Accommodation at Exeter is either in Halls of Residence or Flats. First years are usually allocated catered halls, which, with the exception of St. Luke's Hall, are near the main campus. Meals are provided three times a day, seven days a week - so you can put off learning to use the oven for another year.

The standard of the rooms is high, especially in the newer Halls, but so are the prices. Each room includes a bed (obviously!), a desk, bookshelf and a wardrobe. Most have telephone / college network access. The university even supply bed linen and towels, which are regularly washed for you. You will learn nothing you soft nancies. All halls have a common room, bar and basic cooking facilities (ie a microwave & toaster). There are also laundry rooms for your clothes.

Birks - Supposedly the best halls at Exeter, consisting of three houses: Raddon, Brendan, Haldon. It's not the best looking halls, but it does have a great atmosphere. The Boot is the popular hall bar.

Duryard - Consists of 4 houses (Hetherington, Jessie Montgomery, Moberly and Murray) and Thomas Hall about 10 minutes walk from campus. The rooms seem to be a little larger than the other halls, but beware of the exposed brick walls. Duryard attracts the Sloane types and has several formal functions during the year. There is also a bar called The Welly, how telling.

Exeter Halls - This is the one Unofficial-Guides liked best. The halls are converted stately homes. With a relatively small size it has a friendly atmosphere, some rooms are en-suite. It's close to The Lemmy, the campus nightclub, and has its own small bar, The Badger. Oh, and it has a tennis court.

St. Lukes is, not surprisingly, at St. Luke's campus. Most of the students there study at the St. Luke's site, but there are students from the Streatham campus. It has a good social atmosphere, but there are complaints about its distance from the main university campus.

Marodn Hall - about 130 people, very sloaney and shared but recently refurbished with pool room ,tv room, library and bar. Closest to campus.

Flats are self-catered units and are usually given to non-first years and postgraduates, though Freshers do have the option to choose flats. They consist of between 2-12 rooms per flat (some en-suite) and have a common room with TV, kitchen, etc. Compared to catered halls they don't seem to be great value for money, being only £20.00 cheaper on average plus you lose out onn the social element quite a bit.

Catered:
Between £94.00 - £108.00 p/w (30 weeks) for a single
Around £90.00 p/w p/p (30 weeks) for a twin.

This price includes linen and insurance for personal effects. Check it out though, some policies don't give reasonable cover for stuff like stereos and computers.

Self-catered: £61 - £80 pw. (39 weeks)

There are numerous pubs worth a look like: Victoria Inn, The Walkabout Inn, an Aussie theme bar, and the Jolly Porter, The Artful Dodger, The Imperial (huge Wetherspoons) and the Hogshead.
If you like live music go to the Bowling Green, and only if you like Royal Marines, head for the Turk's Head...otherwise it is like pissing on their territory. For great pub lunches by the river head for Double Locks. Expect to pay over £2.20 for a pint.

Although, not full of clubs, Exeter does have a few. As many potential students seem to suspect, mainstream and cheese rule the roost but contrary to some reports the city does have a decent non-mainstream scene now as clubs and promoters have responded to the gap in the market.

Warehouse is probably the most popular club overall and has three distinct and independent floors with various types of music. Volts is pretty mainstream, Rococco's is cheese heaven and a bit of a dive but has shot specials cheap enough to endanger your liver.
The Cavern - has mostly Drum and Bass at the weekend and deep, dark and dastardley house during the week. There are also some worthy Breaks and D&B nights at The Phoenix. If this is your thing then also try Timepiece on Thursdays where you'll find some indie too. Casbar is gay most nights as is Warehouse on a Tuesday, Lemmy can be a laugh, one of the rooms plays Breaks.
There's also a student night at Arena which means that hardened party animals don't have to take a night off all week. It's very popular so getting in can be a problem. For a consistently updated list, look on the Exeter Student Guild website.