The College Bar is located in Old Court next to 'A' Staircase. It serves a wide variety of beers, ales, lagers, and spirits, as well as soft drinks. It also has a TV which has Sky. The bar hours very rarely change during the year and if they do then there is usually a poster or notice placed on the chalk board outside the porters' lodge. The usual hours are as follows:

Monday - Saturday 18.00 - 23.00
Sunday - 19.00 - 23.00

During the first two terms of the academic year there usually is a late night bar on Saturdays which means the bar is open till midnight. The bar closes, like the rest of the catering department, for two weeks at the end of August (Saturday 18th August to Sunday 2nd September in 2007). Also, there may be some days where the bar may be closed due to outside funtions such as weddings.

The Chapel in Old Court is open most every day of the year from early to late. It can be used as a place for personal prayer or quiet reflection. Public worship is conducted regularly, with the major choral services on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings and the College Eucharist on Sunday mornings. Services of morning and evening prayer and Eucharist are advertised on the notice board near the Porters’ Lodge. The College Choir sings at the Choral Services and twice a term at candlelit Compline.

During Full Term, the pattern of services runs as:

The MCR has two networked Macs, open to anyone to use, and which are suitable for accessing email and the internet.

All College rooms are wired for Ethernet, at a cost of around £30 per term. Instructions for using this service are here. Wireless connectivity (including eduroam) is available through most of the College.

The College has three Public Workstation (PWF) areas: in the JCR in Ann's Court, in Cripps Court between I and J staircases, and in the Library. Each room has printing facilities. The public computers are all dual-boot Windows/Linux, and there are one or two Macs, and all are linked to the University PWF. You will need your CRSid and password in order to use them. You should receive these either when when you arrive in College, or when you matriculate.

For more information on College IT facilities, including bandwidth charges and other important information, see the College website .

There are several laundry facilities in College. One can be reached through the Kitchen yard in Old Court, another is in Cripps Court J staircase, just opposite the MCR, and there are ones at 31 and 40 Grange Road. They are open between 6am and midnight and contain both washing machines and tumble driers. The machines are coin-operated and cost £1.50 for a standard wash (45 minutes) and 80p for a tumble dry (50 minutes).

The laundry rooms also contain irons and ironing boards. 

The College Library is entered just behind the car park to the right of the main entrance. It has a reasonable collection of the essential texts for most subjects. However, as a postgraduate, you will probably find that you will need to use the University Library or your Department's library instead, as these will have the more specialised texts and sources you need.

The University Library (UL) is one of the Legal Deposit libraries in the UK. This means that it should hold a copy of every work published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UL is off West Road (very close to Selwyn, be it a blessing or a curse!). To activate your library card you need to take your admissions letter from the Board of Graduate Studies and your University Card to the front desk. You can only take clear plastic bags into the library; however, lockers are provided for a £1 deposit. The UL also runs free orientation sessions, which are very helpful. You can check out up to 10 books for a total of 8 weeks at a time and you must take them into the library to return them.

Hall is open at the following times:

Outside of Full Term (undergraduate terms - 8 weeks long), the times for Monday to Saturday are as for Saturdays in Full Term.

Every Tuesday and Thursday evening in Full Term, there is a Formal Hall. This is a waiter-service, three-course meal, where gowns are traditionally worn. Tickets need to be bought in advance from the MCR Secretary (mcr-secretary@sel).