- Percentage of First Year Students in Halls:
- 99%
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- Accommodation Details:
- There are three types of university accommodation. 6 Lawn Halls about three miles from campus and 4 traditional halls behind the botanical gardens but the largest number of places are in shared houses. The Lawn halls are busy and a great laugh when you are a 1st year, the traditional halls are a bit more reserved and some students complain that they are boring.
All first years can be accommodated, but the shared housing system is not the best, especially if you are matched up with an absolute nut-case. There have been problems with burglary, but since the installment of CCTV, things seem to have settled down.
In the second and final years most students live in private rented accommodation, which is fairly easy to find as there are more properties than students. Landlords have taken to plying students with free Sky TV along with the cheapest rent in the UK, we reckon. The most popular places are around Beverley Road and Newland Avenue, but try to avoid the council estates of Bransholme and Orchard Park.
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- Accommodation Prices:
- University
Halls: £61 - £75 per week
Houses: £38 - £55 per week
Local Area
The average rent in the local area is around £34 per week.
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- Local Area:
- Kingston-upon-Hull (aka Hull) is Britain's 3rd largest port and is situated on the Humber estuary, into which the River Hull flows. The surrounding coastline is spectacular, but remains quite grey throughout the year.
The University is situated two miles from the city centre in a leafy residential area, but the campus itself is ruined somewhat by the aray of 1930s and 1960s architecture. It seems that most of the campus is made up of ugly, grey brick structures. Hunt a bit though and there are some very attractive redbrick buildings. Whatever the case though there is plenty of grass and trees to look at.
The mix of campus life in a city is great, since students can easily escape to the anonymity of the city centre if they wish. Hull has numerous pubs, but we recommend the Gardner's Arms, a real studenty place, the Foxhill and Firkin, and Scruffy Murphy's. A popular pub crawl is the Bev Road Run, which few finish without making a mess.
If you are looking for something which is away from the city centre and closer to the uni then go for the Haworth.
Hull's selection of nightclubs is pretty crap, but The Room is defintiely worth a look. It's on 3 or 4 floors with different rooms with sofas and bars dotted around. Music depends on the night but there's a bit of everything. Eclipse is only worth a visit in times of great need. It's cheesy but doesn't have the atmsophere that makes some cheesy clubs a laugh. Goths might like to try Spiders in the middle of an industrial estate. it has proper industrial cages and a fine selection of homemade cocktails that are dirt cheap. Remember to pack that black lippy and slayer T-shirt then. As for live gigs, there is a lot more variety. Keep a look out for posters in the Student Union and also keep a look out for the newest club in town, complete with rooftop beer garden. Hull's biggest advantage - £1.40 a pint in more than a few places.
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