Catering info & Navigating Campus
Breakfast
Any breakfast items up to the value of £3.00 including yoghurts, fruit, milk and cereal.
Tea, coffee, water or squash
Lunch
Any hot food main meal, sandwich meal deal with fruit up to the value of £3.50.
Water or squash always available
Dinner
Any hot food or sandwich deal with fruit or homemade puddings up to the value of £3.50.
Water or squash always available
Sandwich deal includes a basic range sandwich with a piece of fruit, small chocolate bar or pack of biscuits and a water or juice box £3.50.
The Meal plan is intended to help students budget their meals by allocating a daily meal to the card. Some students may wish to buy additional items over and above their allowance. Students or parents/employers can top up their cards to supplement their allowance. To top up cards you’ll need to log onto to you I-pay account. Instructions for this are available.
Not included on the meal card
Confectionery, crisps, ice cream, cakes, biscuits drinks (except those offered with the meal).
Takeaway containers and cutlery must be purchased when buying food to take away from the main canteen. These are charged at 50p. Students may bring their own clean reusable container if they prefer.
These can be purchased using your I-pay account using your student badge. Debit or Credit cards may also be used. The College is cashless so cash is not taken onsite.
Free College Meals
Students with access to Free College Meals are allocated lunch on their meal cards. This entitles them to any main meal, pasta or sandwich meal deal currently up to the value of £3.50. Allowance that is not used on any given day will be deleted and not carried forward.
Outlets available for your meal plan
Main College canteen, Bootzone, The Courtyard (for UCR students and staff only), Feast, the Catering Van (Equine), Hunger Hut or at Reaseheath Engineering Apprentice Academy
The Deli Bar is not available for meal cards except I-pay account using student card and debit cards can be used.
College outlet opening times
The Main Canteen
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
Breakfast 7:45am-11am Breakfast 7:45am-11am
Lunch 12pm-2pm Lunch 12pm-1.30pm Brunch 11am-1pm
Dinner 4.30pm-6.30pm Dinner 4.30pm-6pm Dinner 4.30pm-6pm
Deli (Starbucks Outlet) Not available on meal plan
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
11am-3.30pm 11am-3.30pm Closed
Bootzone
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
8.30am-3pm 8.30am-3pm Closed
The Courtyard
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
8.30am-3pm 8.30am-3pm closed
Feast (Starbucks Outlet)
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
8.30am-3pm 8.30am-3pm 9.30am-3pm
Catering Van (Equine)
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
8am -1.30pm 8am -1.30pm Competition Days – variable hours
The Hunger Hut
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
8.30am -2pm 8.30am -2pm Closed
Reaseheath Engineering Apprentice Academy
Monday to Thursday Friday Weekends
8.30am -2pm 8.30am -2pm Closed
Pizza Bar evenings from the deli
Sunday – Thursday
9pm-12pm
All opening times may be subject to change. Where changes are necessary notices will be left on entrances to inform students of changes and communicated to students and staff via email.