What&#x27;s Mile End, London like?

Ahh my hometown. To be honest cos I've grown up around here I don't think I can see what other people see about it. Yeah, it's not Chelsea but it's not terrible either. Yeah, there's crime but you're unlikely to be involved unless you're in a gang too.

I think it would be a pretty good place to live as a student, hop on the 205 to shoreditch and have a great time - it's got to be better than hoards of central london students going to the roxy on wednesday night, anyway.

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tom_pinnock54

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skorza

The 25 goes along Mile End aswell

I know, the A11 goes right through Mile End. What with the A11 being "Mile End Road".

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anybody wish to update us on what Mile End is like?
PLEEEEEASE! :biggrin:

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Original post by Amberine

anybody wish to update us on what Mile End is like?
PLEEEEEASE! :biggrin:

Same as it was before....with a Nandos.

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Original post by ajp100688

Same as it was before....with a Nandos.

haha okay. is it safe? is it easy to get to places like camden and stuff? as i'm a massive music fan so going to gigs is like part of my daily life!

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Original post by Amberine

haha okay. is it safe? is it easy to get to places like camden and stuff? as i'm a massive music fan so going to gigs is like part of my daily life!

Yeah it's safe so long as you don't get mixed up in gangs (hardly think that's likely), much like many parts of London. It's not the most scenic part of London, so don't go expecting West End type surroundings but it's ok and has got better even since I started with the uni expanding and new private halls being built across the road. I've walked through it alone, pissed off my head @4am and had no problems. I've never had a problem myself in two years of East London.

Camden and especially Shoreditch are really easy to get to and central (Oxford Street) is about 15 mins on the Central Line. The thing to remember about Mile End is that all London students, unless mummy and daddy are super rich, tend to have to live in pretty crappy run down areas in 2nd and 3rd year anyways. It's just part of the London uni experience, even those that go to UCL et al. So it's really not that bad as long as you're street smart and you accept that after first year your experience will be very urban. QMUL is not the place for you if you want to go to a traditional rural rolling fields and ancient buildings kinda university.

For reference I come from a pretty safe, picturesque and sleepy tourist resort, so it's not like I'm used to urban settings. In fact Mile End is pretty much the opposite to what I'm used to but I havn't had problems with it.

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thank you very much ajp for the information! i am very worried (naturally) about london living. i'm from manchester and i know it inside out whereas london is a completely different world! thanks!

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Original post by Amberine

thank you very much ajp for the information! i am very worried (naturally) about london living. i'm from manchester and i know it inside out whereas london is a completely different world! thanks!

No probs, if you're from Manchester it shouldn't be too much of a culture shock for you. Mile End is pretty shabby but it's nowhere near as bad as some mollycoddled kids on here make it out to be, plus the actual university campus is really nice and the accomodation is brilliant for university standards.

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Original post by ajp100688

No probs, if you're from Manchester it shouldn't be too much of a culture shock for you. Mile End is pretty shabby but it's nowhere near as bad as some mollycoddled kids on here make it out to be, plus the actual university campus is really nice and the accomodation is brilliant for university standards.

yeah, molly cuddled types do tend to make anything other than what they know seem awful don't they. got to go through the accomodation rigmarole now as i'm a late applicant! hoping that i will get uni accomodation though because my offer is unconditional! thanks again!
Amber

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Z-Ninja

Original post by Amberine

yeah, molly cuddled types do tend to make anything other than what they know seem awful don't they. got to go through the accomodation rigmarole now as i'm a late applicant! hoping that i will get uni accomodation though because my offer is unconditional! thanks again!
Amber

Basically yeah... the area around the campus is ok... quite nice..lots of restruants...a park opposite the campus, its like on a really long road with loads of shops, yu do get the london feel, quite busy all the time, transport links r really good..nandos just 2 minutes away, i think yu get the picture lol... but if you go out the 10 minute radius it turns into the ghetto brrrapp! lol :tongue:

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Original post by Z-Ninja

Basically yeah... the area around the campus is ok... quite nice..lots of restruants...a park opposite the campus, its like on a really long road with loads of shops, yu do get the london feel, quite busy all the time, transport links r really good..nandos just 2 minutes away, i think yu get the picture lol... but if you go out the 10 minute radius it turns into the ghetto brrrapp! lol :tongue:

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Haha! yeah, to me thats sounds completely fine! :biggrin:

so excited woo!

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Z-Ninja

Original post by Amberine

Haha! yeah, to me thats sounds completely fine! :biggrin:

so excited woo!

loool yeahh, if i get da grades il be going there too :smile:

... btw this may sound strange but i think yu should know.. theres a small graveyard inside the campus LOL.
yul love london...best city to live in in my opinion :smile:

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small graveyard? haha, what a lovely feature! lol
good luck with results then! my offer is unconditional as i've already been through all that lol.

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Original post by Amberine

small graveyard? haha, what a lovely feature! lol
good luck with results then! my offer is unconditional as i've already been through all that lol.

It's for all the students that have been shanked by local rudebois :biggrin:

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