- Percentage of First Year Students in Halls:
- 70%
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- Accommodation Details:
- There is a shortage of Halls accommodation now worries since external companies have taken advantage of this and built new halls. Three new places opened in September 2002 and another three in September 2003. This means most 1st years will be living very close to if not on campus. Many first years have to live in local terraced housing owned by the university and situated about a mile from campus. As for Halls accommodation in other years...forget it, unless you are foreign or disabled student. The rooms are quite good quality, but small. With the exception of Roeburn Hall all rooms are singles with shared facilties, or 'cluster flats' providing apartments for 4-6 students. All have telephone sockets and ethernet connections. For more detailed informtion see the university website...they really are how they are described.
Security in halls is fair, with CCTV everywhere. You can wander around the halls but can't get into them as you need keys. You can climb up Batman style and get in if someone opens a window for you. We know as we did this and looked a lot like the caped crusader and his trusty comrade even if we do say so ourselves.
Finding accommodation after the first year is not that difficult in Preston. The best places to look are Broadgate, Plungington and Ashton. Just make sure that you don't get a tight landlord. Try to avoid Deepdale.
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- Accommodation Prices:
- University Owned
Standard singles in halls, flats and houses range between £1748.25-£2331 annually (37 weeks all self-catered).
En-suites cost £2590 annually (37 weeks).
Private
Generally the average rent is around £40-50 weekly. However, at these prices many students opt to spend a little more for something better.
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- Local Area:
- Preston is the second largest city in Lancashire and is the administrative capital. That means that the mayor and counsellors are on hand to oversee many of the university events...all very boring after a while. Unlike Lancashire's largest city, Blackpool, which lights up the North East, Preston actually has some style. There are many beautiful buildings including the city's Library, but sadly this does not seem to extend to the majority of the University's buildings, which seem to be concrete or brick and built in the 1960s...and we know how stylish that architectural era can claim to be.
There are plenty of pubs and other entertainment in Preston. Popular places include Ship Inn, Adelphi, Roper Hall, Tokyo Jo's, Squires and Quincys, Aqualenium. Base is a dive. Preston has two cinemas, two bowling alleys, lots of nice parks (just avoid them at night). Yates is generally avoided as it is expensive. Places to be seen are Revolution, Reflex (80s bar), Squares (with their excessive number of TVs) and maybe Browns (cafe by day, dirty RnB etc by night)
There is also a large covered market which is the best place to get anything...including designer makes at cut prices.
If you feel like going further afield then the beautiful Ribble Valley is nearby. All in all Preston is a lovely, cheap market town, but the weather leaves much to be desired.
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