Communications

Throughout the year Estates send out communications to your nominated building contact, one of these will be notifications of works. If your building is affected you will receive an email detailing what works will be taking place and when, we ask that you inform your staff. Further information on other communications you may receive can be found here.

For out of hours, ideally we would have two points of contact for this to ensure we can always reach someone. This contact would be used if the building you are occupying is affected, or if a campus wide event has prevented staff from attending site. This could be due to building leaks, flood, snow, power cut etc.

There are multiple children centres on site, Acorn Nursery and Walton Pre-Preparatory Nursery. We ask that you are considerate of these centres and their drop off and pick up parking.

The University Information Line

During adverse weather, Estates work with other University departments to advise staff when it is necessary to close the Walton Hall Campus and other University sites for health and safety reasons. 

During periods of severe adverse weather that may cause disruption to travel, information is recorded on the Emergency Information Line 01908 655666.  These messages are posted giving as much advance notice as the situation allows. Warnings of severe adverse weather will also carry details of when the information is scheduled to be next updated. The first update of the day is always posted by 07:00.

Ring Road Flooding

There are certain areas on Campus that are susceptible to occasional flooding, in particular, the football pitch and car parking areas along Ring Road North and even up to the Stuart Hall Building.

Periods of heavy rainfall are monitored and drivers of vehicles parked in these areas will be notified by Security if there is potential for flooding.

• Drivers can only be contacted, if they have registered their vehicle via the Security Team.

As a result of flooding, a decision will be made to suspend the one-way system, drivers are asked to observe the temporary signage in place. This will be communicated to building contacts as well as the electronic message boards by the entrance barriers.

Drivers and cyclists are requested to take additional care when the ring road one-way system has been suspended.