The UK’s European university
HOW TO REACH THE UNIVERSITY By Sea and Rail: Calais to Dover – approx 75 minutes by ferry. Boulogne to Dover – approx 110 minutes by Seacat. Direct trains from Dover Priory to Canterbury East every half hour on weekdays (hourly on Sundays). Journey time approx 30 minutes. By Air: Arrival at London Airport (Heathrow); Underground to Victoria Railway Station, train to Canterbury East. Arrival at Gatwick Airport: Gatwick Express to Victoria, train to Canterbury East. The Channel Tunnel: From France and Belgium take the Eurotunnel to Folkestone or the Eurostar to Ashford or Ebbsfleet – journey time approx 2 hours Paris, 1 hour 40 minutes Brussels, 1 hour Lille. Regular train services from Ashford to Canterbury West – approx 30 minutes journey time. By Rail Three rail routes: London (St Pancras) to Canterbury West: journey time approx 60 minutes. Monday to Friday – direct hourly service through most of the day. London (Charing Cross or Waterloo East) to Canterbury West: journey time approx 90 minutes. Monday to Friday – direct hourly service through most of the day. London (Victoria) to Canterbury East: journey time approx 85 minutes. Mondays to Saturdays two trains an hour (one direct, one change at Faversham). Sundays – direct hourly service. Taxis are available at both Canterbury stations.
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How to reach the University and finding your way around
CANTERBURY
By Road To reach Canterbury from: London: M2, A2 (56 miles; 89km) Dover: A2 (16 miles; 26km) Ramsgate: A253, A28 (18 miles; 29km) Ashford: A28 (14 miles; 22km) Maidstone: (26 miles; 42km) Tonbridge (40 miles; 64km): M20, M2, A2. From the North or West: M25, M20, M2, A2. Canterbury to the University: Canterbury central ring road, A290 Whitstable Road, St Thomas Hill, approx 1 mile (1.6km) along the A290, University entrance on right (signposted) near top of hill. The visitors’ car park on Giles Lane is a ‘Pay and Display’ car park. Parking elsewhere is very restricted and for permit holders only.
Further information about the University may be obtained from: Communications and Marketing The Registry, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NZ Tel +44 (0)1227 764000 Fax +44 (0)1227 827912
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By Bus Canterbury Bus Station to the University. Regular bus service, taking approximately 14 minutes. (See map for bus stops on campus.) From Canterbury East follow path on City Walls to Bus Station (clearly visible by City Wall). From Canterbury West turn right out of station, walk to main road, bus stop is on far side, approx 50 metres to left.
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Sports Pavilion Maintenance Centre Estates Department Design & Print Centre Cornwallis North-West George Allen Wing Cornwallis West Woolf College Colyer-Fergusson Music Building Cornwallis North-East Cornwallis Maths Institute Cornwallis South-East Octagon Darwin Houses Darwin College Bossenden Court Nickle Court Stock Court Kemsdale Court Purchas Court Ellenden Court Thornden Court
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Grounds Maintenance Lypeatt Court Woody’s Bar Park Wood Shop Park Wood Administration Building Bishopden Court Farthings Court Marley Court Kent Business School Research and Development Building Jennison Building Ingram Building Sports Centre Canterbury Enterprise Hub Stacey Building Tanglewood Boiler House Cornwallis Lecture Theatre Cornwallis South & South West Campus Watch
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Telephone Exchange Grimond Building UELT Building Banks Lumley Building Gulbenkian Theatre Templeman Library Senate Marlowe Building Locke Building Eliot College Extension Jarman Building Registry Rutherford College Extension Rutherford College Tyler Court Hothe Court Farmhouse Grimshill Court Denstead Court Homestall Court Clowes Court Willows Court Tudor Court
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University departments Academic Division K1 Accommodation Office H8 American Studies K4 Anthropology J13 Architecture J13 Arts J16 Biosciences H7 Careers and Employability Service P6 Chaplaincy N6 Computing J3 Conference Office H8 Corporate Communications K1 Development Office K1 Disability & Dyslexia Support Service N6 Economics N6 Engineering and Digital Arts H3 English K3 Enrolment Management Services K1
Estates Department European Culture and Languages Finance Division Graduate School Gulbenkian Cinema History Humanities Facility Office Information Services (IT) International Development Kent Business School Kent Enterprise Kent Hospitality Kent Law Clinic Kent Law School Kent Union Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science Medical Centre Medieval & Tudor Studies Music
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Nursing Service Oaks Day Nursery Personnel Office Physical Sciences Politics and International Relations Psychology Research Office Safety, Health and Environment Unit Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research Social Sciences Faculty Office Sports Centre Student Office Telephone Exchange Templeman Library Tizard Centre Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching
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