Arrival: Making Your Own Way

Arriving by Road

For students arriving by road, an online route planner is available to help you find directions to University residences. You may also wish to check out the Transport direct website which offers a detailed door-to-door route planner, even including walking routes directly to your new accommodation!

If you're driving to Aberdeen, the following information will be useful for sat-navs and route finders:

• University postcode - AB24 3FX
• Hillhead postcode - AB24 1WU

Please note that car parking is very limited and as such, you will be unable to park on the King's Campus during working hours between Monday and Friday. During these hours, you will be allowed to drop items at the Halls of Residence but will have to park off-campus. There is no desginated resident parking on campus at Crombie Johnston, Elphinstone Road Flats, or King's Hall. There is limited resident parking at Hillhead Halls of Residence. For further information about parking and parking permits, please visit the University's Parking web pages. The

First-class roads carry fast coach services linking Aberdeen with the UK's major cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow and London. Competitive return fares, using Student Travelcard schemes, make coach travel popular with students.

In general, the earlier you book your travel the cheaper the price will be. For more information on coach timetables and prices check out www.megabus.co.uk, or www.nationalexpress.co.uk. See below for directions from the bus station to your Halls of Residence.

From the Airport

Aberdeen airport is very easy to navigate and airport staff will be on hand to help if you have any problems. More information can be found on the Aberdeen Airport website.

The airport is located at Dyce, about 7 miles from the centre of Aberdeen. There's a taxi rank at the airport, and a fare from the airport to the University will cost approximately £20.

Alternatively you can take the bus. The 727 and 220 services to Aberdeen bus station run regularly, and travel time is around 35 minutes. For directions from the bus station to your Halls of Residence, see below.

From the Bus/Train Station

The Aberdeen Bus station and Train station are next door to each other on Guild Street, in the centre of town.

• To University Campus, Crombie-Johnston, King's Hall & Elphinstone Halls

From the bus station, take the Stagecoach Bluebird bus number 50 or 51 or 260 or 267 to the University Road stop, journey time approximately 7 minutes. Walk onto Regent Walk to get to the centre of campus. Alternatively, you could walk to Union Street or Broad Street from the station, journey time approximately 8 minutes. Catch First Bus number 20 direct to the Halls.

• To Unite apartments Firestation, Spring Garden & Mealmarket Street

From the bus station, take the Stagecoach Bluebird bus number 50 or 51 or 260 or 267 to Mealmarket Street or the Jasmine Terrace stop for Firestation & Spring Garden. Please note that Spring Garden is a 6-minute walk from the Jasmine Terrace stop.

• To Hillhead Halls & Unite New Carnegie Court

From the bus station, walk to Union Street or Broad Street, journey time approximately 8 minutes. Catch First Bus number 20 direct to the Halls. Note that First Bus operate an exact-change policy.