Work on Giles Lane car park is progressing well. The main curb lines have been installed and tarmacking starts this week.
A large conference group (Canterbury Retreat) are leaving the campus on Wednesday 8 August, therefore more parking will become available within the Park Wood Courts car parks.
See our interactive parking map for information on parking zone and capacity.
Canterbury campus
Giles Lane car park closure (Giles Lane car park, Canterbury)
Canterbury Retreat (Purchas Court 1-16 car park, Canterbury)
Rothford car park closure (Rothford car park, Canterbury)
Medical Centre parking (University Medical Centre, Canterbury)
Medway campus
Community Speed Watch scheme (Mast Pond, Dockyard)
Any further parking or road updates to Medway campus that we are made aware of will be updated on the transport events calendar
Arriva student and staff University discounted bus passes are valid for all Arriva buses in Medway, Kent and East Sussex. See full map for how far you can travel on your bus pass. This includes Maidstone and Gravesend. You can also catch the 700 bus from Chatham to Bluewater shopping centre.
Check out the Arriva webpage for more suggestions of places to shop, eat and drink that you can get to by using the Arriva discounted bus pass.
Remember that all staff and students have access to the promotional codes to purchase these tickets- not only Medway students and staff.
Did you know that Student Unirider bus tickets and staff South East Megarider tickets are valid for any Stagecoach bus in Kent and East Sussex? See the full map for how far you can travel on your bus pass.
Canterbury is one of Stagecoach’s main bus stations and therefore connects many different towns in Kent, making it easy to explore the area. This includes coastal towns like Margate, Ramsgate and Sandwich.
Remember that these tickets are available to all staff and students- not only Canterbury students and staff.
The University of Kent supports and encourages staff, students, and visitors in using bicycles as a means of transport to and from campus. To promote this initiative, the University has provided a number of designated cycle racks. To make sure all cycle shelters are maintained, Waste and Recycling are in the process of cleaning the shelters on campus. The work is expected to be completed before the start of the academic year.
Each shelter and cycle rack on campus has been numbered and a round metal disc has been installed beside it showing the number. The cycle map on our website has been updated with the numbers. When reporting an abandoned bicycle or requesting access, please quote the corresponding number for the shelter or rack.
For access to the cycle shelters, please come to the Security and Transport Centre, where we can grant access for all card access shelters, except those within Turing.
Buying Stagecoach’s dayrider and megarider tickets will soon be cheaper on the app.
From July 29, Stagecoach will be changing their pricing structure. You will be able to 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.
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 a full list of the new dayrider and megarider tickets, please visit the Stagecoach bus app website, or, to download the app, go to the App store or Google Play.
For staff and students, however, the cheapest option is a bus pass. Students will be able to get the Unirider bus pass from September.
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 discount webpages.
The works in the Giles Lane car park are progressing well. The pink zone is in the process of being levelled and drainage and data cable routes are being dug. 100% of the waste produced by the works is being sent outside of the University to be recycled.
Overflow parking
To enable us to provide sufficient parking for everyone, we are working in partnership with Kent Sport to have overflow parking available once the bays in the Park Wood car parks are full. There are two over flow car parks, both accessed via Park Wood Road:
Both overflow car parks are signposted on Park Wood Road. Please ensure all your visitors issued with an e-permit are aware that parking is busy on campus at the moment and notify them of all the parking areas. Details on visitor parking are on our web pages. If you are planning an event on campus over the summer which will require parking for visitors please contact the Transport team as soon as possible to discuss your requirements.
The use of the overflow car parks is weather dependent. We will keep you updated via Transport News on our website and our twitter page (@unikent_travel) if there are any changes to this.
If there are no car parking spaces available in the overflow car park, please try the Park Wood courts. Our interactive parking map shows all the car parks on campus, with information on the number of bays in each area.
If you are struggling to find a parking space, please call Campus Security (01227 823300) who may be able to look on the CCTV and advise you where parking is available.
25 July – 8 August 2018
There will be a large number of families staying in the Park Wood Courts accommodation over this period. Please take extra care and drive slowly in Park Wood as there will be children running around and playing in this area, including on the roadways. Please note that the speed limit on Park Wood Road itself is a maximum of 20 miles per hour.
During this period the Oaks car park will be reopened to staff, student and visitor permit holders. We will continue to assess whether this area is needed for coach and minibus parking and will advise accordingly.
Canterbury Campus
Giles Lane car park closure (Giles Lane car park, Canterbury)
Canterbury Retreat (Purchase Court 1-16 car park, Canterbury)
Oaks Coach and Minibus park (Oaks Car Park, Canterbury)
Rothford car park closure (Rothford car park, Canterbury)
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.
Parkwood Road will be closed from Monday 23 June to Tuesday 24 June. This is due to urgent repairs and cabling works which need to be carried out.
For those two days, the one way system will allow two way traffic to give access to the car parks coming off of Park Wood road. We will not lose any parking spaces as a result of the closure.
Buses will be unable to serve Parkwood during the works.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
For more information on car park closures please see the Staff and Student Transport Calendar.
Unibuses will not be serving bus stops along Park Wood road from Monday 23 June to Tuesday 24 June. This is due to urgent repairs and cabling works which need to be carried out.
All car parks coming off Park Wood road will still be accessible and the alternative route will be signposted.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
