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Prospective Students
Thinking about coming to Lancaster? Find out what it's like to be a member of Lonsdale College.
Welcome Week
Welcome Week – sometimes known as freshers' week – takes place in the week before the start of term. It includes a range of social and academic events designed to help ease you in to University life.
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Life in Lonsdale
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Accommodation
Lonsdale consists of 776 bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms rooms for undergraduates, creating for a diverse environment, whether you are from the UK or overseas, post or pre-qualification, a school leaver or a mature returner to higher education. We've recently upgraded many of our kitchens, pictures of which you can see in our mini-gallery below.
For more information please, see the Accommodation website.
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Seating area
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Spacious design
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Plenty of storage
College facilities
At the heart of Lonsdale is our very own bar, the Red Lion. The bar is used for events throughout the year and includes two match-quality pool tables. There is also a table tennis table and football table to use.
On the first floor we have a study room with book swap, computer room with printers and study space. On the ground floor we have a kitchen with facilities for all students to use, particularly off campus students.
College Facilities![Lonsdale Bar](/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/colleges/lonsdale/lonsdalebar400x300.jpg)
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Sports and social
The College has several sports teams that compete in College leagues over the first and second terms. Try-outs for Football and Netball are normally held during the first few weeks of term.
We also run dozens of different social events across campus and in town to cater for all of our students. Recent examples include day trips to Manchester and Liverpool, comedy nights in the bar, movie nights plus of course our annual Winter Ball.
Sports & SocialInter-college competitions
As a Lancaster student, you can take part in many different inter-college competitions as part of Team Lonsdale. These include the Sustainability Challenge, the Debating Competition, the hotly-contested Inter-College Quiz and new for 2023/2024 the Speed Chess competition.
Competitions![Charity challenge team](/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/colleges/lonsdale/lonsdalecharitychallengeteam400x300.jpg)
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Manon Williams, JCR President
“Lonsdale is a vibrant college with a strong community spirit and sense of college pride. We have an inclusive social sphere suitable for everyone – the atmosphere of our sport events is unrivalled and we definitely know how to throw a great party. We’re really just a big family, and we look forward to giving our newest members a welcome they’ll never forget. Before welcome week is through, we’ll have you bleeding blue!”