Waterstone's Bookshop, in the Commercial Services building, sells books, maps, and tourist guides to the area. Exercise Southampton Common, a large stretch of parkland adjacent to the university, is ideal for walking and jogging. There are signs with maps of the Common at regular intervals along the paths. To reach the Common from the university, walk up the road behind the Turner Sims Concert Hall and the Hansard Gallery with the university on your right. Turn left when the road ends at the intersection with Salisbury Road, and left again onto the path into the Common.
Tourist information is available in the ticket office.