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We are extremely lucky in Cartmel to have a very high standard of on-campus accommodation. There are exactly 99 flats in Cartmel, split between 15 blocks, or houses as they are often called. Most flats have 8 study bedrooms, with one shared kitchen, although there are a small number of flats with only 6 bedrooms. Every room in Cartmel has its own en-suite shower room. Flats are normally mixed gender, and shared between some freshers, and some continuing students – although sometimes a block is designated as a ‘fresher block‘, in which case everyone in the building will be a first year student. It varies year by year.

Block and Kitchen Reps

Your block posters may not look as good as this one!

Each block has it’s own block rep. The block rep is a member of the JCR Exec who is responsible for ensuring that the members of their block are informed about JCR events such as socials, sporting events and other important news. The principle way in which this is communicated is via a block poster, which you should be able to find on your block noticeboard each week. They are usually changed on Sunday evening, or Monday morning.

To assist the block reps during freshers week, and to ensure that everyone settles in as quickly as possible, you will also meet your kitchen rep – hopefully on arrival day! These are friendly students who want to help you make the transition to university life, and Cartmel College! They’ll be about to help and answer questions during freshers week and for the first few weeks of term.

When you meet them they should give you some contact details should you be in need of some urgent advice or if there is something you need to know and cannot wait until they next pop around. If your kitchen rep cannot help, then chances are they will know someone who will, so don’t worry about asking stupid questions – they too probably asked the same during their freshers week!

Hopefully by the time your kitchen rep disappears you won’t notice as you will be enjoying yourself too much and settled in to college life so well already!

To find out who your block and kitchen reps are, take a look at the page for your own block, from the Blocks section.

Post

The postal address is the same for all Cartmel College residents. You do not need to give out your house and room number, except if you are purchasing a service such as a TV License or insurance product, where the company will need to know this information. The postal address is as follows:

Cartmel College,
Lancaster University,
Ellel,
Lancaster,
Lancashire,
LA2 0LT

More information about mail collection is available on the college facilities page.

Example study bedroom

Above is a photo of a normal room in Cartmel. The vast majority of the accommodation available is very similar to this example. If you have any specific questions about the accommodation, you can get in contact with our College and Residence Officer; Edwina Greenfield, who will be able to answer any accommodation related enquiries.

Residence map

The above map shows all of the houses which make up Cartmel’s on campus accommodation. Houses 55, 56, 50, 51, 47 and 48 share views across the countryside and surrounding area, whilst houses 20-23 are a bit closer to the main routes onto Campus. Houses 46 and 49 are within closest staggering distance from the Bar and Barker House Farm.