- Percentage of First Year Students in Halls:
- 90%
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- Accommodation Details:
- The university has closed some halls so capacity is tight. There are two student villages, Storthes Hall being the biggest and best, with flats of 6-8 en-suite rooms sharing kitchen and living space. This was recently sold and re-let to raise cash by the poverty stricken uni. Ashenhurst has fewer facilities and is pretty run down and out of the way. There is a new development of private halls called Uni Lodge which is lush but pricey. All halls are self-catering.
The local area is well stocked with decent accommodation and many areas of this spread out town are suitable for students. Mold Green, Birkby and Springwood have dodgy areas but are generally good. Lindley and Marsh are good student areas, with no dodgy bits, but AVOID Fartown (aka Fart-Town) and Dalton, less you get mugged.
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- Accommodation Prices:
- All self-catered and between £50 and £65 per week, bills included.
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- Local Area:
- There are stacks of good pubs and bars in Huddersfield, many of which have a late license. Inside tips are O'Neills, Varsity and Revolution. Clubbing is definitely not the town's strongpoint although there are a few. Nearby Leeds, an astonishingly cheap £2.20 return on the train, and quite nearby Manchester provide some of the best clubs in the UK so there's no need to panic if you find that Huddersfield's offerings are not up to scratch. Student nights are generally Monday to Thursday but change all the time. The union supplies plenty of information on where's best to go, which is jolly decent of them but neccessary as they do little for the partying student themselves. Our top pick is Heaven and Hell at the end of a Wednesday night - £5 all you can drink and eat.
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