Bodington Hall

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Coordinates: 53°50′40″N 1°35′15″W / 53.8444°N 1.5876°W / 53.8444; -1.5876

Main Administrative Block with reception, dining hall etc.

Bodington Hall is a site owned by the University of Leeds, which contains the university's main playing fields and what was its largest hall 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 was used mainly to house first year undergraduate students. Out of term, it was used for conferences and sporting activities such as WorldNET, the Internet Football Association's annual tournament.[3]

The site opened in October 1961,[4] and was completed by 1963.[5] It was named after Sir Nathan Bodington, the first Vice Chancellor of the university.[6] Bodington was originally an all-male hall, with Woodsley House being the last house to become mixed.

The self-catering flats were opened in September 1992.

The academic year 2011/12 was the last year that students lived a full year in the halls although a smaller group of students, including late accommodation applications and students from Clearing, were allowed to stay in the halls for the first term of 2012/13. Bodington Hall was officially closed in January 2013.[7]

Accommodation

Bodington had 640 single study bedrooms and 100 self-catering flats each of 5 bedrooms with shared facilities.[8][9]

List of houses

Bragg House, one of the newer blocks
1960s style flats

Catered[10]

  • Barbier
  • Centre Barbier
  • Clapham
  • Grant
  • Hey
  • Mortain
  • Seton
  • Vaughan
  • Woodsley

Self-Catering[10]

(renamed in 1999 after former members of University staff)[11]

  • Bragg
  • Evans
  • Lattimore
  • Mackey
  • McClurkin
  • Walsh
  • Whewell

Facilities

The site's sports facilities include squash courts, snooker room and football and rugby fields.

References

  1. ↑ University of Leeds Accommodation
  2. ↑ Meet in Leeds - Bodington Hall
  3. ↑ WorldNET 2009
  4. ↑ Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display
  5. ↑ http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sports/documents/campus_walks/historical_timeline.ppt
  6. ↑ Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display
  7. ↑ Yorkshire Evening Post 30 Jan 2013 University of Leeds plans homes at closed hall of residence
  8. ↑ Meet in Leeds Bodington Hall
  9. ↑ Leeds University Accommodation Bodington Hall
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Leeds Accommodation Your Bod
  11. ↑ Leeds Reporter 24 May 1999

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