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. . . AND STUDENT LIFE

LIFE ON CAMPUS STUDENT LIVING IN LONDON

At the heart of the campus is the Lightwell, a bright and open London is ranked as the number one student city in the world
café where you can have coffee next to a full-size elephant (QS Best Student Cities, 2025). Camden is one of the most
skeleton! The Pod social learning space hangs above the creative and stimulating areas of the city. Famous for its
café and provides students with a comfortable area to work markets, music venues like the iconic Roundhouse and café
in, either on your own or with classmates. culture, Camden is a great place to experience student life. It
is the home of the famous Camden Market and Camden Lock
SOCIAL SPACES and canal. The borough of Camden also hosts London Zoo
The Haxby is our Students’ Union run bar at the Camden and Regent’s Park and a number of other University of London
Campus. The bar offers freshers’ events, sports teams’ socials institutions. Europe’s largest biomedical laboratory, The Francis
and quizzes, all with the aim of bringing the people of the RVC Crick Institute, is just a few minutes down the road.
together. With a pool table, TVs and sofas, the aim is to provide The King’s Cross area, which is a few minutes’ walk from
our hard-working students and staff with somewhere to relax campus, has been developed into a vibrant area of shops,
between lectures or unwind in the evenings.
cafes, bars, and restaurants including Coal Drops Yard, Granary
Square and KERB Street Food Market. The British Library is
HEALTH AND WELLBEING just down the road from King’s Cross Station, and the British
The Camden gym offers weight and cardiovascular machines, Museum is just a short walk away.
as well as a dance and aerobics studio where we run Zumba,
Yoga and Pilates classes. The gym is free to use and is open Getting in and around London is made simple by the range of
seven days a week. public transport links available. The Camden Campus is only a
short walk from London King’s Cross St Pancras, the transport
hub of London, with overground, underground and bus links to
reach just about anywhere in London or the UK, as well as the
Eurostar, allowing quick travel to mainland Europe.

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