Travel and Parking on Graduation Day

Travel and Parking for UON ceremonies

Please allow enough time when considering your travel. Ceremonies will start at the advertised time and will not be delayed for any missing students or guests.

If you have any concerns regarding travel to your graduation for you and your guests, please feel free to contact us.

Venue Postcode

• Main Campus Entrance, drop-offs only, no parking: NN1 5PH
• Waterside Campus Car Park 4, pre-booked additional needs parking: NN4 8RP
• Royal & Derngate Theatre: NN1 1DP

Students and guests should note that whilst we will try where possible to accommodate any late students and guests this is not always possible. Once the ceremony has begun there are certain areas within the auditorium in which we are unable to seat guests, so late arrivals may be given alternative seating arrangements.

Parking

As parking space is limited at Waterside, parking on campus will only be available to those students and guests with additional needs, and will need to be pre-booked as detailed on the Additional Needs Arrangements for Ceremonies page.

Where you park for the ceremony will depend upon what suits you and your guests best, there are several options available.

Parking in the town centre

The nearest car parks are St John’s Car Park (NN1 1HA) or Midsummer Meadows Car Park (NN1 5NX); both of these are within walking distance (5 – 10 minutes) of the campus. These are pay and display car parks and prices are available on the Council website.

Travelling to Northampton

For travel guidance please see our Travel pages.