Wheeler, Chester

Wheeler provides a 192-seat lecture theatre, alongside numerous other teaching spaces that are all equipped with high-grade audio-visual technology. Our on-site library at Wheeler houses extensive book collections for education and health, journals and school-based resources, as well as computer suites and multimedia rooms that are ideal for Law students to access the Oxford University Press Law Trove, which houses all of their core texts online. Law students also have access to print resources at the Seaborne Library at Exton Park, and can request print copies on a click and collect basis from the Wheeler Library.

Wheeler’s café serves hot and cold drinks, snacks and delicious meals. Meanwhile, the student common room, with a view overlooking the River Dee, provides a space where students are able to eat their own food. Vending machines are available within this space for hot and cold drinks as well as snacks. And, if you feel like a bit of fresh air, the River Dee and the vibrant historic city are right on your doorstep.

The Wheeler Building is the home of our Graduate Entry Medicine course, and also a number of postgraduate medicine-based courses including Neurodevelopmental Conditions, Physician Associate Studies and Psychiatry. Students here have access to outstanding clinical skills and simulation facilities, and benefit from clinical placements with a range of NHS partners including large hospital trusts, community care settings and GP practices. 

Sitting right next door to Chester Crown Court and adjacent to Chester Magistrates’ Court, and also in close proximity to most of Chester’s legal firms and barristers’ chambers, the Wheeler building is the perfect setting for practising Law. Whether you are a Law student practising your legal debating skills and mooting or a Policing student practising presenting your evidence, our moot courtroom will enable you to experience what it feels like to work in a real courtroom.

Our new simulation suite emulates diverse healthcare spaces, ranging from a patient’s home and community clinic settings to acute care settings, including a Triage Assessment Area, Maternity Delivery Suite, Children’s Ward and a General Ward. Patient simulators and virtual reality technology will immerse you in the learning experience, and support the development of your skill set before you enter the working world. We are also well positioned within the North West to network and collaborate with key influencers, including local NHS Trusts and Local Authorities.