Bristol University Accommodation Info (please post all questions here!)

Unless you're very posh go for UH.

I'm on Freshers crew this year and it's going to be sick. We've hand picked the people who will give you the best time. Rooms are no smaller than the Hiatt Baker rooms, but smaller than Wills. En-suites are slightly excluded though I'm mates with a few of them from one of the blocks and it's no real issue.

Gym is a bit of a mare from Stoke-Bishop, if you're looking to focus on the gym/MMA stay in one of the Clifton halls or something as it will usually take an hour or so travelling (there and back) to go to the uni gym. If you bring a bike it's not a big deal though.

As for Goldney vs UH - if you want a good time, go to UH. If you want a nice building, go to Goldney. The one time I went to Goldney this year for a night out it was an absolute joke, very, very boring.

Goldney isn't as boring as you make out. Its not party central, but by no means is it in any way anti-social. I've found that being in clifton (and thus close to the triangle), a lot more nights out tend to be going out to the pub and then clubs rather than partying in student bars or having flat parties. Security also seem to be a lot nicer to us than they do at some other halls (specifically Durdham from what i've heard).

Having said that, I know the JCR president for Durdham and i'm pretty sure freshers there next year are going to be spending a lot of the time naked, so maybe it won't be as 'boring' as its made out to be.

Perhaps not as boring as I made out, yet still boring I'd say.

Being close to the triangle is probably as much a curse as it is a blessing, very boring place after a while. We only spent a few weeks restricted to the triangle before branching out into Stokes Croft, Easton and the Centre etc. I appreciate what you say about pubs, but going out 3/4 times a week, people in UH for example can't afford to drink in pubs (I do miss that a bit), if you can afford it though it's definitely an upside. The most annoying thing about UH this year has been the bar being perennially under-used (looking to fix the prices for next year) as the kitchens are pretty ****.

Having said that, I know the JCR president for Durdham and i'm pretty sure freshers there next year are going to be spending a lot of the time naked, so maybe it won't be as 'boring' as its made out to be.

Will Hamlyn by any chance?

I know some people who applied for UH en suite as first choice and didn't get it, and a few people who (weirdly) didn't apply for the en suite and got it. If you put UH as your first choice you'll almost certainly get it as a fair amount of people this year had it as their second choice / didn't choose it at all.

Hiatt Baker does not have a gym, none of the SB halls do (I don't think the Clifton ones do either). Most people (myself included) buy sports passes and use the uni gym which is ridiculously busy most of the time - if you want an intense workout where you can keep to rest times etc. then go in the morning before 11 or so. The best option if you're proper keen on the gym would be to use one of the local gyms rather than the Uni gym.

How much are the local gyms vs the uni gym? Oh and are they close to the uni?

I don't go to the gym very often, but I think I'd prefer a local gym. I'd feel uncomfortable in a really busy gym, especially one packed with other people from uni...

I'd settled on Hiatt Baker but apparently there's going to be massive building works all year now. Anyone got any info about this?

I think Daisy from the Facebook group said she rang up and asked. Apparently it is only going to affect the parking lot.

from everything ive read, it seems to me like my only option to have fun is to choose uh without an en suite
are people with en suites really recluses? i want an ensuite because i dont really like the idea of having to fight for a shower but i dont consider myself less outgoing than others, do i really have to sacrifice an en suite to have fun?

The uni gym I think is £300 for 3 years, so it's ridiculously cheap compared to local gyms. And you get access to the swimming pool as well as the sports hall/courts as well.

It's not bad at all. If you go at the right times, it's not really busy either. I used to go between 9 and 10 in the evening on week nights.

Hmm, I'm quite tempted by UH now... I know I want to live in Stoke Bishop but just choosing is difficult. I'm tempted to go for self-catered as well but I'm not sure how much money I'd be saving!