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Our facilities include The Rocket Complex and Hub. Both are great venues that offer regular themed nights filled with entertainment such as live music, quizzes, club nights and comedy.

The Rocket Complex

During the day, the award winning Rocket Complex is a great place to relax and enjoy a drink with friends. At night, it transforms into a lively venue and the perfect place to meet people and have a great night out!

The Rocket Complex has also been given a make over during the summer months and has been livened up with new LED lighting and an extended bar. The pool room has been moved to create more space and we have included a air hockey table, football table and quiz machine to test your knowledge so there will never be a dull moment!

So, pay us a visit, and our friendly staff will be happy to serve you some of the most competitively priced drinks in London available to all metcard holders.

Hub

With its central location at City Campus, Hub is the ideal place for you to relax and have fun in a friendly, contemporary environment. You can enjoy live music, or perhaps you would prefer to rack up a few frames of pool for a little bit of light-hearted competition or challenge your mates to a game on the Wii! Hub offers you a wide range of entertainment to suit a variety of tastes.

Together, the Rocket Complex and Hub have hosted some of the biggest, most high profile and nationally acclaimed student club nights in London including:

The Big Fish
Flirt
The Pint-Sized Comedy Club
Acoustic Session
Stella Screen
Karaoke
The Session

The Rocket and Hub also play host to other spectacular events throughout the year, including:

The Freshers’ Party
The Sports Awards Dinner
The May Ball
The Christmas Party

Weekend events, often until 6.00am, have featured Trevor Nelson, Tim Westwood, Jools Holland, Asian Dub Foundation, De La Soul, Osibisa, Julie Dexter, The Prodigy DJs, Jazzy B of Soul II Soul, Artful Dodger, Dreemteam, DJ Luck and MC Neat, Jah Shaka, Return to the Source, Faduma Qasim Hilowle, Jungle Splash, The Candy Girls Party, Latina Max and London’s largest Brazilian Carnival. New headliners include The 411, Grand National, Loose Cannons and Norman Jay.

Freshers’ Fortnight

This is one of the biggest, not-to-be-missed events of the year and takes place at the beginning of the autumn semester. This two-week extravaganza includes many free events and parties, plus our renowned two-day Freshers’ Fair, where you can:

Collect your NUS card
Join a society
Register for a student travelcard
Buy tickets for the Freshers’ Party
Join the gym
Apply to do some volunteering
Plan a holiday abroad
Take out an insurance policy
Open a bank account
Pick up freebies
Find out about special offers

There is also a Refreshers’ Fair in February for spring semester and returning students.

Stay alert with a metcard

The metcard is your exclusive passport to what’s going on at London Met — and it’s FREE. It gives you instant access to the best deals and discounts on campus, from events and food and drink promotions to special offers in the shops. You can also stay alert with our ‘met alert’ service by receiving emails of what’s coming up. Register online today at www.londonmetstudents.com

Shops

The Rocket shop at North campus sells stationery, course essentials, discounted newspapers and magazines, London Met merchandise, drinks and snacks, all at competitive prices. There is a bookshop at City campus located in Calcutta House and a Blackwells bookshop near the Rocket shop. STA Travel, VUE Cinemas and Endsleigh Insurance have a special affiliation with the University. There are also cashpoints located on or near each campus.

Cafés

Whether you want a hot meal, a snack or just a cup of coffee, you will find one of our 14 affordable café and food outlets across both campuses, selling high street brands such as Upper Crust baguettes, Baxter’s soup and Ritazza coffee. There is also a full range of meals, all-day breakfasts, hot and cold snacks and drinks.

We have 14 affordable cafés and coffee shops across both campuses, which provide a large selection of healthy options. Pick up sandwiches, hot drinks and snacks to takeaway between lectures; alternatively we have plenty of hot food freshly made which you can eat in our comfortable seating areas.

Bars

All our bars offer competitively priced drinks, regular promotions and comfortable surroundings. They provide a perfect place to chill out at the end of the day.