Finding your way round campus
From the second that you arrive on campus you will be faced with directions
that will make very little sense to you. But do not fear… as long as you know
the basics, you will never get lost! Why not look at the
maps of campus
to help you find your way.The University of Bath adopts a numbering system for all of its buildings that
sounds complicated, but is easy to learn once you understand it.
It is all centred
around the Parade, which is the main walkway through the University.When standing on the Parade, looking at the library, all of the buildings to your
right are labelled ‘East’ and all the buildings to the left are ‘West’. They are also
numbered, with odd numbers to the ‘North’ of the Parade and even numbers to the
‘South’ of the Parade. Each floor in each building is then numbered, with the Parade
level floor being 2.
At each end of the Parade are the distinctive university towers, Norwood and
Wessex House, which are occupied by residences and administration respectively.
Most of the Union’s amenities can be found at the base of these towers.
Below Wessex House is the Fresh supermarket, Fresh Oriental, the Post Office,
a Natwest bank and STA Travel shop.
Below Norwood house is the main Union Corridor, with the Union Shop, the Plug
Bar and Elements, the Terrace café, the Pitstop sandwich bar, the Costa coffee shop,
the Perfect Pasty shop the SU Reception and a laundry outlet.
At the end of the Parade, beyond Norwood house is the bus station, the East car
park and the Eastwood accommodation.