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Accommodation

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Contents​​

1.

     Overview

2.

     Backup Plans

3.

     Hall Reviews

Overview

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UCL halls

  • UCL only / Intercollegiate 

  • Catered / Non-catered

  • Undergraduates only /
    with Postgraduates

7000

​   Room Types

  • Single / Double / Twin

  • En-suite / Shared Bathroom / Studio

Beds in total

Room Types

  • ​Single: Room designated to be used by one person including one single bed

  • Double: Room designated to be used by two people including one king/queen size bed 

  • Twin: Room designated to be used by two people, including one small individual bed for each person

  • Studio: A single-room dwelling that combines the bedroom, kitchen, and living area into one large room 

  • Ensuite: A room with a private adjoining bathroom 

  • Shared bathroom: Bathroom will be shared with other flatmates, normally up to 6 people

Hall Types

  • UCL Halls of Residence: Halls run by UCL 

  • Intercollegiate halls: Halls run by the University of London, which also house students outside of UCL within UoL
    (e.g. LSE, KCL)

  • Catered: Residence Hall will provide 12 meals per week –
    Breakfast and dinner on Monday to Friday, brunch on Saturday and Sunday 

  • Self-catered: Residents will prepare meals for themselves as the Residence Hall will not. The hall will provide a designated kitchen space for residents’ use.

Catered Halls

UCL Halls of Residence

  • Ifor Evans Hall (catered and self-catered)

  • Ramsay Hall

Intercollegiate Halls

  • Garden Halls (catered and self-catered)   

  • International Hall (catered and self-catered) 

  • College Hall 

  • Connaught Hall

Self-Catered Halls

​UCL Halls of Residence

  • Arthur Tattersall House 

  • Astor College 

  • Campbell House East 

  • Campbell House West 

  • Frances Gardner House 

  • Goldsmid House

  • Ian Baker House

  • James Lighthill House

  • John Adams Hall 

  • John Dodgson Hall 

  • John Tovell House

  • Langton Close

  • New Hall

  • One Poole Street

  • Schafer House 

Intercollegiate Halls

  • St Pancras Way (run by Unite Students) 

  • Beaumont Court (run by Unite Students) 

  • Eleanor Rosa House

  • Garden Halls (catered and self-catered)

  • International Hall (catered and self-catered)

  • Handel Mansions

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Students under 18 will be allocated places at Ramsay Hall, Ian Baker House and James Lighthill House only.

Backup Plans

For those who missed the UCL accommodation application deadline or have been rejected.

Option A: Remaining Intercollegiate Halls

  • UoL does not offer waiting lists, however releases remaining accommodation vacancies on their website

  • Applicants can browse and book any remaining accommodation on a first-come-first-served basis.
    Apply as soon as possible!

  • Students will have to create an account via the UoL Application Portal in order to secure a room in any Intercollegiate Hall. Register for an account here

  • Official Website: https://www.london.ac.uk/halls

Option B:  Private Student Accommodation

  • Those near UCL include: Scape Bloomsbury, IQ Bloomsbury, Chapters Kings Cross, Urbanest Kings Cross

  • Recommended for students who would like to secure a place earlier or as insurance

  • Prices tend to be higher than UCL-managed accommodation.

Option C:  UCL Halls Waiting List

  • Application date for 2023-2024 Waiting List: Tuesday, 5 September 2023

  • You can submit your application for accommodation before this date if you are a(n): 

    • Student who will be under 18 on Saturday 16 September 2023 

    • Student with a disability or health condition (supporting evidence required) 

    • Care experienced student  

    • Estranged student  

  • ​This is NOT recommended as your sole option as it usually opens quite late during Freshers’ Week.

Hall Reviews

Hall Reviews

Ifor Evans Hall

109 Camden Rd, London NW1 9HZ

Price per week

 £216.30 – 276.08

Catering?

Yes

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (non en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL 

Pros:

  • Bus stop right next to Hall (29) that goes directly to Main Campus 

  • Close to Camden Town many supermarkets and restaurants nearby

  • Cheap rent with catering provided

Cons:

  • The rooms are quite old 

  • Located in most dangerous part of Camden, so can be dodgy after dark. Students have to be careful of thefts, mugging and knife crime.

  • Rather far away from other halls and UCL Main Campus by foot

One Pool Street

1 Pool Street, London, E20 2AF

Price per week

 £281.95 – 304.64

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (en-suite)

Large Single (en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • Very new accommodation only opened in 2022, with a modern-looking design and overall appearing new and clean

  • Close to UCL east campus – 16 minutes via Bus 339

  • 9 minutes to Stratford station and 12 minutes to Paddington Mill Lane station, both stations have trains to UCL Main Campus

  • Recommended for those with studies based at UCL East Campus

Cons:

  • Runs out of hot water quite frequently

  • Potential noise issues - people party all the time

  • Not recommended for students with studies based at UCL Main Campus due to large distance 

Garden Halls (Main Building)

Cartwright Gardens, Kings Cross, London WC1H 9EF

Price per week

£314.16 - £374.08

Catering?

Yes

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (en-suite)

Studio (en-suite)

Hall Type

Intercollegiate (UoL)

Pros:

  • Close to local Brunswick Center, providing convenient access to a large variety of supermarkets, pubs and bookstores

  • 15-minute walk to UCL Main Campus, also close to Russell Square Station (5 minutes) and Kings Cross/St. Pancras Station (6 minutes)

  • Relatively new building with good services including quick maintenance, priority accommodation and gated reception area

  • Highly accessible building with automatic doors and big lifts

  • Many facilities including 7 study rooms, 2 common rooms, movie theatre, snooker and ping pong table, and 2 tennis courts

  • Better variety and quality of catered food compared to other catered Halls of Residence

Cons:

  • Varying food quality with strict and rigid cafeteria staff

  • Frequent issues with washing machines in Halls, may lead to over 700 people sharing 3-4 dryers

  • Very strict guest policy – maximum of 3 guests allowed before 11pm and maximum of 1 guest allowed after 11pm

  • Staff may be strict and inflexible regarding mail and parcel collection, guest registration or noise levels after 11pm

  • Post boxes shared with your entire corridor of 20 people

  • Increasing prices for rooms with great competition for places

Campbell House East / West

Campbell House East, 5-10 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BX
Campbell House West, 20-24 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BX

Price per week

£202.16 - £256.34

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (non en-suite)

Twin (non en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • Very close to Main Campus, only a few minutes walk from most of the UCL buildings

  • Close to supermarkets: 7 minutes to Brunswick Centre with Waitrose and TianTian, 8 minutes to Lidl

  • Good facilities including washing machines, kitchens, a decent common room and a printer

Cons:

  • No lift - students living on higher floor levels may be inconvenienced

  • Lack of eating out options- Closest eateries are either at Tottenham Court Road or the Brunswick Centre

  • Relatively old building and rooms

  • Not many washing machines and dryers - all residents need to share between 4 washing machines and 4 dryers 

Langton Close

Wren Street, Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 0HD

Price per week

£178.22 - 231.91

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (non en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • Cheapest accommodation for UCL halls of Residence

  • 6-8 people per flat, easy to form close connections

  • Very clean environment with helpful and responsive staff

  • 10 minutes to Brunswick Centre with variety of Supermarkets

Cons:

  • Awkward location between King’s Cross Station and Russell Square Station, 20+ minutes to UCL campus

  • Old rooms with dim lighting

  • Adjacent to construction site for UCL Neurosciences so can be a bit noisy during the day

  • Right next to a park which can get sketchy at night

John Adams Hall

John Adams Hall, 15-23 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DP

Price per week

£202.16 - £325.22

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

No

Room Types

Single (non en-suite)

Single (en-suite)

Twin (non en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • Great location: 5 minutes to Main Campus and 10 minutes to Euston Station, also close to many Tube stations such as Warren Street

  • Relatively new compared to other UCL halls of residence

Cons:

  • Relatively small single rooms

  • Relatively small shared kitchen, potential inconveniences

St Pancras Way

11-13 St Pancras Way, London NW1 0PT

Price per week

 £312.41 – 336.91

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (en-suite)

Single Studio (en-suite)

Hall Type

Intercollegiate (Unite Students)

Pros:

  • New and clean rooms with modern design and wooden floor, most other accommodations have carpet floors

  • Good facilities including many common areas and a printer

Cons:

  • Quite far from main campus with little accessible public transport

  • Flat-based system: Residents can only access their own flat of 6-8 people with their keycard, making it difficult to socialise outside of common areas

  • One of the most expensive Halls of Residence

New Hall

New Hall, 465 Caledonian Road, London N7 9GU

Price per week

 £246.33 – 285.60

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (en-suite)

Studio (en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • Close to local supermarkets -2 minutes to Sainsbury’s and 6 minutes to Tesco 

  • 1 minute to Caledonian Road station  

  • Relatively new rooms with overall clean environment

Cons:

  • Flat B is located close to the underground station, making it quite noisy during peak times

Garden Halls (Hughes Parrey Tower)

Cartwright Gardens, Kings Cross, London WC1H 9EF

Price per week

£314.16 - £374.08

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

Yes

Room Types

Single (en-suite)

Studio (en-suite)

Hall Type

Intercollegiate (UoL)

Pros:

  • Close to local Brunswick Center, providing convenient access to a large variety of supermarkets, pubs and bookstores

  • 15-minute walk to UCL Main Campus, also close to Russell Square Station (5 minutes) and Kings Cross/St. Pancras Station (6 minutes)

  • Relatively new building with good services including quick maintenance, priority accommodation and gated reception area

  • Highly accessible building with automatic doors and big lifts

  • Many facilities including 7 study rooms, 2 common rooms, movie theatre, snooker and ping pong table, and 2 tennis courts

Cons:

  • Kitchens shared with 10 people

  • Frequent issues with washing machines in Halls, may lead to over 700 people sharing 3-4 dryers

  • Very strict guest policy – maximum of 3 guests allowed before 11pm and maximum of 1 guest allowed after 11pm

  • Staff may be strict and inflexible regarding mail and parcel collection, guest registration or noise levels after 11pm

  • Post boxes shared with your entire corridor of 20 

  • Increasing prices for rooms with great competition for places

Frances Gardner House

Wren Street, Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 0HD

Price per week

£267.26

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

No

Room Types

Single (en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • 6 - 8 people per flat which makes it easy to form close connections

  • Helpful & responsive staff

  • Very clean environment with large rooms

  • 10 minutes to Brunswick Centre with variety of Supermarkets

Cons:

  • No lift for some blocks

  • Awkward location between King’s Cross Station and Russell Square Station, 20+ minutes to UCL campus

  • Dependent on Langton Close for facilities, including common area, washing machines & dryers, reception and post boxes

  • Isolated from the other halls of residences, difficult to socialise with others without active participation in social activities 

  • Adjacent to construction site for UCL Neurosciences so can be a bit noisy during the day (especially those living in Block D)

  • Right next to a park which can get sketchy at night

James Lighthill House

Wren Street, Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 0HD

Price per week

£267.26 - £342.30

Catering?

No

Postgraduates?

No

Room Types

Single (en-suite)
Single Studio (en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • Mostly under 18 hall,  easier to meet like-minded people

  • 7-8 people per flat which makes it easier to socialise with others

  • 10-minute walk from Angel, an area with a lot of food, supermarkets and shops

Cons:

  • 25-minute walk to Main Campus, which can harsh during poor weather conditions

  • Kings Cross area is a little dodgy at night

  • Distance from campus makes it inconvenient to go to social events 

Ramsay Hall

Ramsay Hall, 20 Maple Street, London W1T 5HB

Price per week

£208.95 - £317.45

Catering?

Yes

Postgraduates?

No

Room Types

Single (non en-suite)

Studio (en-suite)

Twin (non en-suite)

Hall Type

UCL

Pros:

  • Great location: 5 minutes to Main Campus, convenient for those who like to stay at Campus until late 

  • Mostly under 18 hall, easier to meet more like-minded people

Cons:

  • Relatively old rooms and amenities

  • Non-residents coming in and out frequently, potential security concerns and issues

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