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HAWKSHEAD FACILITIES . . .  . . . AND STUDENT LIFE







        LIFE ON CAMPUS                                       HEALTH AND WELLBEING
        Our 230-hectare self-contained Hawkshead Campus sits in the   The Sports and Wellbeing Centre (SAWC) at the Hawkshead
        picturesque countryside of Hertfordshire. Our award-winning   Campus boasts impressive facilities for RVC staff and students.
        student village provides a home from home. Hawkshead   Our modern gym hosts a whole range of equipment including
        Campus facilities include a restaurant, café, sports pitches and   a nine-foot climbing wall, weight and cardiovascular machines,
        our Sports and Wellbeing Centre. The Buttery is our Students’   as well as a full range of dumbbells, kettle balls, power bags
        Union bar at Hawkshead, offering live sport and music.  and much more.

                                                             Our dance and aerobics studio hosts most of our classes,
        SOCIAL SPACES                                        including Zumba, Yoga and Pilates. The sports hall can host a
        We have planted a series of mini meadows with dozens of   multitude of sports, including badminton, indoor football, hockey,
        native trees to enhance biodiversity and support to native birds   cricket, basketball, volleyball and many more. The SAWC is free
        and pollinators.
                                                             to use and is open seven days a week.
        There is an abundance of communal space, where you can
        socialise and relax, as well as social learning spaces outside of   STUDENT LIVING IN HERTFORDSHIRE
        the classrooms, labs and lecture theatres.           Hertfordshire has some fantastic cycle and footpaths, allowing
                                                             you to travel easily to neighbouring towns and villages, or to
        A new, double-height atrium, expanded café and garden room
        exhibition space provides social areas across the ground floor   explore the countryside.
        of the new Student Learning Centre.
                                                             Getting in and around Potters Bar and the surrounding area is made
                                                             simple by a number of public transport routes serving nearby bus
                                                             and train stations. Potters Bar train station offers frequent trains
                                                             to London King’s Cross. The RVC runs a free regular shuttle bus
                                                             from Potters Bar train and bus station to the Hawkshead Campus.

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