Seething Wells Residence Halls, Surbiton, Kingston, Scavenger hunt of Central London

Seething Wells Residence Halls

We landed in England on July 3, 2013. We settled into our residence halls which were located at Seething Wells in Surbiton.  Seething Wells dorms were in the form of "blocks."  There were three floors in each building, each with about four flats on each floor. In each flat there was one kitchen and six dorms rooms, each with their own twin bed, desk, and bathroom. There was one student to each room, and some of the flats were coed, although most were just females. (Out of the approximately 180 students there, about 140 of them were females).  The faculty shared their own flat in one of the blocks. 

The rooms each had an ethernet port, and wifi could only be obtained at the common area which was a short walk across the yard. This is also where the laundry room and front desk were located.

Seething Wells Residence Halls entry

Photo courtesy of Anita Blowers

Seething Wells entrance where common room is located

Grills and picnic tables outside of the residence halls

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One of the "blocks" at Seething Wells

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Dorms from the outside

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Inside the bedroom of a Seething Wells room

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Some of us in front of the dorms

Photo courtesy of James Jones

Photo courtesy of James Jones

Photo courtesy of James Jones

Surbiton

Seething Wells is located in Surbiton, and it is about a twenty minute walk to campus along River Thames. Kingston is about a half hour walk away, and the train station is about ten.

The first day we arrived, some of us walked around Surbiton and explored Kingston over the next couple days.

 Surbiton

 Surbiton Train Station

Pub in Surbiton

 Rashona trying fish and chips

Surbiton

Pub in Surbiton

Mail box 

 Boat on the River Thames

River Thames

River Thames

River Thames

River Thames 

Boathouse on River Thames

Kingston Town Centre

Kingston Town Centre is about thirty minutes walk from our residence halls. This is where a lot of pubs, restaurants, shopping (including a mall and outdoor food market) are located. During orientation, we went on a walking tour of Kingston.

 Kingston Town Centre

Kingston 

Kingston Marketplace

 Kingston Marketplace

 Downtown Kingston

Downtown Kingston 

Downtown Kingston 

Kingston Train Station 

Phone box art in Kingston

Photo courtesy of James Jones

Downtown Kingston

 

Coronation Stone

 Coronation Stone in Kingston

 Coronation Stone in Kingston 

Some local ales 

Making new friends

 Some of us experiencing the culture at the pub 

Downtown Kingston

Downtown Kingston

Scavenger Hunt in Central London 

The first Saturday after we arrived in England (July 6), we went on a scavenger hunt around London. This was our first time making our way around the city. We were given different places to take pictures in front of, and were required to use the underground tube system, train, DLR and the buses.

Our group in Seething Wells yard before the scavenger hunt

Nelson Mandela statue in Central London

Tree Garden in London

Houses of Parliament

Big Ben and Houses of Parliament

Houses of Parliament

 Street performer in front of the London Eye

Posing with the street performer Londi
Photo courtesy of James Jones

Street performer in front of the London Eye

Street performer in front of the London Eye

 Street performer in front of the London Eye

Street performer in front of the London Eye

The London Eye

Street performer in front of London Eye

Street performer in front of London Eye

The London Eye

Central London

The London Eye and Jubilee Park

Bus ride

Underground sign

Photo courtesy of James Jones

UNCC group on London Bridge

Photo courtesy of Anita Blowers

London Bridge

Photo courtesy of James Jones

The London Bridge

City of London

The Shard (the tallest building in London)

The London Bridge

Jousting in front of The Tower of London

Tower of London

Reading the train maps

A group of UNCC students in Canary Wharf

Tall buildings of Canary Wharf (the business/finance district)

Tall buildings of Canary Wharf (the business/finance district) 

Riding the underground Tube

Bond Street