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Route from the Student Union to Founders Square via Moore, Boilerhouse and International Buildings

Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX

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Introduction

Student Union Building to Horton Building

  • Follow the path towards the slope leading to the path at the side of the main university road. Immediately beyond the Student Union main entrance there are pillars holding up a canopy which obstruct the path. This is shown in photographs 1 and 2. The steep slope leading up to the path at the side of the road has a handrail on the left going up. This is shown in photograph 3.
  • Continuing along the path, there is a zebra crossing to the right side with tactile paving on both sides of the crossing that leads to the International Building main entrance. This is shown in photographs 4 and 5.
  • Past this crossing, the path becomes an uneven slight slope up, shown in photograph 7.
  • After approximately 20m the path becomes level and there is a crossing across the Wilson Laboratory Access Road. This crossing is tarmac with tactile paving and dropped kerbs on both sides. Traffic is very light and uncontrolled. This crossing is shown in photographs 8, 9 and 10.
  • On the other side of the crossing there is a path to the left that leads to the Wilson and Tolansky Laboratory main entrance. The path then becomes an uneven steep slope upwards which extends for approximately 20m before becoming level again for approximately 10m. This is shown in photographs 11 and 12.
  • Where the path becomes level there is a zebra crossing leading to the Boilerhouse on the right side. This crossing has tactile paving on both sides. This is shown in photographs 15 and 16. To the left there is a path which extends towards the Tolansky Laboratory rear right entrance. This is shown in photograph 17.
  • The path becomes a steep slope upwards leading away from you. From the top of the slope, continue for approximately 20m towards the Horton Building. This is shown in photographs 18 and 19.
  • Continue along the path towards the front of the Horton Building. There is a path to the left leading to the Horton Building main entrance which is blocked by bollards which make the path reduce to 105cm in width. Here the surface is uneven and becomes concrete slabs. This is shown in photographs 20 and 21.

From Horton Building to Emily Wilding Davison Building

  • Follow the path along the side of the McCrea Building towards the front. There is a path to the left side leading to the McCrea Building. The surface here is uneven and made up of concrete slabs. This is shown in photographs 1, 2 and 3.
  • Approximately 15m beyond the path leading to the McCrea Building there is a bollard which reduces the path to 140cm either side. Continuing past the bollards the surface becomes tarmac. This is shown in photograph 5 and 6.
  • Continue along the side of the of the Art Building, towards the Bedford Access Road. The surface here is even, level and tarmac. This is shown in photograph 7.
  • Cross the Bedford Access Road, towards the Emily Wilding Davison Building. This crossing is level tarmac with no tactile paving on either side. Traffic is very light and uncontrolled. This crossing is shown in photographs 9 and 10.
  • The Moore Building is accessed by using this crossing to cross to the opposite side of the road to the Art Building.

Emily Wilding Davison Building to Founders Square

  • On the far side of the crossing there is a double line of low level planters, marking the edge of the pavement from the access road.
  • Head straight along the edge of the Emily Wilding Davison Building, past the Union Shop.
  • The path here has an even and level stone slab surface.
  • After approximately 50m enter the Founders Square by the ramp and sloped access to the square, located in front of the Emily Wilding Davison Building.
  • There are 12 well marked, medium depth steps with central handrails and tactile paving at the top and bottom of the steps.
  • The ramp leads through steps from the top right corner to the left halfway down the steps and then back to the bottom right corner of the steps.
  • The ramp has a slight gradient, no handrails and is poorly marked and edged by steps.
  • The ramp and steps are shown in photographs 2, 3 and 4.