Wolfson College

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Linton Road. Tel. (01865) 274100

Wolfson College Website

Overview: Wolfson is a graduate college located in modern buildings in North Oxford. It is about 20 minutes from the University Science Area, and 30 minutes from the city centre.

College Site: There is a large car park from which there is flat access to the main entrance, Porters' Lodge and pigeon holes. From the Porters' Lodge there is flat access to virtually all the rooms.

A flat access passageway leads from the Main Quad (to the left and rear of the Porters' Lodge) to a lavatory (door 850mm, transfer space 900mm, fixed handrails), to the buttery, and a TV Room. The computer room is also off this passageway, but it is +1, +1 stairs. Straight ahead from the Porters' Lodge there are +8 stairs to the Dining Hall, but there is a lift (door 760mm width 1220mm length 1640mm), which gives flat access to this and to all other levels of the main building. The Haldane Room and the Hall (which has moveable chairs and an adjustable table) are on level H and have flat access. There is also flat access to the lower common room and the lower library from level three. Level four gives flat access to the upper common room.

From level one, the bar is -1 stair and there is flat access to the laundry, which is 70m from the lift. There is a satellite TV room in the Main Quad, which has flat access from the Porters' Lodge.

Accommodation: Accommodation, either in college or in adjoining out-buildings is offered to all students and their families in their first year. Accommodation consists mainly of three and four study bedroom apartments, each with a communal living area, kitchen, bathroom and shower. There are also several married flats, and two and three bedroom houses for families.

Wolfson is well endowed with adapted accommodation. There are three adapted ground floor bedrooms in the Gandy Building, with adapted switches, low keyholes and low beds. These rooms have an adjacent bathroom, door 800mm, a low sink, a flat access shower with a seat, and lavatory with transfer space 800mm. There is also a kitchen nearby. In the Main Building there are two flats (bedroom, sitting room, toilet, bathroom, kitchen) with flat access. One of them has a Braille cooker and low switches although the toilet and bath are not adapted. One of the Guest Rooms also has adapted facilities.

Catering: The Dining Hall is open for lunch and dinner from Monday to Friday and for Saturday lunch throughout the year, except when the College closes for about ten days at both Christmas and Easter. Breakfast is not provided. Meal charges to graduate students are moderate, and subsidised by the College. All the residents in single rooms have access to kitchens. The married and family accommodation is self-contained with kitchens and bathrooms.