Where is Aston University Green?

The green is at Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7BX. Between Coleshill Street and Aston Street. Also an entrance from James Watt Queensway.

 

In brief

The green was landscaped around 2014 after the completion of the Aston Student Village. Which included the new student accommodation blocks. There had already been a Lakeside area since at least the 1970s and 1980s. This was further developed following the demolition of Dalton, Lawrence and Stafford towers. All that remains is Aston University Library (with a new glass extension installed in the early 2010s). Followed by the new Students Union in 2019.

The green at Aston University (May 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Development of Aston University Green

There had already been a Lakeside area at Aston University, well before the demolition of Dalton Tower, Lawrence Tower (in 2011) and Stafford Tower (in 2014).

Following the demolition of the final tower in 2014, the area was landscaped with a central area around the new halls of residence and is part of the Aston Student Village.

As of May 2021, William Murdoch Residences and James Watt Residences (completed in 2010), Mary Sturge Residences and Harriet Martineau Residences (completed in 2014), are being recladded as a response to the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2019, to replace flammable cladding.

The green at Aston University (July 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Aston Students Union

The new Aston Students Union was built in 2018 and opened in 2019. Next to the sports pitch (what had previously been a surface car park). It is in view of the Chancellor's Lake. It is called the Sir Adrian Cadbury Building. The old Aston Students Union building was later demolished between 2019 and 2020.

Aston Students Union from the Chancellor's Lake at Aston University (April 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Marquees at Aston University

Marquees usually go up whenever there is a graduation of Aston University students.

Marquees in the Aston University parkland (July 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Peace Sculpture

The Peace sculpture fountain in the Chancellor's Lake at Aston University by William Pye in 1985

Peace sculpture in the Chancellor's Lake at Aston University (May 2009). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

All the books I should have read

A new sculpture was unveiled in the parkland in 2019 called All the books I should have read by Marko Maetamm.

All the books I should have read sculpture at Aston University (March 2019). Photography by Elliott Brown