LogoOrigins of Lancaster University

In November 1961 the Government announced that the new university of the North-West was to be at Lancaster after fierce competition from all parts of the county.

New universities had been announced at Sussex, Essex, East Anglia, Kent, Warwick and York. The siting of the university at Lancaster solved the problems of the large area of the country between the Mersey and the Clyde left without a university.

The Beginning

The first batch of 330 students were admitted in October 1964. They travelled each day from digs and flats in Morecambe to the Univesity's temporary base at St Leonard's House, a converted Waring and Gillow warehouse in the centre of the city.

Colleges

Today students live in residencies situated in the nine colleges:

It was reported that the locals in Lancaster were very happy with this news!
Lancaster City council welcomed the income they would receive.

 

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