University of Leeds accommodation

Catered

Bodington Hall

For more information, see Bodington Hall

Ellerslie Hall

Ellerslie Hall is a small area of student accommodation in some terrace houses in the far eastern edge of the campus.

Self catered

Bodington Hall

For more information, see Bodington Hall

Carr Mills

Carr Mills has really nice en suite rooms but to get to it from the university when walking you pass through a housing estate which has a reputation for being dodgy. Also the windows in the nicely spacious kitchens have a major design flaw—there is no way of opening them which can leave the kitchen very smokey. There is also a lack of an area in which to socialise with other residents which means most flats either keep to themselves or become friends with another couple of flats.

Clarence Dock

For more information, see Clarence Dock

Devonshire Hall

Devonshire Hall is noted for being a haven for, though not exclusively, Public School students, with beautiful architecture and surroundings.

Grayson Heights

Grayson Heights has been wholly leased from Unipol for 2007/08. It is currently being used for Postgraduates and families.

Henry Price Building

Henry Price is the only self-catered residence on campus. It houses 355 students in total, who mostly share shower and toilet facilities between two people, there are however a small number of en suite rooms. There are 40 flats spread across five blocks.

Lupton Residences

Lupton Residences is located in the centre of Headingley, behind Somerfield, Wilkinson and other shops along the Headingley shopping strip. With 15 blocks spread across plentiful greenery, it provides a perfect haven for summertime BBQ's and games.

All blocks but 1 contain 9 flats across 3 floors, with 5 people in each flat. These flats share one kitchen and one bathroom between the 5 people. Same sex and mixed sex flats are available, dependent on preference when completing the accommodation application form.

James Baillie Park

James Baillie Park is positioned at the tail end of North Hill Road, close to both Devonshire Hall and North Hill Court.

The site is managed by UNITE and has 560 rooms available (most en-suite); some studio flats are available and there are a few cluster flats housing 3 students sharing a bathroom. Most kitchens are shared between 6 residents; some share between 4 and cluster flats share between 3.

Studio flats have their own kitchen facilities and as a result find it more difficult to socialise. However, James Baillie offers a common room with satellite TV, pool table, games machine and vending machines where it is possible to meet other students. Laundry facilities, cycle storage and off-road parking is also available.

The students that live here have the advantage of being half-way between the University and Headingley; only a short walk from all the bars, pubs, cinemas, cafes and restaurants in Headingley and the Hyde Park area. It takes approximately 20 minutes to walk to Parkinson steps but if you are feeling lazy JBP is on the main bus route with buses running every few minutes.

There is long running rivalry with the Montague Burton residences.

Montague Burton Residences

Montague Burton Residences are situated in Devon Road, approximately five to eight minutes walk away from the Parkinson Building, which marks the front of the University of Leeds. They house 480 students in both standard and en-suite rooms. Flats are shared between five people.

The students in Montague Burton are typically diverse, housing undergraduates and postgraduates, UK and foreign students, and many different religious communities. It offers the opportunity to share a flat with people of your own country or religion but also allows for interaction with others.

Flats are contained in a number of blocks, each assigned a letter. Residents' keys do not let them in to other blocks, so meeting people in other blocks is more difficult than meeting people in one's own. However, there is a grassy area in the centre of the blocks with barbecues where students can congregate.

The Montague Burton office is open weekdays from 8-10am and 4-6pm. It deals with parcel collections, maintenance issues in the flats, parking issues and flat inspections. Flat inspections are carried out once every term, though only the communal areas of the flat are examined during the first two. Bedrooms are inspected in term three.

Bedrooms are not huge but they provide enough space for your needs. Standard rooms contain a single bed, a wardrobe, a small chest of drawers, a desk, a plastic desk chair, a softer chair and a sink. Internet cables are provided. The kitchens are a good size with space to move around, and they contain two fridge freezers, an oven, a kettle, an ironing board, an iron and a microwave. The bathrooms are small and contain a shower. The toilets contain a toilet and a sink. There is also a cupboard which contains a vacuum, a broom and a dustpan and brush.

There is one laundry room next to B block. A standard wash costs 1.60 and a super wash costs 1.80. Drying costs one pound. The machines do not take 5p or 10p coins. The recycling bins are located near C block. The green bins take cardboard, plastic blottles, paper and aluminium cans. The white bins take glass of all colours.

North Hill Court

North Hill Court is close to Devonshire and James Baillie. Its good if you want good quality accommodation but dont want to spend lots of money. However the rooms are not all the same size and you might get one that isn't as good as another persons, some rooms have balconies. You have to share your bathroom facilities as well.

Oxley Residences

Oxley is a student residences belonging to the University of Leeds, situated in Weetwood, Leeds. The residence comprises 12 blocks (A-M, except I) and 2 houses (Oxley House and Bardon Grange). Oxley is approximately 2.5 miles away from the University of Leeds and 3.5 miles away from Leeds City Centre. The halls are located close to Weetwood Sports facilities and hence attract a high percentage of sports-oriented students.

Originally Weetwood Villa, built around 1861 by John Simpson for Henry Oxley. A neo-gothic mansion, Oxley had bought seven acres of the former Englefield Estate to build his home. He lived there for almost thirty years. James Walker Oxley inherited the property when his father died in 1890 and leased it to tenants. In 1920 he gifted the house (now called the Elms) to Leeds University, when it became Oxley Hall a residence only for women.

When it opened in October 1921 it raised the total number of Halls of Residence for women to 5, between them providing accommodation for 186 students. A new wing was added in 1928 after a brief closure and the hall re-opened with 65 students in residence. By the 1950s the number had risen to 138.

Sentinel Towers

Sentinel Towers is located on Burley Street approximately a 15-minute walk from the western end of the University Campus. It is divided into two towers, Tower A and Tower B, with Tower B being mostly inhabited by freshmen and Tower A by second-year, third-year, postgraduate and international students.

It comprises 240 en-suite rooms, organised into flats of between 4 and 8 students all sharing kitchen facilities. It has a parking area beneath the bases of the Towers which is accessed only by keycard and directly from the Towers.

Sentinel Towers is located close to several private student accommodations, including The Tannery and Opal Court, and is served by a local NISA store.

The Towers are accessed by keycard from Cavendish street (directly into the parking area) and Burley Street (entering by walkway to Floor 3). The site office is open 8am-10am and 4pm-6pm Mon-Fri (excluding Bank Holidays). Site services include car parking (permit holders only), recycling and laundry facilities.

Shimmin

Shimmin is a hall of residence on the top floor of the Social Sciences building at the University of Leeds. It is able to house 40 students and has bathroom and kitchen facilities shared between each flat of around 6 students. Shimmin had always been used as female flats, but was mothballed in 2007. In September 2007 it was brought back into service as temporary accommodation for both male and female clearing students owing to a large increase in applications. In November the university decided to keep Shimmin open for the remainder of the academic year as permanent accommodation.

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Tetley Hall

For more information, see Tetley Hall