Woodlands Building is situated a short walk from the Wettons Terrace, opposite Car Park 14. A full campus map can be found here. As students enrolled on our music courses, you have automatic access to these buildings for practice purposes and for your instrumental and/or vocal lessons. Students not enrolled onto a music degree are not granted access to these spaces.

We have 21 dedicated spaces for the purposes of music practice and teaching, 13 of which are open spaces for practice purposes:

• The following rooms are home to a mixture of upright and grand pianos: Woodlands Building Rooms 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13; Woodlands Cottage Room 00-1, 1-02, and 1-03.

• The following rooms are open spaces for solo instrumental or small chamber rehearsal (no keyboard): Woodlands Building Rooms 15, and 16; Woodlands Cottage Room 1-01.

We also have eight specialism-specific spaces:

• Woodlands Room 1 hosts our Early Music instrument collection, our double basses (College and student owned) and harps. Please contact the Music Performance Office if you require access.

• Woodlands Room 2, 3 and 4 are dedicated spaces for piano teaching, performance seminars and for the practice needs of Solo Performance students (MU2210, MU3393, and Postgraduate Taught). Students who are granted access to this space will be/have been contacted.

• Woodlands Cottage 0-02 is our band room. This space is a priority space for those enrolled onto MU3651, and kit specialists. Please contact the Music Performance Office if you require access.

• The Postgraduate Rehearsal Room situated in Woodlands Cottage 0-03 can be accessed by postgraduate students requiring a private space. Please contact the Music Performance Office if you require access.

• Wettons Terrace Room 0-05 hosts our practice organ for organists to use for personal rehearsal purposes. Please contact Rupert.Gough@rhul.ac.uk if you require access.

• Wettons Terrace Studio 0-03 is our dedicated Percussion Suite for those studying percussion as a first-study instrumentalist. Please contact the Music Performance Office if you require access.

The Woodlands Buildings are open to students from 06:00am – 0:00am, 7 days a week. Access applies throughout the academic year and stops on the expiration date of your student card. Any access issues to the buildings should be forwarded to the Music Performance Office in the first instance, or security@royalholloway.ac.uk outside of Concert Office opening hours.   

New students can gain access to the buildings from 06:00am on the first teaching week of an academic year.  

To ensure the safety of yourself and others and to best manage our spaces, the Department of Music has implemented room booking system for students.

A booking automatically reserves a given room, and cannot be booked by another individual. We may ask for further information about your booking after its submission.

CLICK HERE to visit Resource Booker and book your music practice room now. 

How long can I book for?

• Undergraduate students are permitted to request up to 90-minutes per day for their own personal music practice (in 30-minute chunks).
• Postgraduate taught students, specialising in performance pathway, are permitted to request up to 180-minutes per day for their own personal music practice (in 30-minute chunks).
• Postgraduate taught students (not specialising in performance) and Postgraduate Research students should contact the Music Performance Office if they require access to practice facilities. 

A booking automatically reserves a given room, and cannot be booked by another individual. We may ask for further information about your booking after its submission. 

Have a question?

Haven't found what you are looking for? Have a question about room bookings? Please contact the Music Performance Office to find out more. 

In each of our practice/teaching spaces you will see a copy of our Practice Room Policy of Use. Familiarise yourself with the information presented. This policy outlines important information to ensure the well keeping of our rooms and our instruments collections. Please respect our spaces.

Royal Holloway is honoured to be one of only 22 UK institutions to hold the title as an All-Steinway Institution, and the maintenance of our instruments is not only important to the Department but to the wider College. Our Music Performance Administrator, not only manages all the practice or performance spaces at the university but the many instruments we house and/or own. Correct treatment of our instruments is imperative when using our rooms, therefore please read the policy carefully regarding this.

If there are any issues regarding our rooms or its contents, please contact Please contact Music Performance Office directly in the first instance.

A broken lightbulb? A faulty door handle? The piano needs tuning? Our facilities need love and care to ensure they work for you, so please let us know if you spot a fault.

Please complete this short Microsoft form, where you will be asked to provide us with the following information:

• Music practice room number, the building, and which floor it is on (E.g. "Woodlands Building Room 9, first floor")
• Description of maintenance request (e.g. light fitting, fixtures, etc.)
• Date and time you spotted the fault/concern

To access the Microsoft form, please click here to complete.