Experience Winchester Day
Parking and travel information
Campus addresses
KING ALFRED QUARTER
Sparkford Rd, Winchester, SO22 4NR
WEST DOWNS QUARTER
Romsey Rd, Winchester, SO22 5FT
If you have pre-booked parking, please print and display your parking permit in your windscreen so we can direct you straight into the car park. Parking is available in The Dytche Car Park, Medecroft Car Park or the Hospital Multi-Storey, please see the map on page 9. Our friendly parking team will direct you into the next available car park.
If you require an Accessible Permit or have a Blue Badge, please liaise with the Open Days team before the event for specific parking instructions.
Park & Ride/Bus Stop
The University is serviced by a very good Park and Ride system. We recommend parking at South Winchester or Pitt Park and Ride. The buses run approximately every 15 minutes and the journey to the University takes around 7 minutes. Please alight at Royal Hampshire County Hospital where you will be greeted by one of our Student Ambassadors. The bus stop is a 1 minute walk to West Downs and less than 5 minutes down to King Alfred Quarter.
City Centre Parking
Tower Street Car Park (SO23 8TA) is a 15 minute walk from the University.
By Train
Both Quarters are approximately a 15 minute walk from Winchester Train Station. We will be running a minibus shuttle service from 9am-10am.
General Walking Times
King Alfred Quarter to West Downs Quarter Approx. 10 minute walk, includes incline.
King Alfred Quarter to City Centre Approx. 10 minute walk, downhill.
King Alfred Quarter to Bar End Sport & Leisure Park Approx. 30 minute walk.
Minibus Shuttle Routes
We have a variety of bus routes running throughout the day. The details of where these mini buses will run are below. These fill up on a first come first served basis so you may have to wait in a short queue, but we will do everything we can to keep wait times to a minimum. You can get on and off at any point on the loop.
MINIBUS A
TRAIN STATION AND CAMPUS SHUTTLE 9am- 4pm
Winchester Train Station* > King Alfred Quarter > West Downs Quarter
* The minibus will not stop at the train station after 10am
MINIBUS B
CAMPUS AND CITY SHUTTLE
11am-4pm
King Alfred Quarter > West Downs Quarter > City Centre
MINIBUS C BAR END SHUTTLE
9.30am-4.30pm
King Alfred Reception > Bar End Bar End > King Alfred Reception 10am* 12.30pm* 1.45pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 4.15pm
* this shuttle run is exclusively for Sports Therapy Students whose Academic Session is at Bar End.
ACCESSIBLE MINIBUS
One our of minibuses has dedicated space for an electric wheelchair. If you would like to use this minibus to get between campuses, please head to King Alfred Reception (number 12 on the map) or West Downs Reception (number 28 on the map). Please make sure to head to reception with plenty of time as the bus will have to be called, and may have to finish running a loop.
Welcome to the University of Winchester
I am delighted to welcome you to your Experience Winchester Day.
Today is all about giving you the opportunity to get a feel for what it is like to become a student at the University of Winchester. You may well already have visited us – in which case, a warm welcome back.
We are a friendly, welcoming University community. We are driven by a love of learning and a real curiosity and passion for our subjects. We are proud to be one of the Top 25 universities in the UK for graduate success – our transformational education ensures our graduates have the skills they need to meet workforce needs and to live successful and meaningful lives. Above all, we want to help you to become the person that you want to be, studying the subject that you love and preparing for the job that you want to do – whatever that is.
Today gives you the opportunity to ask questions about what it is really like to study at the University. Do make sure that while you are here, you take a tour of our award-winning accommodation and beautiful campus. I hope too that you are able to get out and see the city while you are here. It is a wonderful place to live and study.
From all of us at Winchester, may I again say how delighted we are to have you with us today. I do hope that you decide to become part of our University and I look forward to welcoming you back to the University of Winchester soon.
Professor Sarah Greer, Vice-Chancellor
Timings
TIME
9am and 9.45am
9.45am Course
Champions take applicants to the location of their Academic Session.
and information
Registration Staff members and Student Ambassadors will be ready to scan your QR code and get you registered. Once you have registered, grab a tea or coffee, chat to our Ambassadors or relax prior to being called to join other applicants and attend your Academic Session.
10am-12:30/1pm Applicant Academic Sessions (listed opposite)
1.30pm Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Talk
1.30pm Student Life Talk
1.30-3pm Performing Arts Winchester Society
1.30-3pm Commuters Society drop in
2.15pm Next Steps Talk
Please see the table opposite to find where you need to register for your course
These interactive sessions will give you the opportunity to explore your course, get to know the course team and meet other students. These sessions are just for applicants. Please refer to the separate Parents and Supporters Programme to see what we have on offer whilst applicants are in their Academic Session. Your course champion will collect you from your registration point and take you to your academic session
Whether you’re applying to a course in education, healthcare, or any placement involving vulnerable groups, this workshop will walk you through the application procedures, helping you understand how to obtain a DBS check efficiently. Both applicants and parents are welcome.
Hear from our current students about what it’s like to be a Winchester student, what their typical day looks like, what they do alongside their academic studies and all the opportunities available to them at Winchester.
Join our Performing Arts Winchester Society (PAW) for an interactive workshop
Come and meet members of the Commuters Society and ask them anything about their experiences of being a commuting student. You can also visit our Commuters Lounge.
Find out what you need to do now your application is in. This will include making your firm and insurance choices on UCAS, applying for Housing, applying for Student Finance and preparing to start University in September.
Downs Centre Auditorium 28
St Alphege Building 002 19
The Vault 31
The Kenneth Kettle Building 11
West Downs Centre Auditorium 28 3pm Student Life Talk
Please see 1.30pm Student Life Talk for description
West Downs Centre Auditorium 28
9am-4pm Advice Fair
12-4pm (last tour 3.45pm) Accommodation Tours
Staff from the following departments will be available to talk to on a one-to-one basis. This is the perfect opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have or simply find out more about what’s on offer.
• Admissions • Housing
• Study Abroad • Student Finance
• Students’ Union • Careers
• Student Support and Success
Just make your way to the Student Village you would like to see and one of our students will be on hand to give you a tour of the flats.
The Gallery at West Downs Centre
Burma Road Student Village
4 18 29
12-4pm (last tour 3.15pm)
Outward 1.45pm and 3.15pm Return 2.45pm and 4.15pm
Campus Tours
Winchester Sports Tour
Throughout the day Explore Winchester
Take a look at the facilities Winchester has to offer and explore our beautiful campus grounds. They are led by a current student and take approximately 1-1.5 hours.
Come and have a tour of the Sports Facilities located in the City. The stadium is home to a floodlit 8-lane athletics track and floodlit Tiger Turf All-Weather Pitch. The Leisure Centre next door has multiple pools, hydrotherapy facilities, sports hall, gym, squash courts, treatment rooms, studios and climbing walls.
Tours start from Room 6 in the Winton Building 30
King Alfred Quarter Main Reception >
Winchester Sports and Leisure Park Reception, Bar End
Winchester Sports and Leisure Park Reception, Bar End >
King Alfred Quarter Main Reception
The city centre is just a 10 minute walk away and you will find a whole host of eateries, cosy cafes, green spaces, independent shops and the magnificent Cathedral. The city will be a big part of your time as a Winchester student.
Applicant Academic Sessions
Self-guided walking maps are available
(10am-12.30/1pm)
Registration Points are at The Foodhall (map ref 12), West Downs Centre (map ref 28) or The Stripe (map ref 25) depending on your course (see table below).
COURSE
Accounting, Finance & Economics
Anthropology; Archaeology and Ancient, Classical & Medieval Studies
‘Growth&Sustainability/ProblemSolving’
‘RepatriationandArchaeologicalRemains:CurrentIssuesinCultural HeritageandHands-onSessiononDietandDentitioninHumans andAnimals’OR‘SufferingandSanctity:ExcavationsattheMedieval HospitalofStMagdalen,Winchester’
Business Management 'FromClassroomtoBoardroom:You’retheManagerNow(CSR)’and ‘GettingtoYes:TheArtandScienceofPersuasioninBusiness’
Classical Studies ‘VoicesfromtheClassicalWorld'OR'MythandMagicinthe Classical World’
Computer Science, Cyber Security & Software Engineering
Creative Writing
‘CracktheCode:ThePowerofComputationalThinking'and 'BlueprintsforBrilliance:IntroducingSystemsThinking'
REGISTRATION POINT
West Downs Centre
The Stripe
West Downs Centre
The Stripe
West Downs Centre
‘FindingYourVoiceThroughCreativeWriting’ The Stripe
Criminology ‘Criminology:Crimes,OffendersandReactions’ The Foodhall
Digital Media Design
Education and Early Years Education
‘DesignBeginsHere:PlayfulThinkingforDigitalMedia’
West Downs Centre
‘AskingtheBigQuestionsinEducationandEarlyYears’ The Foodhall
English Literature ‘Literature and the End of the World’
Event Management ‘IntroducingEventManagement’
The Stripe
West Downs Centre
Fashion Business & Marketing ‘PuttingMarketingattheCoreoftheBusiness'and ‘WouldILieToYou...MarketingEdition?!’
Film Production ‘AHandsonFilmingExperienceDay’
Film Studies
West Downs Centre
The Foodhall
‘ExploringFilmStudiesattheUniversityofWinchester’ The Stripe
Forensics ‘StudyingForensicsattheUniversityofWinchester’ The Foodhall
Geography ‘ExploringtheNaturalWorld’
Health and Social Care ‘Values in Health and Social Care’
The Stripe
The Foodhall History 'PowerLostandFound:NewWaysofExploringHistory' The Stripe
Journalism ‘CreatingaTVBulletin’
The Foodhall
Law ‘StudyingLawattheUniversityofWinchester’ The Foodhall Marketing ‘PuttingMarketingattheCoreoftheBusiness'and ‘WouldILieToYou...MarketingEdition?!’
West Downs Centre
Media and Communication ‘ArtificialIntelligenceandtheMedia:CreativityandControversy’ The Foodhall
Midwifery ‘An Overview of Your First Year’ and ‘AnIntroductiontoMidwiferyPracticeandSimulation’
Music & Sound Production / Popular Music: Production and Performance
Nursing (Adult)
West Downs Centre
‘Music Production and Performance: An Introduction’ The Foodhall
‘Wound Care and ANTT’
Nursing (Child) ‘HandWashing:InfectionPreventionandControl’
Nursing (Mental Health) ‘CommunicationandTherapeuticSkills’
Philosophy, Religion & Ethics
Physiotherapy
West Downs Centre
West Downs Centre
West Downs Centre
‘Personhood:Philosophical,EthicalandReligiousPerspectives’ The Stripe
‘ExploringPhysiotherapyattheUniversityofWinchester’
West Downs Centre Politics with International Relations
‘StudyingPoliticswithInternationalRelationsatthe UniversityofWinchester’
Primary Education with QTS ‘Lightingtheway:howwillyoubringchangetolearnersand communities’
Professional Policing
‘ProfessionalPolicingattheUniversityofWinchester’
The Stripe
The Foodhall
The Foodhall Psychology CourseTalk,followedbyTasterLecture
The Stripe
Social Work
Sociology
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Sport and Exercise Science
Sport Coaching & Physical Education
Sports Therapy
‘DetectingDeception:CanWeReallyDetectWhenSomeoneIsLying?’ andTechnoforceinParenting:WhatEffectDoesDigitalDisruptionHave onCaregiver-ChildInteractions?’
‘Social Work and Social Justice’
‘ExploringSocialJusticeandSustainability’and‘ClimateChangeand SocialInequalities’
West Downs Centre
The Stripe
‘WhyMindsetMatters:AppliedSportPsychologyinAction’ The Foodhall
‘FuelingPerformance–OxygenandEnergyinAction’and ForcesinMotion–TheScienceofSportingMovement’
‘ExploringtheDynamicsofCoachingandTeaching’
‘TapetoPerform:AnIntroductiontoSportsTaping’and ‘ReturntoPlayTesting’
The Foodhall
The Foodhall
The Foodhall
Sport at Winchester
Board a minibus and go for a tour of the impressive Sports Facilities at Bar End our students have access to, including:
• 50m eight-lane swimming pool
• 8 lane athletics track
• Flood-lit and all weather pitches
• Full size Football pitch
• Full size Hockey pitch
• Three 5-a-side football pitches
• Sports Hall
• Squash Courts
• Winchester Health Clinic (our community facing Physiotherapy Clinic)
• Hydrotherapy pools
• State of the art Gym
• Fitness studios.
Minibus timetable:
King Alfred Reception > Bar End 1.45pm and 2.45pm
Bar End > King Alfred Reception 3.15pm and 4.15pm
In total the tour will take you approximately 1 hour 15 minutes (45 minute tour and 15 minutes each way for the minibus)
Food on campus
We have refreshment and catering areas open in the King Alfred Quarter and West Downs Quarter.
King Alfred’s Food Hall (9am-2pm)
King Alfred Centre, King Alfred Quarter (number 12 on your map) Hot food, salads, sandwiches, snacks, bakes and drinks
Learning Café (7.30am-4pm)
King Alfred Centre, King Alfred Quarter (number 12 on your map) Light bites, sandwiches and coffees.
West Downs Food Hall (10am-2pm) and Courtyard Café (8am-2.30pm)
West Downs Centre, West Downs Quarter (number 28 on your map) Salads, sandwiches, coffee and snacks.
The University of Winchester is also a Food Allergy Aware campus. For allergen information, please speak to one of our Catering staff.
Additional information
WiFi Access
In order to access our free visitor WiFi, please follow the instructions at the QR code.
In case of emergency
If there is an emergency, you require medical attention, or spot anything suspicious. Please call our Site Stewards on 01962 827666.
Any questions?
Ask a Student!
If you have any questions, keep an eye out for our Student Ambassadors. They are there to help and to tell you about their own experiences at the University of Winchester.
Accessibility
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements that may need to be considered when moving around campus. You can email the Events Team on opendays@ winchester.ac.uk in advance if you have not already notified us of any potential additional requirements at the point of booking.
Campus Connect
Our online community platform CampusConnect is a great opportunity to connect with other Winchester applicants and start new friendships ahead of September. Scan the QR code to download the CampusConnect app and register with your applicant ID.
Share your experience
If you would like to let us know how our Experience Winchester Day went, please use the QR code to give us your feedback.
Please scan the QR code to complete our Experience Winchester Day feedback form.
Alwyn Hall (AH)
Beech Glade Hall (BGH)
Bowers Building (BB)
Burma Road Student Village (BRSV)
Centre for Sport (CFS)
Chapel
Cottage
Fred Wheeler Building (FWB)
Herbert Jarman Building (HJB)
Holm Lodge (HL) – Crime Scene House
Kenneth Kettle Building (KKB)
King Alfred Centre (KAC)
Martial Rose Library (MRL)
Masters Lodge
Medecroft (MC)
Medecroft Annexe (MCA)
Paul Chamberlain Building (PCB)
Queen’s Road Student Village (QRSV)
St Alphege (SAB)
St Edburga (SEB) St Elizabeth’s Hall (SEH)
Swithun’s Lodge (SSL) The Stripe
The University of Winchester Business School (UWBS)
Tom Atkinson Building (TAB)
West Downs Centre (WDC)
West Downs Student Village (WDSV)
Winton Building (WB)
Recommended walking route between West Downs Quarter and King Alfred Quarter