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The current estate

The University owns over 400 hectares of land in and around Bristol and makes use of over 300 buildings.

Teaching and research are concentrated in the University Precinct together with nearby sites including Berkeley Square, Whiteladies Road, Southwell Street and Lower Maudlin Street.  Teaching and research also take place at sites outside Bristol, for example at the School of Clinical Veterinary Science at Langford.  In addition, the University makes use of space and facilities in several NHS hospitals, including the Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol Eye Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, Paul O'Gorman Children's Hospital, Frenchay Hospital and Southmead Hospital.

The University owns residential properties for students.  There are six Halls of Residence at Stoke Bishop, three Halls of Residence in Clifton and two Hostels at Langford.  In addition, there are a number of Student Houses within a two-mile radius of the Precinct, and a few properties arranged as flats for student couples and families. 

A number of buildings in the Precinct and elsewhere house administrative offices, catering and recreational facilities and support services such as the Students' Health Service and Careers Advisory Service.  The University's central administration is based in Senate House.  The Students' Union building in Queen's Road contains a mixture of office and recreational space, and also houses various student support services.  The central security and 24-hour enquiry centre is located in the Royal Fort Gatehouse.

The University's sports facilities include an indoor centre for sport, health and exercise, a swimming pool (in the basement of the Queens Road Building), outdoor sports pitches and tennis courts and an indoor tennis centre at Coombe Dingle and boat houses at Saltford.

The University has a number of attractive gardens, most notable of which are the Royal Fort gardens, Goldney and Langford gardens.  There is also a Botanic Garden, currently located at Bracken Hill in Leigh Woods, which will shortly move to the Holmes (next to Churchill Hall).

The University's building stock is varied.  The buildings  range in age from late 17^th century to 21^st century.   Many are purpose-built, from Biological Sciences and the Wills Memorial Building dating from the 1920's, through the 1960's Students' Union Building to the late 1990's Merchant Venturers Building and Synthetic Chemistry Building.

Recent building projects include the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health and the Dorothy Hodgkin Building.  The University has been successful in gaining grants for new academic buildings and refurbishment and has over £50m of work in progress, including work for Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Chemistry, Earth Sciences and Sports Science.  Further major projects are planned over the next five years.

The University has more than 60 listed buildings and features including three grade I (Clifton Hill House, Royal Fort House and the Goldney Grotto) and thirteen grade II*.  The Precinct falls within four separate conservation areas.