Student Post Room
The Mailroom services team are proud to be supporting your residential experience by providing a professional, efficient and reliable mail and package delivery service where you can have all your deliveries securely delivered to the student post room where we will process your deliveries and contact you to come and collect your items.
Contact us at studentpostroom@nottingham.ac.uk
Student information leaflet
Student Post Room
Derby Hall
Beeston Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2QT
0115 748 7622
Opening hours
Monday to Friday
11am-6pm
New service – you can now send letters, parcels or large packages from the mailroom. Simply purchase the service via the online tool, take your package to either the mailroom at KMC or the student mail room at Derby Hall along with the code generated during purchase and leave the rest to them.
Location
The Student Post Room based at Derby Hall is where all student parcels will be delivered.
The parcels are sorted and then given a location reference number – this reference number is emailed to your student university email when your parcel is ready for collection. Students can come to the Student Post Room counter to collect their parcels using their ID cards or their student number.
Frequently asked questions
- Autumn Term: Monday 23 September 2024 to Friday 13 December 2024
- Spring Term: Monday 13 January 2025 to Friday 28 March 2025
- Summer Term: Monday 28 April 2025 to Friday 20 June 2025
During term time the Student Post Room will be open Monday to Friday 11am-6pm. Reduced hours will operate outside of term time, 11am-4pm. We will not be open during University Holidays, or Bank Holidays.
Opening times are subject to change at short notice, these events will be clearly displayed on noticeboards.
Sending letter, parcels and packages
The E&F Post Room now offers a new facility whereby both staff and students can send letters, parcels and packages via the Post Room.
Simply purchase the required service via the online tool, take your package to either the Mailroom at KMC or the Student Post Room at Derby Hall along with the code generated during purchase and leave the rest to us.
This is particularly useful for students wanting to send items or large packages home at the end of term or for staff that don’t have the time to make it to the post office.
Where does my mail go?
All packages will go to the Student Post Room. You will receive an email notification to your student email account with a reference number when your item is ready to collect.
Letters will be kept in pigeonholes in the Post Room corresponding to your hall of residence. If the contents are believed to be valuable, the Post Room staff will email you to let you know they are safe and ready for you to collect.
What you need to collect your item?
Please bring your student ID and the reference number from your email notification.
How to address items
It is important to use your full name, which is associated with your university email address – please avoid using nicknames.
It is important to use your
FULL NAME
ROOM NUMBER
HALL OF RESIDENCE
POST CODE: NG7 2QT
Example
Sarah Woodward
Room No. 23
Ancaster Hall
University Park
University of Nottingham
NG7 2QT
Student hall addresses
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Ancaster Hall, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Cavendish Hall, Beeston Lane, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Cripps Hall, University Park, Lenton Hall Drive, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Derby Hall, Beeston Lane, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Florence Boot Hall, University Park, Jubilee Avenue, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Lenton Hall, University Park, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Lincoln Hall, University Park, Beeston Lane, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Nightingale Hall, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Rutland Hall, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Sherwood Hall, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2QT
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Dagfa House, University of Nottingham NG7 2QT
- Varsity Beeston, University of Nottingham NG7 2QT
Where can I post letters?
University Park
- Highfields post box on Beeston Lane and Jubilee Avenue roundabout by the west entrance.
- Portland post box – B floor, south entrance opposite Porter’s office.
- Cripps Hall post box – located at Welcome Point reception.
- Cavendish Hall post box – located in main foyer.
- Derby Hall post box – to the left of the main entrance to the main hall/Ark Bar.
Sutton Bonington
- Campus Agricultural College post box – located on College Road, opposite the entrance to the sports centre.
Where can I buy stamps/where is the nearest post office facility?
Stamps can be purchased from the Spar inside the Portland Building. If you need to post a parcel you may need to go to a Post Office.
Dunkirk Post Office
8 Montpelier Road, Dunkirk, Nottingham NG7 2JW
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, 6am-2pm
Website
High Road Post Office
113A High Road, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 2LH
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5.30pm
Saturday, 9.30am-3.30pm
Website
Central Avenue Post Office
99 Central Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 2QS
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 6am-5.30pm
Saturday, 6am-12.30pm
Sunday, 7am to 12 noon
Website
How long will items be kept at the Student Post Room?
Items will be kept for seven days then returned to sender. If you are unable to collect your item within this period, please contact studentpostroom@nottingham.ac.uk to have your item placed on a short-term hold.
Where are the Amazon lockers?
Amazon Hub Locker: Kidding – Cripps, Nottingham, NG7 2QX
Located in the small car park to the rear of the halls.
Amazon Hub Locker: Emmit – Derby Hall, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2QT
Located round the corner from the Student Post Room.
Amazon Hub Locker: Ting – Nightingale Hall, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2QS
Located at the rear of the building opposite the tennis courts.