Avenue Campus

It is located off The Avenue, borders Southampton Common and is less than a mile from the university's main Highfield Campus.

[5] In December 1993, the university bought the site from Hampshire County Council for £2 million as a means of expansion.

[7] As a result, the sought solution was to expand onto another campus and the former Taunton's school was chosen due to its close proximity to Highfield.

[8] The building was completed and occupied from late 1996[1] ironically soon before the requirement for car parking was removed due to a change in planning regulations that allowed instead for an improved public transport network.

Social facilities are solely provided by the Avenue Cafe, run by the university catering department.

The old part of the main Parkes building on Avenue Campus, built in 1925.
The Campus from the south, showing the main Parkes building extension (centre) and the Archaeology building (far left).