Anyone from London firming Edinburgh?

I'm considering Edinburgh as my first choice because the course looks great and the city also. However, I live in London - train tickets are fairly expensive, and it's just so far! I'm worried that if I end up going I won't be able to visit home much and if something happened I'd be 4/5 hours away! Anyone in the same boat?

On a different note, what's the best accommodation for sociability/good facilities, nice rooms/bathrooms etc?

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Flights are definitely cheaper than trains. I have a Student Railcard and even using that it was cheaper to get a flight. I used Rynair to fly from Stansted to Edinburgh for £19 for my interview, although that was only a month ago and so was off-season. I flew out in September (EasyJet, from Luton) in September to attend the open day and I think that was closer to £60. Only takes about 50 minutes The real issue comes from getting to and from the airports. Eddy have an Airlink bus (around £4 if I recall correctly), but for me to get from Baker's Street to Stansted was about £8 using EasyBus.

Coaches are similar in price but obviously take a lot longer. My National Express coach ticket from Eddy to London Victoria was £18 so you may as well take the plane, however I find the coach timetable to be quite convenient. There's one that leaves Eddy at 9:45pm to get into London at around 6:00am. Depends on how packed the coach is whether or not you get to sleep, though

Ooh interesting. Are you planning to firm Edinburgh? What accommodation have you looked at?

I am indeed. So far my favourite accomm is Warrender Park (Vet student so not that fussed about not being in the city centre as I'll need a bus pass to get to Easter Bush every day anyway). Generally looked like a really nice location next to the park, and one of the cheaper ones which I'm sure my bank account will appreciate.

How about yourself?

Sounds lovely! Have you visited the accommodation? I've heard some are amazing. And I'm looking at kincaid's court (slightly more expensive) but haven't actually looked that much.
Where else have you applied aside from Ed. and what made you choose it over your other choices?

I'm stuck between that and Bristol...

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Flights are definitely cheaper than trains. I have a Student Railcard and even using that it was cheaper to get a flight. I used Rynair to fly from Stansted to Edinburgh for £19 for my interview, although that was only a month ago and so was off-season. I flew out in September (EasyJet, from Luton) in September to attend the open day and I think that was closer to £60. Only takes about 50 minutes The real issue comes from getting to and from the airports. Eddy have an Airlink bus (around £4 if I recall correctly), but for me to get from Baker's Street to Stansted was about £8 using EasyBus.

Coaches are similar in price but obviously take a lot longer. My National Express coach ticket from Eddy to London Victoria was £18 so you may as well take the plane, however I find the coach timetable to be quite convenient. There's one that leaves Eddy at 9:45pm to get into London at around 6:00am. Depends on how packed the coach is whether or not you get to sleep, though