Top Reasons to Attend University in Coventry

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• Coventry University
• The University of Warwick

• Town-gown relations are generally relaxed, and entertainment is in plentiful supply. Students from the two universities rarely cross paths. Warwick's tend to stay on campus and prefer Kenilworth and Leamington Spa for off-campus accommodation, although more are now seeking homes in better-value areas of Coventry like Stoke and Earlsdon. Coventry's students make the most of the city centre, which complements their own sports centre and students' union.

Getting around

• There is a good bus service with special student rates between the city and Warwick University. The area is good for cycling and walking.
• London is 86 miles away, and trains take 1 hour 15 minutes; Birmingham is less than 30 minutes away. Birmingham International Airport is 20 minutes by train. Coventry airport also provides passenger flights to many European destinations.

Attractions for students

Sport

• Coventry City Football Club plays at the Ricoh Arena. This huge complex has a large concert facility, conference space and banqueting hall.
• The city has a basketball team, the Coventry Crusaders and a very successful ice-hockey team: the Coventry Blaze.
• Coventry Rugby Club has moved to its new ground at the Butts Arena. Coventry Sports Centre includes a 50-meter Olympic standard pool. Speedway is available in the city and there is an ice rink.

Culture and nightlife

• Cinema lovers are well catered for between the city centre Odeon complex, Warwick University's  Film Theatre, and the edge-of-city Showcase Cinema.
• The newly expanded Belgrade Theatre offers musicals, pantomime and traditional theatre in two performance spaces, whilst the Warwick Arts Centre plays host to popular music, dance, classical concerts and opera. It is also home to the Mead Gallery.
• The Coventry Transport Museum holds the largest collection of British transport in the world, while the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, another facility nearing the end of a multi-million revamp, is also worth a visit.
• The Cathedral quarter links old and new Coventry and has been revived with a range of pubs, cafés and restaurants. Spon Street houses reconstructed medieval buildings as well as a major club complex and stands close to another new area for bars and restaurants, currently under development.

Shopping

• Coventry has a traditional indoor market and Britain's first city centre IKEA store. The West Orchards and Lower Precinct shopping centrs houses all the usual high street names, whilst out-of-town shopping is provided at the Central Six and Arena retail parks. 
• Much of the city centre is pedestrianised. Specialist shops can be found on medieval Spon Street, Hertford Street and in the City Arcade.

Proximity to the city centre

• Coventry University – purpose-built campus in the city centre.
• University of Warwick – modern campus about 3 miles from the city centre.

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