Campus tour guide 1
Welcome to Royal Holloway
Our guide will help you to explore our beautiful campus. You will find out more about our history, our community and what it is like to live and study here. Our suggested routes will help you to choose the tour that is best suited to you. For more information contact us on campus-tours@royalholloway.ac.uk We operate an automated parking system at Royal Holloway. If would like to park on campus, please register your vehicle’s details via our website at least one working day prior to your visit. royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/parking If you have not registered your car in advance, as soon as you arrive please report to our security desk in the Founder’s Building main reception. If you do not register your car, you may be issued with a £60 penalty charge.
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Contents Our history
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Suggested campus tour routes
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Map
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Founder’s Building
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The Chapel
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Picture Gallery
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Around campus
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Halls of residence
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Sports Centre
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Students’ Union
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Estate plan
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Where to eat
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Our history Royal Holloway was founded in 1886 by Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway. The self-made multimillionaire made his fortune in patent medicines and, after initiating a public debate inviting suggestions as to ‘how best to spend a quarter of a million pounds or more’, he took his wife’s advice that a college for women would prove ‘the greatest public good’. The statute in the Founder’s Building South Quad is of Thomas and Jane Holloway. The spectacular Founder’s building was designed by the architect, William Henry Crossland, who drew inspiration from the 16th century Château du Chambord in the Loire Valley, France. The College was opened by Queen Victoria in 1886.
Thomas Holloway was not the first Victorian visionary to realise the benefits of an education for women. Elizabeth Jesser Reid, a pioneering social reformer, founded Bedford College in 1849 as the first college in Great Britain for the higher education of women. In 1900, Royal Holloway College and Bedford College became part of the University of London and became the first institutions in the UK to award degrees to women. Both Bedford and Royal Holloway admitted male undergraduates for the first time in 1965. The colleges merged in 1985 to create Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.
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Suggested campus tour routes Founder’s tour (30 minutes)
Campus tour (one hour)
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Begin at Founder’s Building main reception and walk straight through the doors into the hallway.
Start by following locations 1 to 7 of the Founder’s tour, before following the instructions below to continue beyond Founder’s Building.
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Proceed into the building, turn left and then right to walk out into the South Quad. Walk towards the Thomas and Jane Holloway statue which is located at the centre of the Quad.
8 Exit Founder’s and turn left walking towards
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Founder’s Library is located a few steps towards the south end of the Quad. You can visit the library during opening times.
4 Once you exit the library head back to the
Quad, walk up the steps to the North Quad and turn right along the balcony, through the green doors. On your left you’ll find Founder’s Dining Hall.
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Come back through the entrance doors and turn left down the corridor. Walk down the stairs on the left through the door and you will be in the North Quad close to the Queen Victoria statue.
6 Walk towards the main entrance of Founder’s
and towards your right you will be at the entrance of the Chapel.
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Opposite the Chapel entrance is the Picture Gallery. This is open on Wednesdays during term-time (except January and February 2016, when the Picture Gallery will be temporarily closed). To find out more about booking a visit outside of term-time, visit royalholloway.ac.uk/artcollections
the Windsor building. You can see inside the building by walking through the glass doors in the south east side.
9 Our Golden Postbox is located in front of the
Windsor Building. It is painted gold in honour of our alumna Sophie Christiansen who, in the 2012 Paralympics, became the first Briton to win three gold medals.
10 Exit the Windsor Building and turn left.
Once you have passed the Arts Building and the McCrea Building, turn right and go straight until you reach Bedford Library. During opening hours, please feel free to look inside.
11 As you exit the library, turn right and walk
down the stairs next to the Bourne Building. Follow the path until you reach the road and turn right until you reach The Hub. Inside, you can enjoy lunch or visit Imagine.
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accommodation including Tuke, Williamson and Butler. Only guided tours allow you to see inside the halls.
Campus tour (if you have extra time) There are several other places you can visit at Royal Holloway if you have more than an hour for your visit.
Campus tour (accessible route) 1
Begin at Founders’ main reception and go straight through the doors into the hallway.
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Head towards the Thomas and Jane Holloway statue by going left, then turning right and going throught the doors.
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Founder’s Library is located towards the south end of the Quad. You can visit the library during opening times.
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Return to Founder’s reception and exit the building. Turn left and walk around to the front clock tower and enter into the North Quad to see the statue of Queen Victoria.
13 The Sports Centre is located down the hill
past the halls of residence. Follow the signs to view the centre including Noble’s Sports field.
14 A temporary Union Shop has been set up
opposite Williamson hall. Here, you can purchase food, drinks, stationery and other items.
15 The Students’ Union is located in the north
part of the campus. Walk back to The Hub, follow the road past Queen’s and Wolfson Buildings to reach the SU.
6 Head back towards the entrance below the
clock tower and the Chapel will be on your right.
16 The International Building is located directly
in front of the Students’ Union on the north side. Cafe Jules is located here, where you can purchase Starbucks coffee.
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Opposite the Chapel is the Picture Gallery. This is open on Wednesdays during term time only (except January and February 2016, when the Picture Gallery will be temporarily closed). To find out more about booking a visit outside of term-time, visit royalholloway.ac.uk/artcollections
8 Exit Founder’s underneath the clock tower
and turn right towards Windsor building. You can see inside during opening hours. Our Golden Postbox is located in front of the Windsor Building. It is painted gold in honour of our alumna Sophie Christiansen who, in the 2012 Paralympics, became the first Briton to win three gold medals.
15 Turn back to the main road and head downhill
to the Students’ Union.
12 Continue following the road to reach The
Hub and Halls of Residence.
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Founder’s Building Founder’s building
Founder’s Dining Hall
Home to nearly 500 students, Founder’s Building has provided accommodation to students of Royal Holloway for over 130 years. Founder’s is a catered Hall; most bedrooms are single with shared toilets, shower, and pantry facilities. There are also a small number of shared study bedrooms.
Our dining hall is still used for its original purpose, with students in catered halls having many of their meals here. Originally, in order to light the lamps, they were lowered by staff crawling through the ceiling cavity. These days students benefit from electric lighting!
Founder’s Library Founder’s Library houses collections in Modern Languages, English, Classics, Media Arts, Music and Drama and Theatre. The Library has designated silent study spaces and group study areas for all students to use. During term time, the library is open MondayThursday 8am - 1am, closing at 9pm on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday it is open from 8.30am to 9pm.
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The dining hall hosts special events such as Formal Hall, a bi-annual formal traditional dinner dating back to the opening of the college. Our catered halls work on a pay-as-you-go system in which catered students receive a 50% discount off food.
The Health Centre Containing a small bedded unit and NHS General Practitioners, the Health Centre offers all aspects of health care to registered students.
The Chapel
Picture Gallery
Completed in 1886, the Chapel was the last part of Founder’s Building to be finished. The stunning design depicts Biblical characters from the New Testament on the North side and characters from the Old Testament on the South side. The gilded design also includes sculptures by Ceccardo Fuciga and a fine 3-manual organ. The Chapel is non-denominational and hosts a variety of services and events, including Choral Evensong, graduation ceremonies and alumni weddings.
Thomas Holloway was inspired to create the Picture Gallery after his brother-in-law visited the art collection of Vassar College, in New York State. He went on to buy 77 paintings, including the masterpieces of his day such as Man Proposes, God Disposes (the ‘polar bear painting’). This gruesome painting continues to fuel superstitions to this day!
The Chapel is home to the Royal Holloway Chapel Choir and we still maintain a tradition of sung morning services.
As no gallery was included in the original plans for the college, the architect William Crossland chose to place it in the spacious women’s recreation room. It has remained in this space ever since the opening of the College in 1886. The Picture Gallery is open every Wednesday 10am - 3pm in the Autumn and Spring terms. (except January and February 2016, when the Picture Gallery will be temporarily closed). To find out more about booking a visit outside of term-time, visit royalholloway.ac.uk/artcollections
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Around campus Students have access to journals and ebooks via our online library resources, as well as access to the University of London Senate House Library in London. Academic staff add additional resources and course material on Moodle, our dedicated online learning platform.
The Hub
The Windsor Building The Windsor Building opened in 2007, and is home to a 400-seat lecture theatre, eight seminar rooms, and the Student Services Centre. The main auditorium holds lectures for students mostly from the departments of Economics, Psychology, Management and History. The Student Services Centre provides support for our students in many different areas.
Bedford Library The Bedford Library houses resources for sciences, social sciences and history collections. It includes three levels allowing for silent, social, and quiet study, as well as a popular cafĂŠ.
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The Hub houses a dining hall, a coffee bar and hotel rooms, providing overnight accommodation for guests on campus. The Hub offers a range of food from Pan-Asian cuisine to burgers. You can also choose from a selection of sandwiches, cakes and drinks.
Imagine Open from 11am to midnight six days a week, Imagine offers Starbucks coffee and bubble tea, along with a selection of snacks. Imagine is a relaxed space for students to socialise and study with friends.
Halls of residence
We have a great variety of halls to choose from at Royal Holloway, catering to the different needs of our students. We have a residential support team in each hall. Reid is a catered hall and features 188 study bedrooms grouped into houses of twelve bedrooms, all with en suite shower rooms and communal pantries. Runnymede is a self-catered hall and has 464 study rooms across flats of six-eight students.
All rooms have en suites and shared kitchens. Williamson, Butler, Tuke, Gowar and Wedderburn, are self-catered, with six-eight en suite study bedrooms with double beds and a shared kitchen in each flat. In 2012, these halls played host to the Olympic rowers when Royal Holloway was an Olympic Village. Kingswood Halls are situated approximately twenty minutes walk north of the main campus in the village of Englefield Green. There is
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Halls of residence a free bus service between Kingswood and the campus. A catered hall, students living in Kingswood have KW’s dining hall as well as 8Bar9, serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and snacks. Unlike students in other halls of residence, students living in Kingswood may apply for a parking permit. Highfield Court is situated next to the music department across the main footbridge by Founder’s. It is a self-catered hall with shared flats of six-eight ensuite bedrooms. Penrose Court is also next to the music department across the main footbridge by the Founder’s Building and contains a mix of shared houses and flats of four-six study bedrooms. Each bedroom has a washbasin and main bathroom facilities are shared. It is a self-catered hall with shared kitchens. Founder’s Building is a catered student hall
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with 493 single-bed student bedrooms. It has a mixture of single and twin rooms arranged along corridors. A number of rooms have washbasins, whilst main bathroom facilities are shared. Students living in Founder’s eat many of their meals in Founder’s Dining Hall.
Sports Centre
We offer lots of sport and active lifestyle opportunities at Royal Holloway, with 39 different sports clubs and teams ranging from elite to recreational level. We’ve recently upgraded our sporting facilities by opening new 3G pitches for football and rugby. Additionally, we have two grass football fields, one astro pitch, one grass rugby pitch, one cricket pitch and practice nets, four tennis courts and five netball courts.
The Fitness Suite at Royal Holloway consists of a 60-station gym, along with an extensive range of group exercise classes. A programme of up to 28 classes per week runs during term time.
Students’ Union The heart of student life at Royal Holloway, the Students’ Union (SU) is a student-run organisation which actively represents students and provides them with a wide range of services. Offering over 100 different sports clubs and societies, the SU provides a vast range of entertainment on campus, including twiceweekly club nights in the building. The SU operates the three student-run media outlets on campus, the RAG (Raise and Give) campaigns, offers course representatives and welfare services, and has its very own lettings agency (Ulet). The SU is one of the biggest student employers, with many part-time jobs working in the bar, security, marketing, catering and more. 13
Estate plan We’re developing our historic estate to provide a 21st century campus that meets the needs of people studying and working at our university today. The most noticeable project is our new Library and Student Services Centre, opposite our Founder’s Building. The new library will be open 24/7, offering flexible learning and public spaces. The complex will bring together a range of student services, shops and cafes and a dedicated study area for PhD students. Enabling work started in summer 2015, with building starting in the autumn, ready for completion in 2017.
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Other projects across our campus include new student accommodation, a refurbished entrance to our historic Founder’s building, and improvements to car parking and pedestrian access. In the future we will continue to develop plans for a new science building to support a new Electronic Engineering department and for a new music and media building. The estate plan works will take a few years to completely come to life. For more information visit royalholloway.ac.uk/estateplan
Where to eat
For full details on opening times, in and out of term-time, visit students.royalholloway.ac.uk/campus-life
CafÊ Jules Serving: - Starbucks coffee - Baguettes - Sandwiches - Salads - Light snacks Founder’s Dining Hall
Crosslands
Serving:
Serving:
- Hot main meals
- Pizza
- Soup and salad bar
- Soup and salad
- Cold drinks and desserts
- Cakes and hot drinks
The Hub Serving: - Hot brunch and main meals - Soup and salad bar - Coffee and homemade cakes Brunch available from 11.30am-2pm. Union Shop
Imagine
Offering a range of food including cold drinks and ice creams.
Downstairs in the Hub, serving: - Starbucks coffee - Pearls Bubble Tea
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