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	St Hilda's College
	Established:	1893
	University:	University of Oxford
	Address:	Cowley Pl Oxford, OX4 1DY, UK
	Telephone:	+44 1865 276884
	Website:	www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
	Student Union/JCR website:	sthildasjcr.co.uk
	Admittance:	Men and women

Contents 1 Location 2 Accommodation 3 Social Spaces 4 Library and Computing 5 Welfare 6 Atmosphere 7 Facilities 8 Student-eye view

Location

St Hilda's is located on Cowley Place, across Magdalen Bridge, so most tourists tend to miss it - which in Oxford is a good thing, really. The location is quite pretty: the college is right next to the river Cherwell (thankfully it's safe from flooding, though, because the meadow on the other side gets flooded instead), and from South lawn you have one of the most beautiful views of Oxford you can get.

Hilda's is frequently referred to as being one of the remoter colleges, which is technically true, as it's clearly not as central as Univ, Jesus or Trinity. Don't be misled into thinking this means Hilda's is miles away from everywhere, though. The centre of town is quite compact, actually, so the "remoteness" of Hilda's is only relative. It's actually close enough to the centre of town for the bells of Magdalen and Merton (Christ Church too, I think, but I'm not entirely sure about that) to be audible, but far enough for the ringing not to be a nuisance. Cowley Road is literally just around the corner, and as long as you're a reasonably fast walker, you can reach most other places within Oxford in 20 minutes or less. To give you a few examples, it takes less than 10 minutes to walk from Hilda's to the Exam Schools or Tesco's, about 15 to the Bodleian or Cornmarket and 20 to the English / Law Faculty building, but of course you can reduce those times by quite a bit if you get a bike, which is probably a good idea anyway.

Accommodation

Room size can vary quite a bit, depending on which building you're in, and sometimes even within one building. Rents are somewhere in the £800 range. You usually only live in college rooms during your first and third year, but there are plans to build additional accommodation (which will probably be built just before the college goes mixed)

Social Spaces

Library and Computing

Welfare

Atmosphere

Facilities

Student-eye view