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Car park and road updates

Staff permit renewal- if your parking permit is due to renewal please log into permit system, select “My Permits” and then select the small green arrow button to renew your permit. You do not need to apply for a new permit. See our guidance on renewing. 

Canterbury campus

Welcome week marquee (Eliot car park, Canterbury)

  • Monday 17- Tuesday 25 September- Eliot car park will be closed while the welcome week activities marquee is in place, as requested by Kent Union.

Gulbenkian show (Central Visitor pay & display car park, Canterbury)

  • Tuesday 18- Friday 21 September- 15 bays will be closed in the Central Visitor pay & display car park, as requested by the Gulbenkian for their show.

International Partnerships’ coach parking (Rutherford car park, Canterbury)

  • Sunday 23 September- Rutherford car park will be closed for coaches taking students to Leeds Castle, as requested by International Partnerships.

Canterbury Comic and Screen Festival (Eliot car park, Canterbury)

  • Saturday 29 September- Eliot car park will be closed for stall holders at Canterbury Comic and Screen Festival, as requested by Kent Union.

Medway campus

There are no known car park disruptions to Medway campus for the next two weeks. Any disruptions that we are made aware of will be updated on the transport events calendar

permit system

Staff parking permit renewal

Staff will be sent individual reminder emails before the expiry of their permit.

To renew your permit follow the link in the email or log in to permit account, select “My permits” and press the green arrow icon. Check and confirm that your details are correct. Once you have done this you will receive an email to confirm that your permit has been renewed.

We are aware that some people are experiencing a blank screen when logging into their permit account. This seems to be an internet browser issue. If this happens please try an alternate internet browser and if the problem persists contact the Transport Team.

If you do not renew your parking permit in time you will receive an email on the day that your permit expires. If you still wish to renew your parking permit after it has expired, you will need to log in and select “Permit application, Apply for a permit” and apply for a new permit. The Transport Team will need to verify the new permit application before it becomes live.

Car park and road updates

Canterbury campus

Welcome week marquee (Eliot car park, Canterbury)

  • Monday 17- Tuesday 25 September- Eliot car park will be closed while the welcome week activities marquee is in place, as requested by Kent Union.

Gulbenkian show (Central Visitor pay & display car park, Canterbury)

  • Tuesday 18- Friday 21 September- 15 bays will be closed in the Central Visitor pay & display car park, as requested by the Gulbenkian for their show.

Coach parking (Oaks car park and Giles Lane car park, Canterbury)

  • Sunday 2- Friday 14 September- The section of Giles Lane car park behind Woolf will be closed for coach parking, as requested by the Conference Office.
  • Wednesday 12- Monday 17 September- Oaks car park will be closed for coach parking as requested by the Conference Office.

Arrivals Weekend (Canterbury)

  • Saturday 15- Sunday 16 September- A traffic management plan will be in place for Arrivals Weekend. If you are working over the weekend please avoid parking in areas where students will be moving into. There will heavy traffic flow in these car parks while students and helpers unload belongings (Turing, Keynes, Eliot, Rothford, Tyler Court, Darwin and Rutherford).
  • We are aware of a road closure on the M20 between junction 4 at Leybourne and junction 6 at Maidstone over the weekend. Visit our planning webpage for more information.

 Medway campus

There are no known car park disruptions to Medway campus for the next two weeks. Any disruptions that we are made aware of will be updated on the transport events calendar

Campus Shuttle timetable and booking available

The Campus Shuttle will start running from Arrivals Weekend (weekend timetable). The updated timetable, including the new trial additional stop at the Dockyard is available to be viewed here.

The Campus Shuttle is a free service for University of Kent students and staff between the Canterbury and Medway campuses.

Booking is now available. Book a seat to guarantee your travel on the service. You can only book a seat until 14 October 2018 currently. We are hoping to transition to a new booking system after this date.

The new trial stop at the Dockyard will be located on Western Avenue. The service will continue to run on an hourly basis. The Transport Team and The Kings Ferry will be monitoring the effect and usage of this additional stop. This will be a term by term trial.

For more details and to book a seat, visit www.kent.ac.uk/campus-shuttle

Follow @CampusShuttle on twitter for service updates

Giles Lane car park update- 6 September 2018

Giles Lane car park is now fully reopened as a pink zone car park, and enforcement within Giles Lane will be reinstated from Monday 10 September.

Members of staff are able to update their parking permit from a blue zone to a pink zone, if they would like to continue parking in Giles Lane car park. To update your parking permit log in your permit account and select “Permit application. Apply for a permit”. Once you have applied for a new pink zone permit, email TransportTeam@kent.ac.uk to request cancellation of your blue zone permit.

Within the next week further minor works will continue in the Giles Lane car park, this will include some small areas of tarmacking; installation of signage and additional lampposts. No parking bays will need to be closed for this work to take place.

We are aware that some people are using the vehicle entrance and exit points for pedestrian access. Unfortunately this creates a health and safety risk to those individuals, so we advise all pedestrians to follow the access points provided; these are marked on the car park design under the abbreviation “PA” highlighted in yellow.

Stagecoach tickets cheaper on the app

Buying Stagecoach dayrider and megarider tickets is now cheaper on the app.

You can save up to 7.5% by buying all dayrider and megarider tickets in advance on the app, rather than in person on the bus. For example the Southeast dayrider will remain £7.00 on the bus, however, it will only be £6.80 through the app.

The University of Kent discounted dayrider and megarider week tickets are also cheaper on the app. The Canterbury dayrider discounted ticket is £3.10 on the bus or £2.90 on the app.

You can buy tickets up to three months in advance, then simply activate them on the days you wish to travel. Payment can be made securely with card, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Android Pay.

For staff and students, however, the cheapest option is a bus pass. Students are able to purchase the Student Unirider online now from the Stagecoach website. The Unirider bus pass will also be available to purchase from the bus located on campus from Arrivals Weekend for 2 weeks.

Staff are eligible for either the Canterbury or Southeast Megarider at a reduced rate. Using the Southeast Megarider, staff can travel around Kent and East Sussex for as little as £1.45 a day.

For more information, or to apply for a bus pass, please visit our bus webpages.

 

Car park and road updates

Canterbury campus

Welcome week marquee (Eliot car park, Canterbury)

  • Monday 17- Tuesday 25 September- Eliot car park will be closed while the welcome week activities marquee is in place, as requested by Kent Union.

Gulbenkian show (Central Visitor pay & display car park, Canterbury)

  • Tuesday 18- Friday 21 September- 15 bays will be closed in the Central Visitor pay & display car park, as requested by the Gulbenkian for their show.

Coach parking (Oaks car park and Giles Lane car park, Canterbury)

  • Sunday 2- Friday 14 September- The section of Giles Lane car park behind Woolf will be closed for coach parking, as requested by the Conference Office.
  • Wednesday 12- Monday 17 September- Oaks car park will be closed for coach parking as requested by the Conference Office.

Medway campus

There are no known car park disruptions to Medway campus for the next two weeks. Any disruptions that we are made aware of will be updated on the transport events calendar

Signage cleaning and maintenance

From 10 September for approximately two days Estates are contracting DMA Signs to clean the signage across Canterbury campus.

The car park and pedestrian maps are being updated this week to show changes to the campus such as the Park Wood Kent Union Student Hub, Chipperfield building and the location of the new Economics building.

A new car park map will be introduced in Giles Lane car park.

New monoliths were installed at Medway in August.

Giles Lane car park update- 22 August 2018

Work on Giles Lane car park has been progressing well. The car park is now lined and low level fences have been installed.

We are waiting for the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) barriers to be delivered and installed and to receive the associated ANPR software.

Giles Lane car park will be reopened (without the ANPR barriers) this weekend to assist with bOing festival. Final adjustments may be required in the car park following bOing, so the car park will be officially open to pink permit holders from Wednesday 29 August. Temporary signage will be in place.

The design of the car park is two lanes of traffic in and out. The design of the car park directs drivers in a zig zag format around the car park to manage the one-way traffic flow. Please see image of design.

The overflow car park will be closed once Giles Lane car park reopens.

Parking and road updates – Canterbury and Medway

Canterbury campus

Hedge cutting (Park Wood Courts and Central Visitor car parks, Canterbury)

  • Monday 20 – Friday 24 August- Approximately 12 bays will be closed in Park Wood courts car parks for hedge cutting, as requested by Estates Grounds Maintenance. Parking bays will be reopened as each area is finished.
  • Thursday 23 August- Approximately 25 bays will be closed in the Central Visitor car park in the morning while hedges are cut by Estates Grounds Maintenance.

bOing! festival (Rutherford car park, Canterbury)

  • Thursday 23- Monday 27 August- 16 bays will be closed on Thursday for delivery of scaffolding relating to bOing! Festival. On Friday, approximately 16 further bays will be closed to allow set up for bOing! as requested by the Gulbenkian. Accessible bays are being temporarily relocated within the Rutherford car park. The car park will reopen after the bank holiday on Tuesday.

Giles Lane car park closure (Giles Lane car park, Canterbury)

  • Monday 9 July- Wednesday 29 August- Giles Lane car park will be reopening (without the ANPR barriers) this weekend to assist bOing! festival and then officially reopen to pink permit holders Wednesday 29 August. For more information see our Giles Lane car park changes webpage.

Coach parking (Oaks car park and Giles Lane car park, Canterbury)

  • Sunday 2- Friday 14 September- The section of Giles Lane car park behind Woolf will be closed for coach parking, as requested by the Conference Office.
  • Wednesday 12- Monday 17 September- Oaks car park will be closed for coach parking as requested by the Conference Office.

Medway campus

There are no known car park disruptions to Medway campus for the next two weeks. Any disruptions that we are made aware of will be updated on the transport events calendar