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Our superb 438 acre single-site campus offers great facilities for every aspect of student life, with plenty of open space and sports areas interspersed with academic buildings and student accommodation. Our self-guided tour route takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and will give you an overview of the whole campus, and a taste of the Loughborough Experience. Feel free to stop along the route to take a closer look at the Students’ Union, the Library and our sports facilities, or stop for refreshments in one of the many cafés on campus.
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START The Students’ Union (map ref. 86) is the hub of both the social and welfare networks for Loughborough students. Entirely run by Loughborough students, the Union is home to over 100 clubs, societies and Athletic Union (AU) teams. It has its own radio station and recording studio as well as the employment exchange, student advice and RAG (student fundraising organisation). During the day students can eat at one of the several cafés, while at night a weekly programme of events regularly fills the bar and nightclub to its capacity of over 2500 – making it Loughborough’s largest night time venue.
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The Wolfson Building (map ref. 18) is home to Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, and directly opposite is the Chemical Engineering and Materials Building (map ref. 13). A short way down past the Wolfson Building is the Sir Frank Gibb Building (map ref. 19), home to Civil and Building Engineering. Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics are housed in the Sir David Davies Building (map ref. 14) on the opposite side of the road.
The Students’ Union
The Stewart Miller Building (map ref. 12) is home to Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering. Look through the curved glass section where you will see a technology demonstrator aircraft.
This area of the campus is the location for a range of world class sports facilities. The Seb Coe High Performance Athletics Centre (map ref. 81) boasts one of the best indoor athletics facilities in the country. Adjacent is the Paula Radcliffe Athletics Stadium, and a little further up the hill is the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) National Academy (map ref. 79), opened in 2003 by Her Majesty the Queen. Beyond the Cricket Ground is a football pitch, water-based hockey pitch and a rubber crumb pitch, all available to hire.
The Wolfson Building
Sir Frank Gibb Building
5 From this point, you can see the Loughborough University Stadium which was built to create a permanent home for our football club, and provide changing facilities to service the Holywell Sports Complex situated at the West end of campus. The Stadium, which was opened in May 2012, has been visited by academy teams from Manchester United and
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Loughborough University Stadium Tottenham Hotspur, and the legendary Barbarians rugby union
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Village Park is a close community of halls of residence accommodating over 2000 students. A place in a hall of residence is often the key to a successful start to university life. It opens the door to new friendships, and helps you to discover new student experiences. At Loughborough there’s plenty of choice and flexibility, with seven catered and seven self-catered halls, all offering great value for money. (For more information on Halls of Residence drop into the Student Accommodation Centre, map ref. 49).
club, to play fixtures against Loughborough Students.
6 Feel free to wander inside the Pilkington Library (map ref. 24) for a look around, although please be aware that this is a quiet study area. The Library opened in 1980 and houses over 500,000 books and 90,000 bound serials; it also offers access to approximately 19,000 e- journals. Pilkington Library is buzzing with students using the range of computer spaces; private or group study rooms as well as Café 641, so called because 641 is the library referencing number for food and drink.
The Student Village
Pilkington Library