- Libraries:
- Well over a million books. There are four main libraries and various college and department collections. Access is good.
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- Computing:
- Facilities are either in college or in computer rooms. Access and numbers are fine until dissertation time when you might need to camp out to get a machine.
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- Sports:
- Absolutely everything you could ever need. Pitches and courts for all sports. Sport is taken pretty seriously and there is plenty of money about. It would be quicker to list what there isn't. A climbing wall. There you go.
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- Future Plans:
- A big science park, a new college and a postgrad hall of residence.
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- Disabled Students:
- Hearing and sight impaired students have some facilities and wheelchair access in colleges is not bad. Bear in mind that some of them are very old buildings though. The hilly nature of Durham doesn't help either.
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- Student Welfare:
- A student health centre and a stack of counsellors make up the good welfare facilities. Anyone would think they were expecting things to go wrong!
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- Parking:
- What's available is permit based, even when you rent a place in town. The city is small so its probably not worth bringing a car. They aren't really welcome in town either.
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- University Shops:
- There's a general shop selling stationery and groceries in the union. Anything more complex will have to come from the local area.
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- University Bookshops:
- There are two branches of Waterstones in the city, one of which specialises in academic titles.
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- Banking:
- Durham students should never complain that they can't get access to a bank, because every major bank has a branch within a thirty second walk from the SU. In detail:
HSBC - One opposite the SU, one in the city centre
NatWest - One "under" the SU, one in the city centre - the Market Place
Barclay's - One opposite SU, one in centre
Lloyd's TSB - One opposite SU, one in centre
Co-operative Bank - One in the city centre
Halifax - One on the other side of the river to the Market Place
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- Transport Policy:
- A nightbus but nothing else.
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- Green Areas:
- Being such a compact city there aren't huge expanses of green. The area around Durham is quite countryfied though and is made up of loads of small villages. There is a green in the city centre.
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