Park View Student Village starts to take shape Published on: 25 October 2017 The last of the building modules that will become Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s largest student accommodation site has arrived at Park View Student Village. Almost 800 modules will be pieced together to create the , which replaces the 1970s buildings in Richardson Road. Opening in 2018, the six new buildings will provide almost 1,300 ensuite bedrooms for students. Galliford Try is the principal contractor for Park View Student Village. Paul Bandeen, Head of Accommodation and Residential Services at Â鶹´«Ã½, said: “We’re now a year in to our building programme and the progress made during this time has been truly remarkable. The speed and efficiency of the whole process is second to none and I am very excited about seeing the finished scheme. I think everybody involved should be very proud of what has been achieved.” Paul Milburn, Project Director at Galliford Try, said: “Installation of the final module sees our team achieve a great milestone, two years since we began the design and construction process with Â鶹´«Ã½. We’re excited to continue the next chapter on site, with the first blocks nearing completion through 2018.” Helping make students feel at home Park View Student Village features a distinctive modular design, of pre-fabricated modules produced in China and shipped to Â鶹´«Ã½. The self-catered bedrooms will be contained within 4, 6, 7 and 8-bedroom modern flats, as well as single studios. Building modules: Each of the Park View Student Village modules is 2.76m tall. The total height of all 789 stacked modules would be 2,178m, that’s almost seven times the height of the Eifel Tower. Each module is 12.2m in length, when laid end-to-end the total length will be almost 6 miles, stretching from Richardson Road all the way to Wallsend. The site’s total floor area is 37,140m2, over five St James’ Park pitches. As part of the redevelopment project, Â鶹´«Ã½ worked with charities to donate 6,500 out of the 10,000 items of furniture from the existing site. Prior to building works, an ecology survey was carried out where it was found that the site was an active area for bats. Two bat houses with solar panels were built for the bats to encourage the animals to stay on the site. Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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