Find your community
Whether you live onsite or travel in daily, there’s always something to get involved in during your time at University Centre Sparsholt. Our campus team organise a range of social events and activities throughout the year for residential and non‑residential students, including:
- Freshers Fayre
- Student quizzes
- End of year summer BBQ and sports day
- Charity events such as karaoke, foam parties, bar bingo, quizzes, pool or darts competitions
- Freshers, Halloween, Christmas and Summer balls
Join a club or society
Current clubs and societies include:
- Wildlife Recording
- Photography
- Invertebrate
- Mature students
- Book Club
- Spectrum
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Equine Research Academy
- Equine First Aid
- Wellness Café
- Fish Geeks
- Alternative Music Society
- Queer Corner
- Fishing Club
- Football Club
Stay active
Our onsite gym offers student membership for a great price and is open from 7am to 10pm for before or after class visits. Students living in University of Winchester halls of residence will also have full access to University of Winchester’s onsite gym.
Get involved
Be the student voice for your course and year group by signing up to our student representative programme. Join our friendly student ambassador team and help at marketing and industry events onsite. Further roles through our study coach and buddy system are also available to offer help and support to first year students.
Local events and more
Hampshire is home to some of the largest festivals in the UK including Boomtown and Victorious Festival, as well as local attractions such as Marwell Zoo, Bombay Sapphire Distillery and the Hawk Conservancy Trust. Sports fans can also enjoy county cricket at the Utilita Bowl and football at St Mary’s Stadium along with a range of other sports. The county is bursting with incredible events, scenery and two outstanding National Parks, the South Downs and the New Forest.
A location to love
You can choose to live on Sparsholt campus close to teaching facilities, or in the nearby city of Winchester.
Home to historic Winchester Cathedral and the world‑famous Christmas market, Winchester also offers lots of thriving bars and restaurants to cater for all tastes and budgets. Popular city activities include ghost walks, cinema trips and escape rooms!
Winchester benefits from great transport links via the train to London, Bournemouth and beyond! Don’t forget Winchester is also less than 30 minutes away from Southampton Airport.
Our countryside campus offers free car parking and is just three miles from Winchester and a short drive to the New Forest and the coast.
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