58 THE SCHOOL
GETTING AROUND
The hidden secrets of the LSE campus. Use these wisely...
LSE is a collection of odd buildings in
Each room at LSE has a number: even
out in September every year, so make
central London. LSE’s student popula-
the toilets. Rooms are identified with the
sure you clear out your stuff beforehand.
tion has grown incredibly over the past
letter of the building it is in (e.g. A) and
few years, and it is a constant struggle
a number which indicates the floor and
You use these lockers at your own risk.
to acquire the real estate necessary to
room. 1-99 are on the ground floor, 0-099
They are not high quality lockers and are
house everybody. It’s an urban university
on the basement level and 100-199
often broken into. Our advice is to avoid
so space is at a premium don’t expect
on the first floor, etc. Some rooms have
storing anything valuable like laptops
any idyllic Oxbridge surroundings. Do
names instead of numbers (e.g. OT is the
or your year’s notes in them. There are
expect some nice new buildings, some
Old Theatre). You’ll soon get used to it.
also day lockers for short-term use. They
wheelchair inaccessible buildings and a
Check the map at the back of this guide
require a one pound deposit and if you
few crumbling shacks that are going to
for a full map of campus, including
leave belongings in there overnight, they
be knocked down soon.
which doors are wheelchair accessible.
may be cleared out.
All the buildings have names and letters.
LOCKERS
SKYBRIDGES
The names are sometimes descriptive
There are a few thousand lockers at LSE,
Skybridges are a useful way to get
(Old and East), sometimes historical and
most of which are located in the base-
around LSE. With an Indiana Jones style
some times downright confusing (we
ment of the Old Building. They are free to
leap of faith you can be whisked from
have a St. Clement’s and a Clement
use: you just need to find a free one and
one building to another without improv-
House, for example). The letters are short-
supply your own padlock (for sale at the
ing your tan. They also provide a way of
hand abbreviations of these names.
Students’ Union Shop). They are cleared
accessing buildings during evenings and