Park View

Overview

Located right on campus and next door to the University Sports Centre, this £75 million development offers modern, spacious flats across six residence buildings designed just for undergraduates. You’ll find the top-notch facilities include two on-site laundries, a central common room with gaming area, and dedicated study spaces.

Typical bedrooms layout

Facilities

Our facilities include:

WiFi
TV (licence included*)
multi-use common room
on-site laundrette
indoor bicycle storage
CCTV/entryphone

Take a look at our ‌Accommodation Overview‌ (PDF: 75KB) to see how this residence compares to others.

* If you bring your own TV or watch using a personal electronic device, you will need to purchase your own licence.

Lifestyle

This £75 million development provides 1,261 self-catered en-suite bedrooms (each with a four-foot bed) in four, six, seven and eight-bedroom flats, as well as 16 single studios across six residential buildings.

Each of the flats includes a spacious communal kitchen/lounge with a flat-screen TV which is the perfect space to socialise. Outside of your flat, you will have the opportunity to meet students from other buildings in our multi-use common room, which includes a gaming area, as well as spaces for socialising and studying. You will also benefit from an on-site laundry.

If you would like to order essential items such as bedding, stationery, cutlery, etc. to be delivered to your residence ready for your arrival, you can visit our preferred partner UniKitOut (with a 10% discount with the code NU10).

Please note that building works are being carried out at the nearby Sports Centre and academic building, and as such noise from the site may be experienced during your stay. If you are noise sensitive, you might want to take this into consideration before applying to stay in this accommodation.

Access and Safety

This accommodation is spread across six buildings of four to 10 floors, with lifts provided in each building. There are on-site entry-phone systems and CCTV. We take the safety of our students very seriously and Estates Security Officers patrol our accommodation to ensure your peace of mind.

A Residences Manager is responsible for Residential Services as well as welfare and discipline and a Customer Services Manager is responsible for Reception Services

Residences Manager: Helen Davis
Supported by: Grant Jackson

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Location

Park View is located on campus, next to the University Sports Centre and within 10 minutes’ walk to the city centre.

Address

Park View
Park View Student Village
Richardson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4BS

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Public transport information

By bus

Bus companies operate a service to Park View from the city centre.

For up-to-date information on public transport please use the journey planner. You will need to enter your arrival point in Newcastle in the Travel From field and enter 'Richardson Road (Spital Tongues)' in the Travel To field. You will be given details of which services operate.

For bus times and fares refer to Nexus Travel Line at www.nexus.org.uk or contact them by telephone on 0871 200 2233.

Calls to this number will cost 10 pence a minute from a landline and considerably more from a mobile.

By train

From Newcastle Central Station you can take the Metro (rapid transit system) to the Haymarket Metro station.

The Metro runs every five minutes during the day and Park View is 15 minutes’ walk from the Haymarket.

Taxis are also available from both the Central Station and Haymarket.

By air

Newcastle International Airport is about seven miles northwest of Newcastle University.

A taxi from the Airport will take about 15 minutes, costing approximately £15.

You can also travel by Metro to the Haymarket which will take about 25 minutes; Park View is 15 minutes’ walk from the Haymarket.

Taxis are also available from Haymarket.

Cost

Find out how much it costs to stay with us.

Your Contract

Park View is University-owned accommodation.

2019-2020 residents

The contract is a fixed term period of 40 weeks (22 September 2019 to 28 June 2020) and will cover the duration of the academic year. Rents are charged per day, so if your contract differs to the standard dates (i.e. earlier arrival), you will incur additional accommodation charges at the relevant daily rate.

All utility bills are included (with the exception of the studio rooms), WiFi is free and we also provide Personal Possessions Insurance.

Find out more about how to pay your rent.

Type of Room	Weekly Rate (2019/20)	Annual Rate (40 weeks)
1,261 single with en-suite	£137.13	£5,485.20
16 single studios	£169.75*	£6,790*

*Excludes utility fees which will be charged in addition to weekly rent, based on actual usage. In the past, the approximate cost based on average use was £5 per month.

2020-2021 residents

Our updated pricing for students staying with us from September 2020 will be published soon.

Accessible Rooms

Our accommodation is accessible to all and we support students who have particular needs or disabilities

We have four accessible studios which are fully equipped with a wardrobe with a drop-down hanging rail, manual height adjustable desk with mobile drawer unit and moveable bedside cabinet, together with a fire alarm strobe warning light and alarm pull cord system. The bedrooms are also provided with a fixed height bedframe. The studios each have their own integrated kitchen, with an ‘L’ shaped manually adjustable worktop, complete with shallow draft sink and drainer, four ring hob, all with easy reach controls. There is a lower level combination microwave oven, with its own pull-out transfer tray below and a standalone mobile trolley storage unit.

For students who prefer to share their living space, all of our seven-bed flats have one accessible en-suite study bedroom which is fully equipped with a wardrobe with a drop-down hanging rail, a fixed-height bedframe, height adjustable desk with mobile drawer unit and moveable bedside cabinet, together with a fire alarm strobe warning light and alarm pull cord system.

Communal kitchens include an area of manually adjustable worktop with a shallow draft sink and four ring hob, all with easy reach controls. There is a lower level combination microwave oven, with its own pull-out transfer tray below and a standalone mobile trolley storage unit. The communal areas within these flats are also suitable for wheelchair access.

Windows to accessible rooms and studios have the benefit of mechanically operated window openers for ease of use. All accessible rooms have an en-suite equipped with a fully accessible level access shower, thermostatic shower with an adjustable head, hinged shower seat, accessible toilet and grab rails located throughout.

Disabled refuge points are available on each staircase landing area with intercom and there is an emergency evacuation lift in all of the buildings.

All our emergency pull-cord alarms are connected directly to our reception and are monitored by Estate Security Service when reception is closed.

For further information on our accessible accommodation, see our Access for All‌‌ (PDF: 85KB).

Virtual Tour

Watch the video below for a student-led tour of Park View

For an alternative 360 degree tour of this accommodation, visit this link.

Use your mouse or finger to click/tap the video and move it to look around.

Reception

Find out about getting in touch with your reception.

Contact information

Park View
Park View Student Village
Richardson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4BS

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8445
Email: park.view@ncl.ac.uk

Customer Services Manager: Sian Crossey (Mon-Wed), Louise Small (Thur-Fri)

Assistant Customer Services Manager: James Croydon

Customer Services Team Leader: Robbie Carruthers

Reception opening times

Due to coronavirus restrictions on face-to-face contact, all receptions are currently operating a phone/email service only. At Park View, this service is open Monday-Friday, 10.00-16.00.

Outside of opening times

If you require assistance outside of reception opening hours, please contact Estate Security Service on +44 (0) 191 208 6817.