Cardiff is home to many TV shows, including dramas such as ‘Casualty’ and ‘Doctor Who’. 4 5 One of the best 09 Students’ Unions Reasons to Love Cardiff Community 10 in the UK Action It’s official – according to Student volunteering is a way What Uni Student Choice of life with many student- Awards 2020, Cardiff is led projects serving the ranked third best the UK. 07 08 community. Further afield, the Home to over 240 sports Phoenix Project is making a A wealth of treasures lie just beyond Cardiff’s borders, a unique clubs and student societies, International days difference in Africa, working a free employment service On the part of the world asking to be explored. A trip to Barry Island is a with the University of Namibia must, a destination for ‘Gavin and Stacey’ fans and beachgoers Rugby is part of the and, of course, the beloved to embed quality education Taf pub, the Students’ Union doorstep alike. The rugged Brecon Beacons offer incredible walks, views lifeblood of Cardiff; in focused projects, enabling and outdoor pursuits. you can’t miss it. caters for every student’s better health and less poverty. needs across the board, from to wild A festival atmosphere studying to socialising. descends during the annual Wales Six Nations tournament, as Wales’ visiting rivals take them on in their home town. The city also hosts 11 international football and cricket matches. Rich culture National Park and history Brecon From the internationally renowned Wales Millennium Beacons Centre on the waterfront, to the National Museum in Park Pen y Fan and the 2,000-year-old Cardiff Castle, Cardiff is a city steeped in heritage and culture. Gower Cardiff 12 A city that Barry Island loves running

Many elite athletes, including the likes of Mo Farah, compete in world-class events in Cardiff. The city boasts plenty of events for runners of all levels – from weekly Parkruns to the Cardiff University/ Cardiff Half Marathon, the second largest race of its type in the UK. Many of our students join #TeamCardiff for this, where they also raise vital funds that support our research. Other students give their time to volunteer and our physio students are on hand to give much welcomed sports massage at the end of the 13.1 mile course!

6 7 Welsh speakers Some of the flats at Senghennydd Court and Talybont North are reserved for Welsh speakers and learners of Welsh who Cardiff came wish to be grouped together. 2nd for monthly rental costs in the LGBT+ Introduction UK university cities. Some flats at Talybont North and Talybont South have been Source: NatWest Student A guarantee of accommodation reserved for LGBT+ students who would prefer to live with Living Index 2020 other LGBT+ students. Undergraduate A single occupancy place in University accommodation with Quiet living other first year undergraduates is guaranteed to all firm and You can request a room in a shared flat/house with other insurance students provided they meet certain deadlines.* students who have also expressed an interest in a quiet living Postgraduate environment. Overseas applicants are guaranteed a single occupancy place in University accommodation, provided they meet No alcohol certain deadlines*. This includes making a non-refundable You can request a room in a shared flat/house with other pre-payment.* students who have requested to live in a no alcohol environment. *For session 2021/22, full details of our accommodation guarantee and associated deadlines can be found on our Places to eat website at www.cardiff.ac.uk/residences Reasonably priced meals and snacks are available at cafes and restaurants across the campus and in the Students’ Union. Choice There is a variety of accommodation, many with ensuite Sport bathroom facilities within each single occupancy study The University offers a combination of facilities and a diverse bedroom, and most are situated within a short walk or cycle range of sports clubs giving students the opportunity to ride of the academic buildings, the University Students’ Union pursue formal and informal sporting interest at three sites and Cardiff’s magnificent civic centre. across the University campus. If you are made an offer to study at Cardiff University, you will be sent details of how to apply for University accommodation Accommodation fees online. As far as possible, the University aims to give you a choice of accommodation, however, obtaining your higher Type of residence (for 2021/22) Average weekly fee preferences cannot be guaranteed. Disability/medical information Part catered: ensuite £148 - £157 Some accommodation has been specifically adapted Part catered: shared bathroom £129 - £139 for students with a disability/medical condition. We are also willing to make reasonable adjustments for disabled Self catered: ensuite £114 - £134 students. Families and couples Self catered: shared bathroom £114 - £123 A very limited number of University flats and studios are Accommodation fees and associated charges are payable by Direct available for students in their first year of study. Debit in three instalments (usually in October, January and April). All fees refer to single occupancy accommodation.

8 9 Map5 reference 58 Aberconway Hall Undergraduate ✔ Aberconway Hall is situated next to Cardiff Postgraduate ✘ Business School and is only a short walk from the Couples ✘ Residence John Percival building (for humanities subjects), ✘ Families Cardiff Law School and the main campus. Main Building 0.5 miles The hall is made up of flats for 3-6 students. Life Team Heath Park campus 1.25 miles

The Residence Life Team are dedicated to enhancing your student experience in University accommodation. About the team The Residence Life Team are students and The team are committed to: staff who want to ensure that you have the • Providing a warm welcome and best possible time whilst staying in our halls. encouraging a smooth transition The RLT is committed to providing a warm into University welcome and helping you to make a smooth • Building a community-focused culture transition into university. The RLT will be there Facilities Nearest: to greet you upon arrival to Cardiff University, that gives you a sense of belonging • 72 single occupancy study Shop: Maindy Road helping you to make your way to your room. • Bringing students together through bedrooms with shared events that enhance learning, Fast food: City centre Once there, you’ll find welcome gifts in your bathroom facilities (mostly “Aberconway Hall is provide practical support for your Bar: Students’ Union flats and kitchens from the Team. Look out shared between each pair situated very close to student life, as well as social and especially for local vouchers and freebies, of rooms) Sports facilities: necessary amenities. It as well as the Freshers’ calendar of events cultural Cardiff University Fitness & only takes five minutes to • Self-catered, grouped to help you settle in, have fun, and make Conditioning Centre reach shops or bars and • Organising activities including events into flats of 3-6 students friends. Oh, and don’t miss all the free food! transport facilities are for celebrations like Halloween, with shared kitchen/dining Bike shed: Colum Hall. nearby as well. The living The RLT care about you and want to work with Christmas and Chinese New Year areas environment is good and you to build a strong sense of community in • Providing peer to peer support, and • Wheelchair accessible it’s easy to socialise and your halls. Through a wide range of social signposting to Student Support and accommodation on the find people who share events and cultural activities, as well as Wellbeing when needed ground floor common interests.” practical support, they are here for you. • Quiet living option The team also provide peer support, and • Listening to the student voice in order Ayasta Pokharel signposting to Student Support and Wellbeing to provide what students would like • All rooms have computer should you ever need it. Come join them and from their University accommodation network connection points find your place at Cardiff University. experience. and Wi-Fi access • Laundry.

10 11 Map5 reference 60 Map5 reference 57 Aberdare Hall Undergraduate ✔ Cartwright Court Undergraduate ✔ Aberdare Hall is a traditional women’s hall Postgraduate ✔ Cartwright Court is a self-catered hall located Postgraduate ✘ adjacent to the main campus and offers both Couples ✘ in a residential area. The hall accommodates Couples ✔ part catered and self-catered accommodation. Families ✘ 172 students. Families ✔ Built in 1893, the hall retains many interesting Main Building 0.2 miles Main Building 1 mile period features and a semblance of Victorian charm. Heath Park campus 1.5 miles Heath Park campus 1.5 miles

Facilities Nearest: Facilities • 132 single occupancy Shop: Maindy Road study bedrooms with Fast food: City centre • 15 flats each with 6 single • Bike shed “The best thing about shared bathroom facilities occupancy study bedrooms • 45 parking spaces. Bar: Students’ Union Aberdare Hall is the “For me, • Self-catered and part and shared bathroom Sports facilities: community spirit amongst studying at catered facilities (shared between Nearest: Cardiff University Fitness & the residents. I have met each pair of rooms) Heath Park, • Shared kitchen/dining Conditioning Centre. several friends during the Shop: Crwys Road Cartwright • 16 houses each with areas evening dinner sessions, Court is between 4 and 6 single Fast food: Crwys Road • All rooms have computer and the events organised the ideal occupancy study bedrooms Bar: Crwys Road network connection points by the common room location and there are and shared bathroom and Wi-Fi access society. The close proximity Sports facilities: other healthcare students facilities Cardiff University Fitness & • Two bedrooms equipped of its location to Business so it’s a great community. • Shared kitchen/dining Conditioning Centre. for those with a hearing School means I can walk It’s very social but also areas impairment for my seminars come quiet, and the kitchen is rain or snow. Whenever I • 4 flats for couples/families great for socialising in. • Music library have any problem, I can • Quiet living option Beware, you can spend all • Garden go directly to the reception night in there talking with • No alcohol option • TV lounge/common room and the team promptly housemates. Residence • All rooms have computer • Laundry helps me out.” Life are great, my house network connection points loves the free food events • Common room student Violina Sarma and Wi-Fi access the best.” society • Laundry Holly Gibbs • Bike shed.

12 13 Map5 reference 50 Map5 reference 59 Clodien House Undergraduate ✔ Colum Hall Undergraduate ✔ Clodien House is located next to the University’s Postgraduate ✔ Colum Hall is a self-catered hall situated opposite Postgraduate ✘ Heath Park campus providing an ideal location for Couples ✘ Cardiff Business School and a short walk from the Couples ✘ students studying nursing and healthcare courses. Families ✘ main campus area. The hall is divided into 14 flats, Families ✘ each providing accommodation for 8 students. Note: Cardiff University is working in partnership with this private Main Building 1.25 miles Main Building 0.5 miles Hall of Residence which is owned and managed by Unite. Heath Park campus 0.25 miles Heath Park campus 1.25 miles

Facilities Nearest: • 184 single occupancy Shop: Whitchurch Road Facilities Nearest: study bedrooms with Fast food: Whitchurch Road • 112 single occupancy Shop: Maindy Road ensuite bathroom facilities “Clodien House was a Bar: Whitchurch Road study bedrooms and ¾ bed (4ft) great place to live as it Fast food: City centre “Colum Hall was great as Sports facilities: was very close to the • All rooms have ensuite • 7 studios (self-contained) Bar: Students’ Union I liked being in the middle Heath Park campus. hospital where I had my toilet/shower facilities Sports facilities: Cardiff of the student area and it • Self-catered, grouped into lectures. The location was • Shared kitchen/dining University Fitness & meant I was able to meet flats of 4-6 students also ideal because it was areas Conditioning Centre lots of new people. The • Shared kitchen/dining close to local shops and • Self-catered, grouped into facilities are good and I areas also easy to get to the Laundry: Aberconway Hall. flats of 8 students had everything I needed. It • All rooms have computer city centre. It was very is in the perfect location, • All rooms have computer network connection points sociable which made it with nearby shops and network connection points and Wi-Fi access very easy to make new pubs and the city is a 10 friends who were doing and Wi-Fi access • Laundry minute walk away. Colum similar courses to me.” • 3 study bedrooms Hall is an experience • Bike racks. Steph Hemming equipped for those with a like no other!” hearing impairment Vini Holden • Bike shed. 14 15 Map5 reference 64 Map5 reference 61 Gordon Hall Undergraduate ✔ Hodge Hall Undergraduate ✘ Gordon Hall is a part-catered hall. It is a small Postgraduate ✘ Hodge Hall offers self-catered accommodation Postgraduate ✔ hall located in a residential area and is particularly Couples ✘ for postgraduate students only. It is a small hall Couples ✘ convenient for those studying mathematics, Families ✘ accommodating only 60 students and is close to Families ✘ physics and astronomy, engineering or the main campus. Main Building 0.5 miles Main Building 0.25 miles computer science. Heath Park campus 2 miles Heath Park campus 1.25 miles

Facilities Nearest: • 80 ensuite single Shop: Salisbury Road occupancy study bedrooms Fast food: City centre “At Gordon Hall you’re only • 11 single occupancy study Bar: Students’ Union five minutes walk away bedrooms with shared Sports facilities: from the city centre and Facilities Nearest: bathroom facilities 10 minutes away from Cardiff University Fitness & • 12 flats each with 4-6 Shop: Maindy Road • Shared kitchen/dining the Students’ Union so Conditioning Centre. single occupancy study areas everything you need is Fast food: City centre bedrooms “I would definitely • Evening meals provided literally on your doorstep! Bar: Students’ Union / recommend Hodge Hall • Shared bathroom facilities Monday to Friday during Everyone talked to Woodville Road as it’s a fantastic way to (shared between each pair term time at the nearby everybody else and eating Sports facilities: meet new people, and of rooms) Trevithick restaurant in the dinner together meant Cardiff University Fitness & provides an easy way Queen’s Buildings it was very easy to meet • Shared kitchen/dining Conditioning Centre. to introduce you into • All rooms have computer new people. I made some areas student life and living network connection points of my best friends at • Self-catered, grouped into independently. It is really and Wi-Fi access Gordon Hall!” flats of 4-6 students close to the University, • 1 study bedroom with Emma Harris • All rooms have computer allowing me to roll out of accessible ensuite network connection points bed 10 minutes before my bathroom and Wi-Fi access lectures!” • Laundry • Laundry Matt Beckett • Bike shed. • Bike shed • 9 parking spaces.

16 17 Map5 reference 56 Map5 reference 63 Roy Jenkins Hall Undergraduate ✔ Senghennydd Court Undergraduate ✔ Roy Jenkins Hall is a small self-catered residence Postgraduate ✔ Senghennydd Court is a large residence close Postgraduate ✔ less than a mile from the main campus. It is close Couples ✔ to the main campus area, the Students’ Union Couples ✘ to a good local shopping area which includes two Families ✘ and the city centre. It is particularly convenient Families ✘ supermarkets. for students studying mathematics, engineering, Main Building 0.75 miles Main Building 0.5 miles physics and astronomy or computer science. Heath Park campus 1 mile Heath Park campus 1.75 miles

Facilities • 490 single occupancy • Two bedrooms equipped study bedrooms for for those with a hearing “I knew from the undergraduate students impairment beginning that Senghennydd Court was grouped into flats of 5 • Postgraduate ‘Plus’ option students with shared my first choice as student • Laundry accommodation. It is Facilities Nearest: bathroom facilities • Bike sheds very convenient, close to • Some flats reserved for • 6 flats each with 5 single Shop: Crwys Road town and to my lectures. Welsh speakers and occupancy study bedrooms Certainly, living in a Welsh Fast food: Crwys Road learners of Welsh who wish Nearest: apartment is a huge • Shared kitchen/dining Bar: Crwys Road “It’s perfect to be grouped together areas for nipping Shop: Salisbury Road advantage, it’s nice to live Sports facilities: • 120 single occupancy to the shops Fast food: Salisbury Road, and socialise with friends. • Shared bathroom facilities Cardiff University Fitness & study bedrooms for or food as city centre The Welsh students - undergraduate only Conditioning Centre postgraduate students they are all here get along really well • 12 studios - couples and with ensuite toilet/shower Bar: Students’ Union Laundry: Cartwright Court. on its road. and we often socialise postgraduates only facilities grouped into flats The rooms have so much Sports facilities: together but we’re not of 5 students • All rooms have computer storage and space, Cardiff University Fitness & ‘clique’! Everything we network connection points which is a bonus.” • Shared kitchen/dining Conditioning Centre need as students is and Wi-Fi access areas available for us here at Molly Ellis • Bike shed • Quiet living option Senghennydd. And there’s plenty of room in the • 20 parking spaces. • No alcohol option bedrooms to make you • Self-catered or feel at home!” part-catered Lindsey Connelly

18 19 Map5 reference 62 Undergraduate ✔ Senghennydd Hall Undergraduate ✔ Student Houses Postgraduate ✔ Senghennydd Hall is a part-catered residence Postgraduate ✘ The University has a number of student houses Couples ✔ situated within a very short distance of the Couples ✔ located along Colum Road, Colum Place and in the Families ✔ main campus and ideal for students studying Cathays and Roath areas. They are conveniently Families ✘ Main Building up to 0.75 miles mathematics, physics and astronomy, engineering located close to the main campus. Main Building 0.5 miles Heath Park up to 1.75 miles or computer science. campus Heath Park campus 1.75 miles

Facilities Nearest: • 102 single occupancy Shop: Salisbury Road study bedrooms with Fast food: Salisbury Road, "I really like the location ensuite toilet/shower city centre facilities of Senghennydd Hall, Bar: Students’ Union it’s incredibly close to Facilities Nearest: • 1 studio suitable for a Sports facilities: the main Uni building couple • Houses for 4 to 11 Shop: Maindy Road / and very close to the city Cardiff University Fitness & students Salisbury Road • Shared kitchen/dining Conditioning Centre centre. We socialise in “The facilities in our • 365 single occupancy Fast food: City centre areas our kitchen which is great. student house were great Laundry: Senghennydd Court. study bedrooms with • Quiet living option I walk to uni and to the Bar: Students’ Union – large rooms, a well shared bathroom facilities • All rooms have computer city and it takes me no Sports facilities: equipped kitchen and a network connection points longer than 10 minutes • Shared kitchen/dining Cardiff University Fitness & comfortable house to live and Wi-Fi access to get to either one. I am areas Conditioning Centre in! You are able to enjoy very happy it is near the • Evening meals provided • Quiet living option Laundry: Aberconway Hall / more independence and SU too! The residence Monday to Friday during • No alcohol option Hodge Hall. freedom and you are a team is very friendly and term time at the nearby short walk away from the very helpful! So are the • 6 flats for couples/families Trevithick restaurant in the city centre. It is a new maintenance men! • All rooms have computer Queen’s Buildings experience that allows Sneha Bannerjee network connection points students to meet new • 3 study bedrooms and Wi-Fi access. people and enjoy a great equipped for those with a place to live.” hearing impairment Hallam Nash • Bike shed.

20 21 Talybont Talybont Court Talybont is the largest of the University’s self-catered residences. Close to Facilities large areas of parkland and a short walk or cycle to most of the academic • 511 single occupancy buildings including the Heath Park campus. study bedrooms with “I am so glad that I ensuite facilities picked Talybont Court to be my home for the first • Flats for 4-7 students year of university! Since • Shared kitchen/dining/ the Talybont Complex lounge areas is teeming with lots of • Wheelchair accessible students, it is super easy accommodation to make friends! The flat • Quiet living option itself is also perfect for Map5 reference 55 socialising thanks to its big • No alcohol option Undergraduate ✔ kitchen/sitting area and • All rooms have computer Postgraduate ✔ the rooms are spacious, network connection points fitted with a study space, and Wi-Fi access Couples ✘ unlimited Wifi and an • All rooms suitable for Families ✔ ensuite! It certainly has people with a hearing Main Building 0.75 miles felt like home!” impairment Katie Pike Heath Park campus 1.5 miles • Two houses for families.

Map5 reference 52 Talybont Undergraduate ✔ Postgraduate ✘ On-site facilities Nearest: Gate ✘ Couples • Social/study space Large supermarket, KFC Facilities Families ✘ • Laundry and McDonalds restaurant next to Talybont Gate/ • 179 single occupancy Main Building 1.5 miles • Bike shed Talybont North. study bedrooms with Heath Park campus 1.5 miles • Amazon lockers. ensuite facilities and ¾ Small supermarket and bed (4ft) Cardiff University sports Subway also on North Road. • Flats for 6-10 students “Living in Talybont Gate with other first years training village: • Shared kitchen/dining/ means that it is easy to interact with the • Fitness suite lounge areas other residents: they are a good group. The • Sports halls which host • Wheelchair accessible rooms are big and have larger (and therefore the majority of indoor accommodation more comfortable) beds than the rest of the Talybont site. The location is good too. sports clubs • All rooms have computer There are two supermarkets nearby so you can go and • A range of floodlit outdoor network connection points shop for food at any time. Although I study in the School of sports facilities. and Wi-Fi access Journalism which is based quite a distance from the main • Each flat has a Freeview TV campus, I still manage to walk to my lectures every day with licence paid. from Talybont Gate.” Shreyas Rai

22 23 Map5 reference 51 Talybont North University Hall Undergraduate ✔ Facilities University Hall is a large self-catered hall located Postgraduate ✘ “I really like • 972 single occupancy • LGBT+ option less than 2 miles from the main campus and just Couples ✔ the way study bedrooms with over 1 mile from the Heath Park campus. It stands • 130 parking spaces Talybont Families ✔ ensuite facilities in its own pleasant, extensive grounds overlooking • 4 study bedrooms North is well- Main Building 1.75 miles • Flats for 6 students equipped for those with a located with the city. The hall accommodates 673 students and Heath Park campus 1.25 miles • Shared kitchen/dining hearing impairment. shops and also has a small number of residences suitable for areas sports facilties nearby. couples and families. • All rooms have computer One of the benefits of network connection points living in a University Map5 reference 53 and Wi-Fi access residence is that if I Undergraduate ✔ have a problem, I can • Postgraduate ‘Extra’ option Postgraduate ✔ speak face to face with • Some flats reserved for someone at reception, ✘ Welsh speakers and Couples explain the problem and learners of Welsh who wish Families ✘ its quickly fixed.” to be grouped together Main Building 1.25 miles Rhys Davies • Quiet living option Heath Park campus 1.5 miles • No alcohol option

Map5 reference 54 Talybont Undergraduate ✔ Postgraduate ✘ Facilities South Couples ✘ • Variety of single occupancy times, please check our Facilities Families ✘ study bedrooms with website) ensuite or shared • 1252 single occupancy Main Building 1 mile • 3 study bedrooms “I love living bathroom facilities equipped for those with a at University study bedrooms with Heath Park campus 1.25 miles ensuite facilities • Shared kitchen/dining hearing impairment Hall because areas there is • Flats for 4-8 students • Social/study space a great • Quiet living option • Outdoor multi-use games • Shared kitchen/dining community • No alcohol option area (MUGA). areas of people. I have made • All rooms have computer • LGBT+ option “Talybont South is best for meeting new so many friends all from network connection points Nearest: • No alcohol option people and it is close to other campuses as different blocks. It’s a and Wi-Fi access great location for scenic • All rooms have computer well. Our flat has all the facilities we need. Shop: Penylan • Laundry walks like Roath Park.” network connection points The kitchens are a great space to socialise Bar: Wellfield Road before heading out. There are always • 93 parking spaces Sylvie Greenway and Wi-Fi access Fast food: Wellfield Road groups walking to lectures and into the city. • 2 study bedrooms • Study bus service to Main University Security are helpful when there is a Supermarket: equipped for those with a and Heath Park Campus problem out of hours.” Colchester Avenue. hearing impairment. area at no extra cost (for Monica Recabar information on dates/

24 25 campus Cathays Park campus Aberconway Building 30 Architecture 6 Biosciences 1, 2 Business School 30 6 Careers and Employability 11 Centre for Student Life 13 Chaplaincy 10 Chemistry 1 Computer Science and Informatics 21 Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) 33 Day Care Centre 16 Deri House 19 Earth and Ocean Sciences 1, 22 Eastgate House 22 Engineering 21 English, Communication and Philosophy 27 Eye Clinic 31 Geography and Planning 7 7 Global Opportunities Centre 11 Hadyn Ellis Building 32 Healthcare Sciences 22 History, Archaeology and Religion 27 John Percival Building 27 Journalism, Media and Culture 35 Julian Hodge Building 29 Law 4 Main Building 1 Maths 18 McKenzie House 23 Modern Languages 8 Music 24 New Maths and Computer Science Building 36 Optometry and Vision Sciences 31 Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 5 Physics and Astronomy 21 Politics and International Relations 4 Psychology 3 Queen’s Building 21 Redwood Building 5 Registry 23 Security Centre 2 Sir Martin Evans Building 2 Heath Park campus Social Sciences 7 Southgate House 34 Residences Sports 34, 15 Aberconway Hall 58 Student Support Centre 11 Students’ Union 14 Aberdare Hall 60 Tower Building 3 Cartwright Court 57 Trevithick Building 21 Clodien House 50 Welsh 27 Colum Hall 59 Gordon Hall 64 Hodge Hall 61 Heath Park campus Roy Jenkins Hall 56 Cardigan House 84 Cochrane Building 83 Senghennydd Court 63 Dental School/Hospital 76 Senghennydd Hall 62 Healthcare Sciences 79 IV Lounge 81 Talybont Court 55 Medicine 78 Talybont Gate 52 Neuadd Meirionnydd 81 Talybont North 53 Michael Griffith Education Centre 80 Nursing and Midwifery 79 Talybont South 54 Sports and Social Club 91 University Hall 51 Tŷ Dewi Sant Building 79

26 27 CardiffConnected Contact us Residences Office www.cardiff.ac.uk Cardiff University PO Box 533 @cardiffuni Cardiff CF14 3XZ facebook.com/Cardiffuni instagram.com/cardiffuni Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 4849 Email: [email protected] youtube.com/user/cardiffuni Web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/residences The University makes every effort to check the accuracy of the information in this guide at the time of going to press. However, inevitably changes do take place from time to time. You should not therefore rely solely on this guide and should visit the website www.cardiff. ac.uk/residences for latest information. This guide is also available in Welsh This brochure can also be made available in large print (text), Braille and on audio tape/CD. To request an alternative format please contact the Residences Office.