Bodington Hall

Bodington Hall is a site owned by the University of Leeds, which contains the university's main playing fields and its largest halls of residence. [ [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/accommodation/bodington_catered/index.htm University of Leeds Accommodation ] ] It is also used for conferences. [ [http://www.universallyleeds.co.uk/bodingtonhall.html Universally Leeds - Bodington Hall ] ] Known as "Bod" within the university it is located between Lawnswood and Adel, approximately 4 miles north of the main campus. Bodington is mainly used to house first year undergraduate students.

The site opened in October 1961, [ [http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20031029_70711917 Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display ] ] and was completed by 1963. [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sports/documents/campus_walks/historical_timeline.ppt] It was named after Sir Nathan Bodington, the first Vice Chancellor of the university. [ [http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200654_161267 Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds - Display ] ]

In November 2007, the University Council made the decision to sell Bodington Hall in the next four years, as the accommodation is in need of refurbishment, and replace it with accommodation closer to the university campus. [ [http://campus.leeds.ac.uk/newsincludes/newsitem5217.htm Campusweb | On the campus news item ] ]

Accommodation

Bodington houses 700 catered students and 500 self-catered students with up to 120 students in each of its 16 houses.

List of houses

*Barbier & Centre Barbier
*Bragg
*Clapham
*Evans
*Grant
*Hey
*Lattimore
*Mackey
*McClurkin
*Mortain
*Seton
*Vaughan
*Walsh
*Whewell
*Woodsley [ [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/union/socs/vietnamese/accommondationcatering.html Vietnamese Society at Leeds ] ] [ [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bodington/wardens.html Bodington Hall, University of Leeds ] ]

Facilities

The site's sports facilities include squash courts, and football and rugby fields. There is a dining room on the site with a capacity of 350. Other facilities include a games room, music room, shop and the Bodington Bar.

Transport

Bodington is served by regular bus services to the main campus and city centre, on First Leeds route 95. It offers more car parking spaces per student compared to many other University of Leeds accommodation.Bodington was proposed to be a terminus of the now cancelled Leeds Supertram, and a park and ride would have been built on part of the site. [http://www.wypta.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/897FE849-D9E0-4713-8DCB-DF4C6C10BAB2/0/DEWG2NOVEMBER2006ITEM5.pdf] An extension of the route was proposed to continue to Holt Park. More recently, West Yorkshire Metro has proposed a trolleybus service for the route. [http://www.wymetro.com/News/070614-2.htm]

References

External links

* [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/accommodation/bodington_catered Leeds University - Bodington Catered]
* [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/accommodation/bodington_self-catering Leeds University - Bodington Self-Catered]