Pendle College

Pendle College
Pendle standard accommodation (a.k.a. 'Pendle Ghetto')
University	Lancaster University
Motto	Altiora sequamor Seek to Climb to the Top
Established	1974
Named for	Pendle Region
Principal	Tracy Walters
JCR President	Amy Hopper
Dean	Martin Colclough
Undergraduates	720
Newspaper	The Witch
Website	Pendle College Pendle JCR

Pendle College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Lancaster. Founded in 1974, the college is named after the Pendle region of the east of Lancashire, which is dominated by Pendle Hill. The term "Pendle" is associated with a great deal of fantasy and legend. Although named after Pendle Hill, the area is perhaps more well known for its association with the infamous Pendle Witches.

With standard, en-suite and studio accommodation Pendle College has a wide choice of accommodation options. The college moved to its current location at the far south end of campus in 1994;Grizedale College had already incorporated the original Pendle buildings in 1993. When the university had floated proposals to build new college accommodation at what was then the southern end of campus, it was agnostic as to whether Grizedale or Pendle should take ownership of the new residences. The colleges' Senior Common Rooms were similarly unable to determine their position so the matter was decided through a drinking game conducted between students from both colleges. Grizedale won and elected to retain their existing college buildings and take over the existing Pendle buildings; Pendle would move to the new accommodation. The buildings completed in 1994 surround the college quadrangle and house 402 standard residence rooms. This complex is now known as 'Pendle Ghetto'.

Rooms situated in nearby 'Pendle Posh' are subject to higher rents and have ensuite facilities. With its own quadrangle, 'Pendle Posh' occupies nine blocks of the Alexandra Park complex. Ensuite rooms are available in blocks 24-28: Winewall; Higherford; Fence and Crowtrees. Self-contained studio accommodation is in block 29 - Barnoldswick. Brierfield was part of Pendle until 2009 when it became part of Graduate College.

'Pendle Ghetto' houses the two-storey college bar, Pendle Rooms, and JCR lounge, featuring a balcony overlooking the quad. Pendle Rooms is one of the larger bars on campus and has the best acoustics of all the bars on campus. 'Pendle Ghetto' also houses a launderette, computer lab, secure bike sheds, college offices and the Porters' Lodge. The residential blocks in Pendle Ghetto are numbered, starting with the bar; the two-storey bar is called the 'Merriman Block', after former college principal and history lecturer Marcus Merriman.