Bangor Accommodation - Megathread

Anyone who lives in Tegfan or Bryn Dinas this year have been deprived of sleep considerably this year, as both have had a lot of fire alarms (Tegfan moreso than Bryn Dinas), so I wouldn't have recommended them even if they were an option (which they won't be as they're set to become the new Welsh halls). The quiet halls for next year are M block of Y Borth and Bryn Eithin on the other side of the city. I shall be in Idwal next year, so will be in one of the new halls (opened this year). Personally, I think you should just go with the option most suitable to you. Dan and the others have explained things well enough so I don't need to repeat them!

Bangor accommodation seems to be very expensive for next year. I know they've built a lot of new 'halls' but it seems a bit too much so I shall probably rule it out on that basis. Everything seems to be £3.5k apart from the really old buildings which is a lot relative to the £2.2k to £2.7k I'll be looking at elsewhere. It's a shame because I like Bangor.

Thanks guys!

I can't really consider the halls where you have to move out over the breaks because a)there is no way I can ask my mother to cart stuff to and from Bangor 6 times and b) I might not want to be at home for all of the Xmas and Easter breaks due to family problems. (Not my Mum, one of my siblings.)

I'm seriously not likely to drink much. I'm terrified of being sick so the most I have ever had has been 5 vodkas and lemonades (well two double and one single) as I stopped when I felt tipsy. TBH drinking doesn't have a great appeal to me. Don't worry I am going to socialise (I've already figured out at least 4 societies I want to join) and I will go out, I just won't drink.... apart from St Patrick's Day but I'm spending that in Dublin (don't tell me I won't be able to afford it/whatever... a girl can dream! Will be going to Boston one year in the distance future for it as well. With a trip up to Toronto to pay homage in the broken toilet alleyway and go to McGinty's Bar (well McVeigh's is what it's called in real life).... I love the Boondock Saints....)

Anyhow, vegan food is generally dirt cheap (well it's more expensive when you use the meat/dairy/egg substitutes but I don't (apart from oat or rice milk in tea which is around £1.50 for a litre but lasts for a week when opened which is how long it takes me to use)) and seeing as the mothership will take me to a supermarket and do a £50+ish shop when I arrive (it's a thing she done for my siblings) and I'll use it to stock up on all the long-life stuff (lentils... lots of lentils, tins of pulses, pasta, rice etc. Oat milk! omg she can so buy me a load of oak milk for my tea.....)

Hmmmm... breeze blocks... as long as I can put posters up I can cope.. (although I doubt they'll accept my 150+ posters, calender pics (yes I'm sad) and postcard collection..)

I've spoken to my brother and he says that I won't cope in shared halls. He uses the cloakroom when he's back as it's near the spare room and it will be at least a month, more like three, before I will be able to use it again after he's gone. (Told you I have issues :P ) So shared probably won't be a good idea. Plus the shared halls are quite far away from Morrisons aren't they? (Morrisons and Tesco are my best bet for vegan food... well Sainsbury's is actually the best, followed by Tesco, then ASDA, then Morrisons, then M&S and then places like Aldi etc. Not sure yet how I'm going to cope without Sainsbury's )

Are there any health food type shops in Bangor? Even a Holland and Barrett?

OK, if it is possible to survive on £72 a week then I should cope. Do you have any idea what Y Borth is like? I probably would be better off in a quiet block (again according to my brother who's done 5 years at uni and knows me pretty well).

EDIT: Just done a quick google and there's a Holland and Barrett and a Julian Graves but are there any independent health food shops?

i just noticed you said you won't be drinking...me neither, glad there is more than just me as a non drinker...but i also will be social etc etc! :-)

you sound like my kind of person lol...are you thinking of going for quiet halls then?

With regards to the buildings, the brand new halls (lovely shiny ones you would have been shown) are really not that great. the "old new halls" on ffridd site are just as good but about 10 years older. infact some of them are even better than the new halls which have had a few flaws with them.

Yep! M block in Y Borth

great stuff, i am going to go for the quieter accommodation too :-) might well end up seeing you there - what course are you doing?

Medieval and Early Modern History. Although I am thinking of switching over to History with Archaeology....

You? :-)