Travelling to the Medway Campus

Walking

It’s cheap, it’s easy and it’s the healthiest option!
- It's free, meaning you can save on bus fares and petrol costs
- Walking for just 30 minutes a day can help you keep fit and stay healthy
- It’s environmentally-friendly and you can catch up with your mates as you stride

Pounding the pavements? Why not take advantage of the fantastic offers from the Medway Campus Holistic Therapy Clinic. In their extensive range of price-busting treatments you will find massages and pedicures to help keep your body and feet in top condition.
 

Bus

MidKent College and Arriva are working together to ensure students have access to reliable, convenient bus services to and from the Medway Campus. The 116 service stops directly on campus. Timetables for all the nearest routes that serve the College (101, 116, 176 & 182) can be viewed here

Download Medway Arriva Bus Map

For further details and timetables online visit www.arriva.co.uk

Medway Council's website also gives detailed information on routes, frequencies and updates when service problems occur.

Train

The nearest train station is Gillingham, a short walk from the Medway Campus. Just follow the signs for the walking route for Universities at Medway and then MidKent College in the vicinity of Gillingham library.

Gillingham train station is served by trains travelling between the Medway towns, from West Kent to London, and between London and coastal towns such as Dover, Margate, Ramsgate and Faversham. Details of train routes and times are available at the station and online at: www.southeasternrailway.co.uk.

Discounts available include;
The 16-25 Railcard offers anyone within this age group, or 26+ and in full-time education, a third off most rail fares throughout Great Britain. Visit www.16-25railcard.co.uk

The Disabled Persons Railcard allows anyone registered disabled, and an adult companion travelling with them, to get a third off most rail fares throughout Great Britain. Visit www.disabledpersonsrailcard.co.uk

Drop-off/pick-up zone

To ensure the safety of students being dropped off/picked up, there is a drop-off/pick-up lane on the Medway Campus, set back from Medway Road. No waiting is allowed in this area.
 

Mopeds, motorcycles and bicycles

Free parking on site is available for up to 200 bicycles and 20 mopeds/motorcycles.
 

Cars

Free parking on site at the Medway Campus is available during College hours for students registered disabled and Blue Badge-holders only.

For other students accessing the Campus by car, a very limited number of parking spaces are available at a location close to the Campus. Students with caring responsibilities and those who live a distance from the College may apply using the form available at reception at the Medway Campus.

All students are permitted to use any available car parking spaces in the Medway Campus car park after 2.30pm.

Click here to download a printable map

Travel pass (for full-time students aged 16-18 only)

If you are under 19 on 31 August 2011 and live more than three miles from the MidKent College campus where you will study, you may be able to apply to your local authority for a reduced-price travel pass. To find out if you are eligible or to request an application form, contact your relevant local authority.