Thank you for booking to stay at Park Group Halls at the University of Reading while enjoying the Reading Festival. Here is some important information about your stay.
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Please note Key collection is from Park Group Reception (Windsor Hall) from 8.30am-5pm daily. Reception is building 202 in yellow on the campus map.
For guests, who have not stayed with us before, please note that Park Group Reception is located on the ground floor of Windsor Hall – please consult the map (building 202) or use our new walking routes platform to get you from the car park to the reception. You can access the walking tour here and it gives you the option to view before your arrival with a much faster walk-through or you can use it once you have arrived for walking pace directions.
You can check in from 8.30am to 5pm daily.
For out of hours check in, please call 0800 029 1984 whilst at the entrance of the Park Group reception. This will go through to the reception team who will provide you you’re your room key and direct you to your accommodation.
Please note on Saturday 24th August, there is a planned electrical shut down in our area which will affect our reception. Reception will be closed from 1pm to 2pm for the shut down so please either arrive early or after this time to avoid any delay to providing you with your keys.
Park Group Reception is staffed from 8.30am to 5pm and can be contacted on the Halls Hotline 08000 291 984.
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Please note, there is no luggage storage facility. If you have a car parked, you are welcome to leave it on campus (with the parking permit) and collect your car later on that day.
Please note, there is a charge for lost key cards and/or room keys.
Fast free Wi-Fi is available in all halls. In order to connect you will need to scan for available Wi-Fi networks and select Glide from the list. Once the Glide network is selected you will need to open a web browser, you should be re-directed to the Glide Welcome screen. Click get started. For the free broadband product click register, you will be automatically re-directed to a registration page. Complete all fields and choose a memorable username and password, once registration is successful a confirmation screen will be displayed and you will be logged in automatically. You will also receive an email confirming your username. Should you experience any problems please get in touch with Glide directly on 0333 123 0115 and they will be able to help.
Please note the accommodation you have booked is a Halls of Residence small double premium en-suite room situated within the Park Group on the Whiteknights campus. Each bedroom has a 4 ft wide bed, set for double occupancy as shown below.
Your room will be one of an eight or ten bedroom flat each containing a shared self-catered kitchen/diner, which you can share with other festival ‘flatmates’
The shared self-catered kitchen comes equipped with a toaster, kettle (tea/coffee, sugar & mugs provided), microwave and fridge – please note NO kitchen utensils/crockery are provided
Free campus parking is included with your stay. Please download the parking permit above and display within your vehicle, please refer to the campus map for parking locations (Car Park 1a or 2).
For information on traveling to Reading by train, please visit the Great Western Railway website to start planning your journey. To get from the station you will need to take the number 21 bus which stops directly on campus, a single ticket fare will cost approximately £2.00. The 21-bus stand is located next to the RailAir coach stand on Blagrave Street. Reading Train station is approximately 2.5 miles from the Whiteknights campus.
Explore the option of traveling to and from the festival by bus, with regular bus services which stop directly on campus you can find out further information on the Reading Buses website. You may also find the campus bus stop locator helpful.