Campus facilities
Experience our campus, built on the principles of human flourishing and environmental sustainability for students, staff and the public.
Explore our Sussex haven
Nestled in the stunning South Downs, Sussex is known for its distinctive modernist architecture and abundant nature.
Our campus has won the Green Flag award for well-managed green spaces eight years in a row. It’s a paradise for wildlife, home to 158 bird species and 32 mammal species in rich habitats like the Jubilee woodland, meadows and wildflower areas.
The unique campus was dreamed up and designed by architect Sir Basil Spence and landscape architect Dame Sylvia Crowe.
Our green campus
Our university was designed to grow out of the soil of Sussex. More than 60 percent of our campus is green, and we’re the only university in the UK positioned within a National Park.
You can take the free, scenic boundary walk around the perimeter of the campus to enjoy the beauty of the Falmer landscape.
On the edge of the South Downs, our Forest Food Garden allows enables students to plant, manage and harvest their own crops as part of the curriculum.
Library
Location: Library Square
Opening hours: See our opening times
Telephone: 01273 678163
Members of the public can use our library by applying for a free annual membership.
A paid membership gives you access to the library’s physical collections and allows you to borrow books.
An external reference membership is free and enables access to the building and physical collections.
The Co-operative food
Location: Bramber House
Opening hours (from 3 August):
Term time: Monday to Friday: 8:00am – 11:00pm; Saturday and Sunday: 9:30am – 11:00pm
Vacation periods: Monday to Friday: 8:00am – 8:00pm; Saturday and Sunday: 9:30am – 8:00pm
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 624764
The Co-op on campus has an in-store bakery, off-licence and newsagents. You can also find household and personal care essentials and bus tickets and access photocopying, bill payment and cashback services.
NUS cardholders get a 10% discount.
Falmer Market
Location: Falmer House
Opening hours: Term time only. Tuesdays 9am-4pm
Peruse various stalls selling a variety of international street food, vintage clothing, and baked goods.
Post Office
Location: Bramber House (in Co-operative Food)
Opening hours: Monday-Friday: 9.30am-5.30pm
Telephone: (+44) (0)1273 602935
Services available at our Post Office include postage, drop and go, licences, vehicle tax, travel insurance, National Express tickets, foreign currency (euros and US dollars only – student rate available).
The Union Shop
Location: Falmer House
Opening hours: Term time: Monday-Friday 8am-11pm, Saturday-Sunday 10am-6pm. Outside of term time: Monday-Friday 8am-6pm.
Telephone: (+44) (0)1273 678147
Website: Visit the Students' Union website
Find meal deals, chilled grab and go foods, off-license, stationery, greeting cards, hot drinks, pastries, Sussex branded clothing and merchandise, electrical items and more.
Sussex Sport
Locations: the Sport Centre and Falmer Sports Complex
Opening hours: These vary according to the time of year – Find out about opening hours
Telephone: (+44) (0)1273 678228
Public memberships to use our facilities and take part in fitness classes can be browsed and purchased on the Sussex Sport website.
Health and Wellbeing Centre
Location: Newick House (opposite the Student Centre), Refectory Road, Falmer, BN1 9DN.
Opening hours: Monday-Thursday 8.30am-6pm, Friday 8.30am-5pm (closed Saturday and Sunday)
Telephone: (+44) (0)1273 249049
Attend to a range of health issues at our Health and Wellbeing Centre.
Pharmacy
Location: Arch 1, Student Centre, University of Sussex, Refectory Road, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9BU
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5.00pm. Monday–Friday, 5:00pm–7:30pm and weekends (Saturday & Sunday, 10:30am–2:30pm) are for pre-booked private services only. All pre-booked appointments must be confirmed by the pharmacy before attending.
Telephone: (+44) (0)1273699883
Contact: info@sussexunipharmacy.co.uk
Website: sussexunipharmacy.co.uk
Get prescriptions, medicines, cosmetics and toiletries.
Conference centre
Location: Bramber House
Opening hours: Available for hire throughout the year. Other campus spaces (pictured) may be available over vacations.
Book a range of events for 10 to up to 250 delegates at our modern Conference Centre.
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
Location: Gardner Centre Road
Opening hours: Hosts events throughout the year
Telephone: (+44) (0)1273 678822
A cutting-edge contemporary arts space with a packed programme of free and paid public events.
ACCA is guided by the values championed by actor and director Sir Richard Attenborough: human rights, social justice, creative education and access to the arts for all.
Cash machines
Location: Outside Co-op supermarket, Bramber House.
Opening hours: Bramber House (in Refectory Road), 24 hours.
Withdraw cash and check your balance at the cash machine outside the Co-op on campus. The nearest cash machine off-campus is at Falmer Station.
Chaplaincy and Meeting House
Location: Sussex campus
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm (during term-time; 8am-5pm during vacations). Sunday 6-7pm for Mass. Closed on Saturdays year round.
Services and events take place in the kaleidoscopic round space, where the light is different from hour to hour.
Members of the public are free to enjoy this oasis at the heart of campus.
Childcare
Location: Childcare centre
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 7.30am-6.30pm
Telephone: 0800 954 0669
The University's childcare facilities are available to staff and students for children aged four months to five years.
Launderette
Location: Refectory Road, between Swanborough Blocks two and three
Opening hours: Self-service washes – Open every day (including weekends and bank holidays) 8am-12am. Service washes – Monday-Friday, 8am-1pm (cash only).
You can download an app from Circuit Laundry or pay by cash or card at the launderette machines.
Our heritage
The Keep
Location: Woolards Way, Brighton
Opening hours: See opening times
Telephone: 01273 482349
The public can access the University of Sussex Heritage Collections at The Keep, an extensive archive a short walk from our campus.
Our collections include the Mass Observation Archive, which documents the everyday thoughts and behaviours of British people.
We deliver projects to record and preserve local, regional and national cultural heritage, including that of displaced communities.
The Centre for German-Jewish Studies and Centre for Life History and Life Writing ran a series of online co-creation workshops as part of the Digital Holocaust Memory and Education project, leading to the publication of six reports providing guidance on digital interventions in holocaust memory and education.
The Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies and our student-run initiative Roots Garden co-host a Reggae Sound System Interactive Workshop which aims to preserve Black diasporic sound culture.
Public access to art and architecture
Sussex makes a significant contribution to the local arts scene, and the public can experience live performances, exhibitions and iconic architecture and artifacts on campus. Visitors can enjoy:
- free and paid concerts, theatre shows and art installations at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts (ACCA). Over 8000 tickets were sold at ACCA in 2025. The state-of-the-art venue hosts Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ writing, The Coast is Queer, featuring performances, films and workshops. Sussex is the official Higher Education partner of Brighton Festival, and our ‘Festival of Ideas’ programme includes talks and creative activities on everything from magic to machines on campus.
- free exhibitions and book loans at the Library by applying for a free annual membership. Recent exhibitions include ‘Pressing Matters: Printing with Virginia Woolf’, which brought together contemporary art that engages with the work of Virginia Woolf as both a modernist writer and publisher, highlighting her Sussex connections.
- classical concerts at the historic Meeting House, such as monthly organ recitals from internationally-renowned organist D'arcy Twinkwon.
- the modernist architecture and historic artifacts on our campus, designed by Sir Basil Spence.