Bodington Hall

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Bodington Hall is a site owned by the University of Leeds, which contains the university's main playing fields and its largest halls of residence.[1] It is also used for conferences.[2] Known as Bod within the university it is located between Lawnswood and Adel, approximately 4 miles north of the main campus. Bodington is mainly used to house first year undergraduate students.

The site opened in November 1961,[3] and was completed by 1963.[4] It was named after Sir Nathan Bodington, the first Vice Chancellor of the university.[5]

In November 2007, the University Council made the decision to sell Bodington Hall in the next four years, as the accommodation is in need of refurbishment, and replace it with accommodation closer to the university campus.[6]

The centre block of Bodington Hall taken while on the bus.
The centre block of Bodington Hall taken while on the bus.

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[edit] Accommodation

Bodington houses 700 catered students and 500 self-catered students with up to 120 students in each of its 16 houses.

[edit] List of houses

  • Barbier
  • Bragg
  • Centre Barbier
  • Clapham
  • Evans
  • Grant
  • Hey
  • Lattimore
  • Mackey
  • McClurkin
  • Mortain
  • Seton
  • Vaughan
  • Walsh
  • Whewell
  • Woodsley[7][8]

[edit] Facilities

The site's sports facilities include squash courts, and football and rugby fields. There is a dining room on the site with a capacity of 350. Other facilities include a games room, music room, shop and the Bodington Bar.

[edit] Transport

Bodington is served by regular bus services to the main campus and city centre, on First Leeds route 95. It offers more car parking spaces per student compared to many other University of Leeds accommodation. Bodington was proposed to be a terminus of the now cancelled Leeds Supertram, and a park and ride would have been built on part of the site.[9] An extension of the route was proposed to continue to Holt Park. More recently, West Yorkshire Metro has proposed a trolleybus service for the route.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ University of Leeds Accommodation
  2. ^ Universally Leeds - Bodington Hall
  3. ^ Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display
  4. ^ http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sports/documents/campus_walks/historical_timeline.ppt
  5. ^ Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display
  6. ^ Campusweb | On the campus news item
  7. ^ Vietnamese Society at Leeds
  8. ^ Bodington Hall, University of Leeds
  9. ^ http://www.wypta.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/897FE849-D9E0-4713-8DCB-DF4C6C10BAB2/0/DEWG2NOVEMBER2006ITEM5.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.wymetro.com/News/070614-2.htm

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