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== Buildings and location == [[File:St Hugh's Front.jpg|The front entrance of the college|thumb]] St Hugh's occupies a rectangular site in [[North Oxford]]. It is bordered by [[Banbury Road]] to the east, [[Woodstock Road, Oxford|Woodstock Road]] to the west, [[St Margaret's Road]] to the north (the front entrance) and [[Canterbury Road]] to the south (the back gate). The gardens of the college cover about ten and a half acres.<ref>''Alden's Oxford Guide''. Oxford: Alden & Co., 1958; p. 123</ref><ref>"Of the women's colleges S. Hugh's has indisputably the best garden, and for many years now it has been under the loving care of Miss Rogers. It is a well-planned garden, and ... full of interest all the year round."--Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair (1932) ''Oxford's College Gardens''. London: Herbert Jenkins; pp. 173-78</ref> The main entrance of the college leads straight into the Main Building, containing accommodation, teaching facilities, the chapel, and the dining hall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discover St Hugh's |url=https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/discover-st-hughs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524212557/https://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/discover-st-hughs/ |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=St Hugh's College |language=en-GB}}</ref> As of 2022, the majority of first year students are housed in the Main Building, in addition to the Kenyon Building (named for [[Kathleen Kenyon]]).<ref name="Accommodation">{{Cite web |title=Accommodation & Room Info |url=http://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/college-life/accommodation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524212055/https://jcr.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/college-life/accommodation/ |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=St Hugh's College Junior Common Room |language=en-GB}}</ref> Some first years are housed in the Maplethorpe and Mary Gray Allen Buildings, although the majority within these buildings are second years and finalists.<ref name="Accommodation" /> The Rachel Trickett Building (named for a past principal) and 82 Woodstock Road are further used as second and third year accommodation, whilst the Wolfson Building is almost exclusively used for second years.<ref name="Accommodation" /> Further finalist accommodation is provided for in houses on Banbury Road.<ref name="Accommodation" /> All undergraduate rooms have kitchen access, with the majority sharing bathroom access (barring Maplethorpe and the Rachel Trickett Building, which have en-suite access).<ref name="Accommodation" /> In 2018 the college adopted two cats β Admiral Flapjack and Professor Biscuit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Grace |date=2018-11-10 |title=St Hugh's bop runs with 'laundromats and scary rats' theme |url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2018/11/10/st-hughs-bop-runs-with-laundromats-and-scary-rats-theme/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=The Oxford Student |language=en-GB |quote=In response to the outbreak, St Hughβs has adopted two cats from an animal shelter. The cats have been named Admiral Flapjack and its brother, Professor Biscuit. The name admiral Flapjack was chosen by a poll of the JCR, whereas Professor Biscuit was the name already given to the cat prior to adoption.}}</ref> Due to the installation of cat-flaps in 2019, the cats have free roam of the majority of buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-08 |title=Amy Douglas, St Hugh's College Library |url=http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/amy-douglas-st-hughs-college-library/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524220109/http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/amy-douglas-st-hughs-college-library/ |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Oxford Libraries Graduate Trainees |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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