Student Support and Wellbeing

If you would benefit from personalised support to enable full and equal access to services, contact the Student Support and Wellbeing team and ask about Inclusive Learning Plans.

• Student Support and Wellbeing website
• Contact Student Support and Wellbeing
• Register for support

Parking

The nearest car park is the Central Visitor car park next to the Gulbenkian Theatre: number 6 on this map (pdf).

Blue badge holders can use accessible parking bays in all campus car parks. Students and staff should still apply for a permit:

• phone 01227 82 3609
• email parking@kent.ac.uk

Getting into the Templeman Library

All entrances have step-free access. To open the doors, use the push plate or scan your KentOne card on the reader.

• Library map showing entrances
• Check our opening hours page to see when each entrance is open

Lifts in the Library

• The two lifts in Block C and the lift in Block D go to all floors
• The lift in A Block goes between Floors 1, 2 and 3
• There are platform lifts:
  • in Block C, between the Ground Floor (Main Entrance and Welcome Desk) and the Lower Ground Floor (Library Road Entrance)
  • in Block A, Ground Floor, between the upper and lower levels
• Library map showing lift locations

Access guide by AccessAble

AccessAble guide to the Templeman Library building

Medical conditions

If you have a specific need when visiting the Library please tell us. 

If you have a long-term medical condition, contact Student Support and Wellbeing to see how they could help to improve your experience at Kent.

Email accessibility@kent.ac.uk

Emergency evacuation

Find out where the nearest evacuation route is from where you are working.

If you hear the fire alarm:

• Fire exit doors will open automatically
• Push pad automated doors will work as normal
• Don’t use the lifts

For help with getting out of the building, go to a Refuge Point. Use the intercom to contact Campus Security, who will come to help.

Refuge point locations:

• Block A: next to lift
• Block C: in stairwell nearest Block D
• Block D: in stairwell in far left corner of PC room

Exit plan for emergencies

We can develop a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan for you. Contact Michelle at the Safety Health and Environment Unit.

Email M.M.Dawson@kent.ac.uk

Advice about access to study spaces,  borrowing, software, printing and more:

Changing Places facilities are located around the country and are designed for people who need additional space, equipment, time and for people who cannot use standard accessible toilets and changing facilities.  

Changing Places toilets provide extra features and more space to meet the needs of people who use them. Anyone in the local area can search for these facilities online and use the amenities and the Templeman Library is proud to offer these facilities on the lower ground floor of Templeman Library on the University of Kent Canterbury campus.  

What’s available within the facility?

• height adjustable changing bench and washbasin
• hoist system to lift people between wheelchairs and the toilet
• space to ensure the bench and toilet can be approached from either side
• privacy screen and waterproof stool
• accessible shower, hand drier and soap dispenser.

To find out more, please visit changing-places.org.

Hygiene Room: Changing Places location

Lower Ground floor of The Templeman Library
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 7N

Access

The nearest car park is the Central Visitor car park next to the Gulbenkian Theatre: number 6 on this map (pdf).

To use this facility please sign in with Welcome Desk staff in the Welcome Hall. There is platform lift access between the Welcome Hall and the lower ground floor where the Hygiene Room is located.

Please use the intercom to access the Library if you enter the building from the Library Road entrance and you don’t have a KentOne card.

Opening hours

Check our opening hours to see when each entrance is open.

• Welcome Desk: Block C, Ground Floor, near the Main Entrance
• IT & Library Support : Block D, Ground Floor
• 01227 82 4888
• helpdesk@kent.ac.uk

Please tell us if you think we can do better. Feedback and new ideas are welcome!