Kingston Hill
Kingston Hill campus is home to our business, education, health, music and social care students. Here’s everything you need to know about the campus and its facilities.

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Welcome to Kingston Hill campus
Kingston Hill is a beautiful, leafy site with a mix of modern and historic buildings and a community feel.
The campus boasts a cafe, restaurant and bar, halls of residence, tennis courts, table-tennis tables and an outdoor fitness trail. The learning resources centre includes a cafe, group learning rooms and bookable meeting pods.
This campus is home to Kingston Business School, including a new business incubation space called Kingston Business Innovation Centre. We are also one of only a few universities in the UK to have a real-time Bloomberg trading room.
The Frank Lampl building has a wide range of practical facilities, simulations suites, lecture theatres and teaching spaces for health and social care students.
The Visconti Studio (created with legendary record producer Tony Visconti) is also located on this campus, as well as a large performance studio, five recording studios and two Mac labs.
Kingston Hill facilities
The Kingston Business School building provides a home for Kingston Business School as well as modern teaching and learning spaces for everyone on campus.
The building incorporates many sustainable features including:
- rainwater harvesting
- a Sedum roof
- natural ventilation and low carbon energy use
- renewable energy generation through a ground source heat pump
- additional cycle stands.
The 300-seat Lawley lecture theatre is housed in an eye-catching glass building. Modern and spacious, it's the perfect venue for getting large numbers of business and law students together.
As well as regular student lectures, it's also a popular space for seminars held by business professionals who make use of the facilities during vacation times.
The lecture theatre is fully equipped with multimedia facilities. There is disabled access and it is fitted with an induction loop system.
As well as lecture theatres and other teaching spaces, there's a wide range of practical facilities in the Frank Lampl building.
Clinical skills laboratories
Our innovative clinical skills laboratories house all the equipment nursing and midwifery students need to simulate clinical practice, including clinical equipment and teaching mannequins. This gives students the chance to refine their skills before heading out into the real world.
Practice Learning Suite
The Practice Learning Suite is a purpose-built facility where social work students have the opportunity to learn and to practise key social work skills. All pre-registration social work students are required to undertake 30 days learning practice skills at Kingston University. Social workers undertaking continuing professional development courses develop their assessment and intervention skills and other skills such as mentoring, teaching and providing reflective supervision.
With its friendly atmosphere, Hannafords is the perfect spot to relax with friends. Students can watch live sports on plasma screens, play pool or enjoy a game on the bar's Wii console. The venue also hosts a variety of events, including comedy nights, live music, quiz nights, karaoke and club nights. Additionally, you can enjoy a hot drink, juice or grab a bite at the on-site Subway.
Coombehurst House, a Regency mansion on Kingston Hill, is home to the music department, blending old and new architecture with spacious lawns. It is well-equipped with pianos, percussion, and a large selection of amplification and performance equipment.
Students also have access to computers, electronic equipment, musical software and keyboards. The Visconti Studio features an analogue/digital hybrid setup, including vintage recording equipment and unique instruments like a Mellotron and Hammond organ. Additional teaching and practice rooms are located at Coombehurst Court, with two small recording studios at Coombehurst Lodge.
The Foodstore at Kingston Hill is the ideal place to take a break from your studies, whether you're looking for a quick snack or a full meal. As the main undergraduate canteen, it's a popular meeting point for groups of friends.
The Foodstore starts the day with a hot breakfast service, followed by a range of hot and cold lunch items (including cooked meals, salads and sandwiches). Freshly baked products, healthy snacks, speciality Fairtrade coffee, juices and soft drinks are available all day.
Postgraduate students looking for an alternative to the Foodstore can head to the Centenary Room to grab a bite to eat, which is reserved for postgraduates and staff.
Our students come from many different backgrounds, cultures and faiths. The University supports this diversity through its team of faith advisers.
The Faith and Spirituality Centre is at Penrhyn Road but there are regular drop-in events on other campuses.
At Kingston Hill there are two adjacent prayer rooms for women and men. The prayer rooms are open to all, but mainly used for Muslim prayer. There are also nearby washing facilities in Kenry House.
Accessibility information
This campus is situated on a hill and has three levels. There is a combination of both internal and external lifts and ramps that allow access to areas on the site. There are accessible parking spaces for Blue Badge holders on all three levels on the campus.
You can see detailed accessibility guides for all our sites on the AccessAble website. You can also view our inclusive facilities on our campus map.
Kingston Hill campus map
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Where to find Kingston Hill campus
Kingston University
Kingston Hill
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT2 7LB
United Kingdom
How to get here
Located within easy reach of the town centre, Kingston Hill can be reached easily by public transport.
Trains run regularly from London Waterloo to Norbiton and Kingston stations (four trains per hour midweek, journey times 25–33 minutes). Norbiton is in Travelcard Zone 5 and Kingston in Zone 6.
From Norbiton station:
- take the train to Norbiton
- leave the railway station and walk through the underpass to the main station entrance
- exit the station and cross Coombe Road
- either turn right and walk along Coombe Road to take the K3 bus (this is the shortest walking route) or carry straight over and walk up Wolverton Avenue until you reach Kingston Hill. Cross Kingston Hill and turn right to take the 85 or K3 bus or the KU1 or KU3 free University intersite bus service
- get off at the 'Kingston University' stop
- Kingston Hill campus is on the other side of the road
From Kingston station:
- take the train to Kingston
- leave the railway station via the main exit
- cross the lights to the left onto Cromwell Road (for the bus station)
- take the 85 or K3 bus or the KU1 or KU3 free University intersite bus service
- get off at the 'Kingston University' stop
- Kingston Hill campus is on the other side of the road
The K3 and 85 buses run along Kingston Hill and there are stops directly outside the campus. We also run a free intersite bus service for students, staff and visitors. The KU1 and KU3 buses stop at this campus and link the campus with the Kingston and Surbiton mainline stations, other campuses and halls of residence.
Cycle parking facilities and showers are available at this site.
We strongly recommend visitors use the excellent public transport links instead of driving.
The University has limited on-site parking facilities and prioritises staff during core working hours (Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm). Limited visitor parking is available, but must be pre-booked through the person you are visiting, as parking enforcement measures are in operation at all sites. Parking is provided on all sites for blue badge holders and there are docking bays for electric cars.
All car park users agree to the University’s car parking terms and conditions.
Contact us
Need more information?
Contact us to find the right person to reach out to, or call our switchboard on +44 (0)20 8417 9000.
