Sister project of Park Campus Memories (PCM)
Main entrance in 2002, in the UCN era.
ACM Gallery
Last page revision: Dec 2024
A selection of photos and scans showcasing the brilliance of much-loved Avenue Campus.
Many of these are our own pictures, but there are other sources - most notably the University of Northampton (UON) Archive. A list of credits is at the bottom of the page. A big thanks to all!
With period UON branding in 2008.
Above: 2020 view showing Maidwell with its 1930s sides and back, and 1959 front middle. Entrance pillar detail. Front hedge with post-2017-branded signage. Below: Look from 1975-1999, and the change to University College Northampton (UCN). The lettering was removed but not replaced.
Above: main entrance pre-1975 and the merger with Northampton College of Education (NCE) at Park, to form Nene College.
Bassett Lowke Hall, Maidwell and Quinton in 2023, the former College of Technology entrance in 2017, Maidwell quad with the back of Main Hall, 2019.
Maidwell Yellow (MY) corridors in 2019, looking down to Quinton (Security Lodge) from Maidwell in 2022, the large Main Hall, Maidwell building, 2019.
2019 views of Isham, Portfolio Innovation Centre (Maidwell Annexe) & Bassett Lowke Hall, and also Maidwell. Third pic: Students' Union, George's, 2017.
The library in Maidwell, circa 1960s/'70s.
Lovely skylights in a Maidwell art studio & another room, and link to Maidwell Annexe - both 2019.
Evening Classes Prospectus 1947-1948, foundation stone by entrance to College of Technology, Maidwell staircase, technical drawing circa 1959.
A secondary part of the Maidwell restaurant, pictured in 2002.
Left: A Maidwell staircase in 2019 - many of the brass handrails were stolen in a burglary in the last days of UON ownership.
Student paints in Walgrave, 2019.
2019 photos: Bassett-Lowke Hall of Residence, printing press in the Walgrave building and Walgrave workshop. Also, School of Art prospectus 1952-1953.
Maidwell Blue in 2002.
Bassett-Lowke Hall, 2023.
Maidwell Orange, 2019.
ACM is a voluntary project, established to document and preserve the memory of Avenue Campus, Northampton, UK.
Maidwell Red, 2019.
Pottery class in 1960, and a textiles student industry project, Maidwell, 2015.
ACM would like to thank all those who have allowed us to reproduce their photos and Avenue-related material. Especial thanks go to the UON Archive for their considerable assistance in this regard.
Maidwell's working TV production gallery, looking after the sound and in the studio with a green screen for superimposition, 2014 & 2018 (fourth pic).
A drama practice studio in Maidwell Red, 2019, the Mad Fashion Show, held in Newton's Grand Hall in 2011, Avenue car park in around 1974.
Art students busy in Heyford, 2011.
Journalism students in the Maidwell Jo Whiley Radio Studio, 2015, and Maidwell MR5, 2019.
Avenue in the gloaming, 2019.
Music & comedy night at the SU, 2009. One of two studios in Isham (former sports hall), 2019.
Maidwell Courtyard entrance, 2019, the northern edge of campus in 2022, and a 360-degree view of Newton science laboratories, 2016.
2019: Bricklaying examples in Walgrave, and Maidwell Red. Wintertime view through the bare trees across the large Racecourse park, 2017.
Royal visit, May 1986. First pic: HRH the Duke of Gloucester (lighter suit) speaks with Dr. Eric Ogilvie, Director of Nene College (centre of frame) in Maidwell foyer.
The Visionary, with Isham behind.
NCT Department of Building brochure, 1971-72.
A 2016 360-degree view of the Newton café, a lecture in progress in Maidwell in 2015, and Isham (former Sports Hall) pictured in the gloaming, 2019.
Rise 'n' Shine, at the Students' Union, George's (formerly Mandela's) in 2013, and pool, singing and dancing at a St. Patrick's celebration night in 2016. By the way, many other SU facilities were available at Park Campus.
Do you have any old Students' Union newspapers, flyers or tickets? If we don't hold e-copies, we'd be very interested in having some! We can scan items for you!
2019 photos: Launderette and ATM - both located in the Bassett-Lowke halls block (on left in the third photo), Maidwell and its Annexe at night.
Maidwell (main entrance) in the snow, framed by lovely cherry blossom, and in early summer - all taken in 2021.
If you have any old Avenue-related photos or papers, please get in touch - we can scan them for you! Any items would help our project.
We can also digitise VHS video tapes too!
The floors and areas were colour-coded. Here is MY12 (Y - Yellow), MR69 (red) and MR57 (red) - all photographed in 2019.
Newton was completed in 1915. Here it is in summer 2018. It was owned by the university from 2007-2023. The Newton boardroom in 2019.
Drama students in the Main Hall, 2016.
ACM would like to thank all those who have allowed us to reproduce their photos and Avenue-related material. Especial thanks go to the UON Archive for their considerable assistance in this regard. For more details about the Archive see our Links page.
Maidwell MB8 - Lecture Theatre, 2019.
Maidwell MY85 - Lecture Theatre, 2019.
Student artwork, and SU women's football match on the Racecourse park opposite Avenue - both 2016.
Main restaurant, 2016. Inside the Maidwell courtyard, 2007-08. Young brickies learn their trade - possibly 1950s or even as early as '30s.
Bassett-Lowke Hall of Residence - a typical flat, photographed in 2019 - - -
Nice study bedroom, with en-suite on the left, and a lovely view looking west from the window. The hall was constructed in 1998.
Corridor in the flat (Flat 10 - room shown is no. 3). Communal kitchen (with refurbished decor), and the fine view looking across to Maidwell.
Carpentry ca. 1959, view from SU (formerly Pavilion) in 2019, a tree behind Newton - planted on 3rd May 1916 commemorating the birth of William Shakespeare - pictured in 2019.
Portfolio Innovation Centre - formerly the Maidwell Annexe, 2019.
Seven Spires art installation, Maidwell Courtyard, 2011. Maidwell lift buttons, 2017. Illustration in Walgrave, 2014. Wider view of same room in 2019.
Maidwell Gallery (MY68) hosts the Still exhibition in 2009, Spring Show in 2011, and Craft to America - Style to Britain in 2015.
Maidwell Gallery - exhibition W11: UON Printmaking Fellows 2017-18, and Reflections and Refractions - both 2018.
Small student room in the Portfolio Innovation Centre, offices under Bassett-Lowke Hall - both 2019. A corridor in Maidwell in 2015.
If you could loan us photos or papers to scan, we would be very grateful - if it relates to Avenue, we will be interested! Also, any video material of, or about, the campus.
We hope you have enjoyed browsing this selection of photos and scanned documents,
and that it has provided something of a flavour of the excellent former Avenue Campus.
Photo credits:
Many of the pictures on this page were taken for the ACM project. Additional photos are from: UON Archive, Avenue Gallery, Collin Williamson, Hayley Linthwaite, Joe Brown, Kelly Cooper, Northampton Soup, PCM, UON, University of Northampton Students' Union, Sodexo.
Many thanks to all!
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