Accomodation... university afflilated or private

Hi anyone with experience of student halls and which ones are better with a social life? Looking for ones close to the university

It depends on what youre looking for, during my first year i was at bishops gate (uni owned) , lovely accomadation but super expensive (£160pw - around £6,800 a year). you can find very similar rooms for a lot less, this year im at Calcott Ten (private), the room is very similar and with a much lower price (£100pw - around £4,500 a year) though i did like the bathroom in bishops a lot more, it was a lot bigger and with that price you would hope so. Calcott is also closer to the library and my uni buildings, so i find it quite useful. I study biomed so im at alison gingell and its like a 10 min walk and 3-5 min walk to the library. in terms of social life i personally found it difficult to interact with flatmates, i did make friends with one of them and a few people from the floor below but tbh youre probably better of socialising in societies and in your course (at least thats what i found easiest and made some of my closest friends through sports societies)