Top 50 student accommodation halls in the UK

Deciding where to live at university? Check out this rundown of the top 50 student halls in the UK, as reviewed by students

Student life

Seeta Bhardwa

Editor, THE Student

July 17 2017

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Making the right choice of where to live at university could make the difference between making life long friends or having your cheese stolen from the fridge.

Although you cannot be sure which of the above you'll end up with before you move in, there are other factors to take into account when choosing your university accommodation such as value, location, and sociability.

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To help with this, StudentCrowd analysed 10,834 reviews by students and graduates of the halls that they lived in while at university.

The breakdown of the overall score of each of the halls was based on the following criteria (unfortunately number of cheese thieves isn't one of them - but these are still helpful guidance points):

Value for money
Location
Management
Cleanliness
Social Space/ Communal Areas
Social Activity/ Events
WiFi

Students were asked to rate their halls between one to five stars for each of these criteria.

All of the universities in the top 10 are located in the Midlands, north of England and Scotland, with only a handful of universities in London and the south featuring in the top 50 as a whole. Universities in the south that do feature include the University of Bath.

Best university halls in the UK

Ranking	Halls/Accommodation	University
1	Falkner Eggington	Loughborough University
2	St Regulus Hall	University of St Andrews
3	Nightingale Hall	University of Nottingham
4	Josephine Butler College	Durham University
5	McIntosh Hall	University of St Andrews
6	John Burnet Hall	University of St Andrews
7	Grizedale College	Lancaster University
8	Harry French Hall	Loughborough University
9	Stephenson Hall	University of Sheffield
10	Park Terrace	Newcastle University
11	Langwith College	University of York
12	University College	Durham University
13	St Salvator's Hall	University of St Andrews
14	John Snow College	Durham University
15	Stephenson College	Durham University
16	James College	University of York
17	St Pancras Way	University College London
18	Trevelyan College	Durham University
19	William Murdoch	Aston University
20	St Christopher's Court	University of Derby
21	Wessex Hall	University of Reading
22	Holland Hall	University of Exeter
23	Chancellors Court	Edge Hill University
24	William Morris	Loughborough University
25	Furness College	Lancaster University
26	Liberty Cambrian Point	Cardiff University
27	Yarncliffe Apartments	University of Sheffield
28	Derwent College	University of York
29	The Quads	University of Bath
30	Norfolk Terrace	University of East Anglia
31	Telford	Loughborough University
32	Lafrowda	University of Exeter
33	Cripps Hall	University of Nottingham
34	County College	Lancaster University
35	Rootes	University of Warwick
36	Froggatt Apartments	University of Sheffield
37	Hatfield College	Durham University
38	New Bridge Street	Northumbria University
39	Park Court	University of Lincoln
40	Gowar Halls	Royal Holloway, University of London
41	Denmark Road	University of Manchester
42	Queen's Road Student Village	University of Winchester
43	Royce	Loughborough University
44	Fylde College	Lancaster University
45	Norwood House	University of Bath
46	The Meadows	University of Essex
47	Van Mildert College	Durham University
48	Bluebell	University of Warwick
49	Fferm Penglais	Aberystwyth University
50	Keynes College	University of Kent