On Campus Open Day travel and parking
To find out which campus you should visit, please first check the course you're interested in studying. Then you'll be able to view campus-specific travel information depending on the course you're interested in.
Frenchay Campus
The campus you visit for an Open Day depends on the course you're interested in. Please use our course search to find out on which campus your course is taught.
Train
Bristol Parkway is the nearest station to Frenchay Campus. There are free shuttle buses to pick you up and drop you at our Frenchay Campus. Shuttle buses pick up at Bristol Parkway from 08:00–13:00. Drop off will be all day until 16:15.
Bristol Temple Meads will also have shuttle buses running to Frenchay Campus from 08:00 with the last return at 16:00.
Parking
After you've registered, we'll email you in the days leading up to the Open Day with information about which campus entrance to use – North or East. You can also check session information on your tickets for campus and sign-in information.
Parking is free on Open Days — you do not need a permit or pay and display ticket.
If you need accessible parking, please email open@uwe.ac.uk or call us +44 (0)117 32 82162 and we'll take care of this for you.
Buses
If you’re coming by bus, please check TravelWest for timetables and routes.
For more information about bus services to our campuses, please visit Getting to and from UWE Bristol campuses.
National Express, Megabus and Flixbus all serve Frenchay Campus.
Travel discounts
We've teamed up with transport providers to offer discounted bus, coach and train travel to your Open Day.
Map
Want to feel prepared? Download our handy Frenchay Campus Open Day map (PDF). It shows your sign-in point and will help you find your way around on the day.
Glenside Campus
The campus you visit for Open Day depends on the course you're interested in. Please use our course search to find out on which campus your course is taught.
Train
Bristol Parkway is the nearest train station to Glenside. There are free shuttle buses to pick you up and drop you at our Glenside Campus from 08:00–13:00 and return all day until 16:00.
Parking
Please use the postcode UWE Glenside BS16 1DD.
Parking is free on our Open Days and our friendly staff will be there to guide you on the day.
If you need accessible parking, please email open@uwe.ac.uk or call us on +44 (0)117 32 82162 and we'll take care of this for you.
Buses
If you’re coming by bus, please check TravelWest for timetables and routes.
For more information about bus services to our campuses, please visit Getting to and from UWE Bristol campuses.
Travel discounts
We've teamed up with transport providers to offer discounted bus, coach and train travel to your Open Day.
Map
Want to feel prepared? Download our handy Glenside Campus Open Day map (PDF). It shows your sign-in point and will help you find your way around on the day.
City Campus
The campus you visit for Open Day depends on the course you're interested in. Please use our course search to find out on which campus your course is taught.
Train
Bristol Temple Meads is the nearest train station to all City Campus sites. There are free shuttle buses to take you to our Bower Ashton Campus, where all courses will begin on the day.
Shuttle buses will run every 30 minutes between 08:30–13:00. Returning from Bower Ashton from 12:00 until 15:30 every 30 minutes.
Parking
Parking is available at the Long Ashton Park and Ride. Please use the postcode BS3 2HB. There are free shuttle buses to take you to and from campus, running every 15 minutes from 08:30 until 16:00.
Blue Badge parking is available at Bower Ashton Campus. Please contact us at Open@uwe.ac.uk.
If you need accessible parking, please email open@uwe.ac.uk or call us on +44 (0)117 32 82162 and we'll take care of this for you.
Buses
If you’re coming by bus, please check TravelWest for timetables and routes.
For more information about bus services to our campuses, please visit Getting to and from UWE Bristol campuses.
There'll also be free shuttle buses from Bower Ashton Campus to our city centre student accommodation. You'll receive a timetable on the day.
Travel discounts
We've teamed up with transport providers to offer discounted bus, coach and train travel to your Open Day.
Map
Want to feel prepared? Download our handy City Campus Open Day map (PDF). It shows your sign-in point and will help you find your way around on the day.
Bristol Zoo Project
Our Integrated Wildlife Conservation FdSc/BSc(Hons) course is taught at Bristol Zoo Project.
Train
Bristol Parkway is the nearest train station to the Zoo.
Please speak to one of our UWE Bristol marshals at the station when you arrive. They’ll order you a free taxi to the Zoo.
After the event at the Zoo, we’ll give you a lift back to Frenchay Campus at 13:00 approximately, so you’ll have the chance to explore our main campus. From Frenchay Campus you can return to Parkway station anytime on our all-day shuttle bus.
Parking
Please use postcode BS10 7TP. There’s a free car park at Bristol Zoo Project. Parking is limited and we cannot guarantee spaces will be available. There’s also limited on-street parking nearby.
Travel discounts
We've teamed up with transport providers to offer discounted bus, coach and train travel to your Open Day.
Travel discounts for Open Days
We’ve teamed up with GWR and National Express to offer discounted travel to your Open Day — and we are giving away free tickets for First Bus travel within the Bristol Zone.
GWR
You’ll get a discount of 20% if you travel to our Open Day with a GWR train service.
- The discounted prices are indicated with a red asterisk.
- The scheme can be combined with the 16-25 Railcard.
- The 20% discount is only available on GWR advance single fare tickets on selected routes and you must select either Bristol Temple Meads or Bristol Parkway station as the destination.
- The origin of the journey must be within the GWR network but advance purchase tickets are not available for short distance journeys.
- For more information and support, please contact GWR directly.
National Express
You’ll get a discount of 30% if you travel to your Open Day with National Express. You can travel from any location to either Bristol Bus and Coach Station in the city centre or UWE Bristol Frenchay Campus.
First Bus
We offer a limited number of free bus tickets for travelling to or from your Open Day. Just email us to request a code. We're giving codes away on a first come, first served basis, so be quick. This offer applies to travel in the city of Bristol only.
You won't need a free bus ticket for travel from Bristol Parkway or Bristol Temple Meads. There will be free shuttle buses from these rail stations to the Open Day.
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