Rowancroft court

Your not alone, and yeah i'm not impressed either especially after waiting so long. Hopefully a few of us will be put there and can walk/bus to campus.

On facebook there seems to be a lot of people who have been placed there. It sucks that you're going to be that far out.

Hey i got put there too, i can so see why we shouldnt like it because i too am going to be studying on streaham so it would have been so much nicer to be closer. But ive seen some pictures and it looks quite nice and its 7 minutes by car to streatham. what house are you in?

Im in davies house its on your offer, it'll say it in your accommodation details under Address.

Hi, I lived in Rowancroft Court last year. I am a medic, and yes rowancroft is mostly medics and sport scientists who are based at St Lukes, but I know a few people who are based at Streatham but lived at Rowancroft. It will be annoying cos Streatham is a little way away. Do you know how many hours a week you have? Most of my best mates where the people in my halls, so I'm sure in that respect it won't matter that your course it at the other campus. Also, there might be the chance to move over to Streatham after a few months if there is space. One of my flat mates did Business at Streatham and he moved after the first term. Rowancroft is a nice place to live, in court the rooms are nice and big, and I never had to que for the bathroom. The kitchens are pretty small, but we got around it by being patient/cooking together. Don't worry about it too much, I'm sure you'll have a great time at Exeter!!

At Rowancroft there are Rowancroft Court, Rowancroft Mews, Rowancroft House, and a whole new bit which, in a fit of inventiveness, I think is just called Rowancroft. Altogether it looks like there'll be more than 350 people living there this year, so first off it's not like you'll be on your lonesome, and added to that and it's a safe bet that quite a few of them will be studying at the Streatham campus too.

And, like grape said, there are local shops and takeaways - literally just up the road there's a whole street with a Somerfield, a late-night shop at the garage, takeaways, and other shops including my favourite charity shop (I know, I know. But it is!) And, just because you aren't studying at St Luke's there's no reason you can't use the stuff there, like the bar and so on - and, actually, St Luke's is where the indoor swimming pool is, which could be handy. Plus, if you nip through the St Luke's campus you come out on Magdalen Road which is a really nice row of shops with a greengrocer, fishmonger, butcher, deli - you name it - and I definitely recommend checking them out. Especially the florentines from the deli. And the orange cake.


Is that helping on the cheering up front?

I know this is no consolation, but I live in Exeter (and don't go to the uni) but there are some awesome takeaway shops within 5 minutes of that place x

no, it doesn't say anything like that, I checked the whole page. I guess I'll have to call them how many houses are there?

I think the houses with different names are in the new bit that's just called Rowancroft, whereas Rowancroft Court doesn't have individually named bits in the same way (if that makes any sense - I'm almost confusing myself, here!) so they probably can't tell you anything more at the mo.

OK, Rowancroft is here (only where there's a big grey blob in the image, there are now the new buildings). There's a little bit of green space behind Rowancroft itself (complete with a strange new sculpture of an arm holding a degree scroll coming out of the ground!?!).

If you zoom out a bit, and look to the right, you can see the park in Heavitree which is a fair chunk of green space nearby. You're also not far from the river - basically, straight downwards along Barrack Road takes you there; it's walkable and would be super-speedy on a bike. If you head for the river, not only do you get nice green spaces, but you also come out really quite close to Double Locks, which is a nice pub by the canal (and St Luke's is a lot closer to it than Streatham is - ha!). If you're up for a longer bike ride, then heading along the canal brings you to Turf Locks which is an even nicer pub on the Exe estuary.