Out and About
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Morecambe Sea Front Lancaster Shopping
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Manchester Millennium Bridge
Lancaster City Centre
& Lowry Centre, Salford Quays
Three miles away from the University is the city centre. If you’d prefer someone to cook for you, there’s British, Chinese,
Lancaster and the University are complemented by the
French, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Thai and vegetarian cuisine
on offer – to name a selection. After your meal, choose from the
amazing area around it. From the breathtaking Lake
many student-friendly or traditional venues: such as the café-bar
District to shopping in Manchester and the easy access atmosphere of Church Street’s ‘Eleven’ bar and ‘Mint’, award-winning
to London on the direct train line, Lancaster is never
real ale pubs or the Students’ Union’s own Sugarhouse club.
far away from anything you could want.
The Region
Lancaster is located in the Northwest of England, in the heart of
Lancaster city district is home to approximately 145,000 people and
the UK.
18,000 students. It’s a compact, homely conurbation whose centre is
less than three miles (five kilometres) from the university’s campus.
The city is at the heart of the surrounding region – frequent, direct
During the daytime, there’s a bus every five minutes to whisk you
trains link it to Leeds, Manchester (including Manchester Airport),
into the heart of this bustling, student city.
Preston and the Lake District. Further afield, London is under three
hours away and Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow are also on
A safe place to live
direct express rail routes from Lancaster. National Express coaches
Known for its high quality of life and low crime rate, Lancaster has
and the M6 motorway also serve the city, ensuring excellent
been a settlement since Roman times. Its historic buildings play host
connections to the whole of Northwest England and the UK.
to a wide range of shops, restaurants, cafes and cultural facilities.
The city’s finest Georgian buildings cluster around the city’s castle,
The picture-postcard scenery of the nearby Lake District and
giving the centre an intimate, warm atmosphere. Fantastic
Yorkshire Dales prove a strong draw for students interested in
cityscapes, rolling lawns and urban woodland may be found at
walking, water-sports or simply relaxing in stunning surroundings.
Williamson Park, near the student neighbourhoods of Bowerham
Other regional attractions include the large Northern cities of Leeds,
and Moorlands.
Liverpool and Manchester, and the classic seaside resorts of
Blackpool and Southport, all of which are within easy reach.
Lancaster’s live music venues are home to regular guitar, electronic,
folk, classical and jazz gigs. Fans of film and theatre have the choice
of the city centre Dukes Theatre & Cinema, Grand Theatre and Vue
multiplex cinema, and the university’s own Nuffield Theatre and LU
Cinema. With a number of galleries and museums located in the
city, there’s plenty for lovers of the arts to get their teeth into.
If it’s sports you enjoy, both the city and university boast a full range
of facilities for indoor and outdoor sports – from archery to
trampolining and football to tennis.
As well as the usual supermarket and high street options, you’ll find
Lancaster packed with independent clothes boutiques, specialist
food stores and delicatessens such as Quite Simply Food on Moor
Lane and Mung Mee Oriental Foods on Chapel Street. On-street
markets – including the Charter and Farmers’ Markets – add to the
city’s reputation for high quality, regional food.
Lancaster View towards the Lake District
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