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You can find more information, including details of our London Road and Greenlands campuses, online at reading.ac.uk/visit-us
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In the first instance, please contact the • University switchboard for general person or department you are visiting for enquiries: +44(0) 118 987 5123 information about coming to the campus. • Security Services: For further assistance, contact: +44(0) 118 378 7799 (general enquiries) or • University Reception for queries about +44(0) 118 378 6300 (for emergencies) car parking: +44(0) 118 378 7307
B15020 07.17: 1.1 The journey to/from the Reading station takes You can hire a ReadyBike from docking stations DIRECTIONS approximately 10 –15 minutes, please allow located around Reading, including at our extra time during peak periods. Reading Buses Whiteknights and London Road campuses. The University of Reading has three main campuses: do not give change, so you will need the exact This on-street bike rental scheme costs £1 per change if you plan to pay by cash. Alternative hour. Find out more at www.readybike.co.uk • Whiteknights – our main campus in Reading RG6 6UR payment options are available, including Earley Gate (within Whiteknights campus) RG6 7BE contactless, pay-by-phone, and swipe cards. By car • London Road – also in Reading RG1 5AQ A number of other bus routes serve the Wherever possible please consider alternatives • Greenlands – our campus in Henley-on-Thames RG9 3AU perimeter of the campus and other parts of to driving or look for others to share your Reading and Wokingham, including: journey at www.rucarsharing.co.uk Please ensure you only use the postcodes above for any • leopard 3 \10 along Shinfield Road For sat-nav directions please ensure you use navigation purposes (as other University postcodes will take • 19 and scarlet 9 along Whiteknights Road the postcodes listed in this guide to reach our you to a Royal Mail sorting office off campus). (north of the campus and Earley Gate) campuses. Please note it is not possible to • purple 17 and lion 4 along Wokingham Road drive across the Whiteknights campus to/from WHITEKNIGHTS CAMPUS If you are travelling from or via London, (close to Earley Gate) the Earley gate side. the quickest route to take is from All Reading Buses journeys are normally Electric car charging is available in car park 1 The main Whiteknights campus is split into two London Paddington station. Trains from parts: Whiteknights and Earley Gate. You can operated by low-floor, wheelchair-accessible London Paddington to Reading station Parking walk across the campus in approximately buses. run approximately every 15–20 minutes A pay and display car park 1a is available on the 10 to 20 minutes; cycling is also an option, throughout the day and the average journey Please see www.reading-buses.co.uk main Whiteknights campus (grid ref B2). This is but you cannot drive across. time is around 30 minutes. For those travelling for more details. free for up to 2 hours (a ticket is still required) For the main Whiteknights campus, postcode from south west London or Surrey, another or £3.10 per day (correct at date of print). By coach RG6 6UR directs you to the main University option is to take a train to Earley station. All other locations on campus require Reception at Whiteknights House, building 27 Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk The town of Reading is on several national parking permits (weekdays 9–5pm). (grid ref C3 on the map overleaf). coach routes operated by companies such See the following information about continuing as National Express. Coach stops may There are a few 20-minute parking bays your journey to the campus by bus, on foot or be sited away from the town centre, so outside Whiteknights House (building 27, VISITING THE CAMPUS by bicycle. To help you plan your journey, it is plan your journey carefully to ensure you grid ref C3) for people who need to make worth noting that: Please support our University Travel Plan by know how to make the onward journey enquiries at the main University Reception. choosing sustainable modes of travel to reach • Whiteknights campus is about two miles to Whiteknights campus. from Reading station For blue badge holders, spaces are available us wherever possible. across the campus (no permit required). • The Earley Gate side of the campus is On foot or by bicycle By train approximately one mile from Earley station. Whiteknights campus is at the top of a hill. Finding your way around the campus Reading station is a mainline train station with By Bus You should anticipate a 40-minute walk or Departments are located across different direct rail links from many major cities, including 15-minute cycle ride from Reading station to buildings; so please check the name of the The Whiteknights campus is well served by Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff, the Whiteknights side of the campus, slightly building you are visiting in advance. Most regular buses from the town centre and Reading Bristol and Exeter, as well as a number of routes longer if you need to go to the Earley Gate side. buildings have floor plans to help you find station. claret 21 and claret 21a (term time through London. your way around. only) buses make this journey at least every Please ensure you cycle considerately of other The University is located a short bus ride from road and path users on and off our campuses. 10 minutes throughout the day, coming right For more information on environmentally Reading train station. Find out more at: www.reading.ac.uk/ on to the campus and running 24 hours a day. friendly travel to the University, visit sustainability-services/travel/cycling reading.ac.uk/sustainability-services/travel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7