Colchester Campus:
The Towers
North Towers (William Morris, Tawney, Keynes and Rayleigh)
South Towers (Bertrand Russell and Eddington)
There are six residential towers on the university campus which now form a
local landmark! The central location of these residences means that residents
are close to all of the University amenities. The walking distance to the centre
of campus is approximately 2-3 minutes. Each Tower accommodates between
143 and 233 students in self-contained flats of 13 to 16 residents. Most of the
flats have a central kitchen/dining area with rooms located on either side,
together with showers and toilets. In addition there are a few smaller flats
located at either the top or the bottom of the tower with between three and
seven rooms.
The North Towers Accommodation is close to the Houses and Wolfson Court
towards the northern edge of campus. The South Towers are more vibrant due to
their central position near the heart of the campus close to the Sports Centre
and the Students Union facilities such as Sub Zero and Cafe Mondo.
The Towers have between 12 and 16 floors with a flat on each floor with some
panoramic views from the higher floors. There are two lifts in each building and
an emergency staircase. [Map.]
If you are allocated accommodation in one of the Towers for the 12/13 academic
year you can meet and chat with other future residents on Facebook. Go to
the residences page and find the Facebook group for your accommodation. Please note that this is an open group so you should not post personal
information such as your full university address.
Accommodation Rents
Accommodation charges are calculated and charged on a daily basis.
The single
room rents for the 2012/2013 academic year are detailed below.
| North Towers A (Rayleigh & Keynes) |
Daily Rate |
Weekly Rate |
| Full academic year rent charges |
£11.29 |
£79.03 |
| Exchange student part year rent charges* |
£11.81 |
£82.67 |
*Only available to EU exchange students who opt to study for
part of the year.
| North Towers B (Tawney & William Morris) |
Daily Rate |
Weekly Rate |
| Full academic year rent charges |
£11.00 |
£77.00 |
| Exchange student part year rent charges* |
£11.71 |
£81.97 |
*Only available to EU exchange students who opt to study for
part of the year.
| South Towers |
Daily Rate |
Weekly Rate |
| Full academic year rent charges |
£9.71 |
£67.97 |
| Exchange student part year rent charges* |
£10.30 |
£72.10 |
*Only available to EU exchange students who opt to study for part
of the year
Further details of accommodation rents is available from the
Accommodation charges page
virtual tours
You will need to have the
QuickTime software installed in order to see the 360 degree panoramas, but
without it you can still see photographs of each location.
There are a wide range of virtual tours of the exterior surroundings and the
interiors of the different areas of accommodation. The link below will take you
to a short video all about living in student residences at the Colchester
campus. Further down the page you will find virtual tours of all the areas of
accommodation.
Student Residences
videos and virtual tours
Alternatively, if you have already viewed the video, you can skip straight to
the area specific virtual tours on the
Colchester campus
accommodation virtual tours page.
what our students say...
 "I was really lucky with my flat; living in towers you have thirteen instant
mates to go out with, and everyone gets on really well - so there's always
someone to chat to. Everyone is always surprised by the tidiness of our flat
because there are 14 people living here! My only worry was that I would have to queue for the shower every
morning, but it never happens - I guess everyone just has different timetables."
Charlotte
King - Third-year law student |
"I lived in Eddington in my first year, and it was wicked - I could get up at
5 to 9 and still be on time for my 9 o'clock lecture complete with cheese
sandwich and cup of coffee! Towers are the best place to meet people, and you
will have so much fun there in your first year."Andy Colborn - Audio
engineering student
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 "I
live in Raleigh Tower. It is such a nice place and my flat mates are brilliant
fun. We have our own flat basketball team and train every Friday!"Kyoko Ito
- Human rights student
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