Other Facilities at the Colchester Campus
On campus there are cafeterias, restaurants, bars, general
stores, a Post Office, banks and a launderette.
sports facilities
Studying at the University of Essex opens up lots of opportunities for taking
part in sport – whether it’s joining a team to play your favourite sport or
trying something completely new.
The Sports Centre and
its surrounding playing fields are located across 40 rolling acres of Wivenhoe
Park, Colchester Campus. It offers extensive indoor and outdoor sports
facilities – including a brand new £1.4 million state-of-the-art gym (which
opened in July 2010) with state-of-the-art fitness technology in light, spacious
air-conditioned comfort, fitness studios.
Find out more about the
Sports facilities...
catering facilities
shops
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The Campus Shop:
Your own personal convenience store selling all the essentials, including
lunchtime sandwiches, newspapers, magazines, toiletries, fruit and vegetables,
frozen meals, mobile top-ups, cigarettes, beers, wines and spirits, and
cash-back.
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The Union Shop:
Smaller version of the Campus Shop, specialising in stationary, university
clothing (including hoodies and t-shirts), organic sandwiches and, our
favourite, pick n’ mix sweets…
- Go Go Global:
Your new international convenience store, selling food and ingredients
from across the globe, including China, Japan, Korea, India, Poland, Greece,
Mexico, Turkey, Africa and the Caribbean. You want it, we get it!
- Waterstones Book Shop: an on-campus branch of the chain of
high-street booksellers.
post office
There is a Post Office on
Square 4 which offers a full postal service. In addition it operates a dry
cleaning service, film processing service, rail and coach ticket service
(including airport services) and local bus passes.
launderette
There is a central launderette on campus situated off Square 4 and a further
laundrette within Harwich Court in the South Courts. There is also a launderette
facility at the University Quays. All launderettes are open 24 hours a day 7
days a week. The current cost are £2.00 for a wash cycle and £1.00 for a 40 minute
drying cycle.
banks
There are two banks on campus - Barclays Bank on Square 4 and
Lloyds Bank off Square 3, near the Students’ Union Bar. Both banks have
automatic cash dispensing facilities outside.
bars
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