The Warwick Accommodation Thread (+Guide in Post#1)

What it comes down to now is your finer preferences.

Jack Martin is £45 a week more expensive than Rootes. Think of what you can buy (more specifically, how much alcohol you can buy ) with £45 in a week. This will generally be people's deciding factor in arguments like this, but we can look deeper if you so wish.

For that £45 extra per week, you do get an ensuite room. This, as you probably know, has it's pros, and very few cons outside of taking a chunk out of room size. Rootes has a basin in each room, so you'll need to share a shower/toilet with the other people in your hall.

The number of people you will be sharing a kitchen with varies between 12 and 19 in Rootes. If you get stuck in the 19 kitchen, it will be great fun no doubt, but then it's far more likely to be a mess. Jack Martin sticks to 12-13 per kitchen, so it's more consistent. However, this may mean a slightly smaller kitchen to accommodate (as you would expect).

Rootes has a more socially-accessible layout. You can access vast swathes of rooms once you're through the front door, so you will always have people there. The same is true of Jack Martin, but there's fewer people to each block.

The last thing to consider is let length. Jack Martin is only 30 weeks whereas Rootes is 39. This means you'll need to bugger off out of Jack Martin before 10am on the last Saturday of term, making the end-of-term party a little bit of a no-go if it's the only time your parents can pick you up/you can get a flight etc. There's very little storage space in JM for the holidays.

But you're right, both are well located and both have a good atmosphere, so there's not too much to distinguish them!

They might make changes to the form from year to year, but generally that's the system in place.

Rootes and Westwood are both very big halls, and also Westwood doesn't have such strong a reputation as Rootes (people could also be put off by it being one of the halls further out) so it's likely to be underapplied. Therefore, there's a good chance you'll get one of the halls you prefer.

As to Cryfield, I don't know much about its popularity or similarities to women's prisons!

I think it may have been designed by a guy who designed some Swedish women's prison. That said, it's not barred up, the rooms/kitchens are like you'd expect from any accommodation block as well as there being a very large social space, but the corridors are a lil' bit narrow. They're exactly two riot shields in width so the accommodation staff can get you rowdy lot under control

What it comes down to now is your finer preferences.

Jack Martin is £45 a week more expensive than Rootes. Think of what you can buy (more specifically, how much alcohol you can buy ) with £45 in a week. This will generally be people's deciding factor in arguments like this, but we can look deeper if you so wish.

For that £45 extra per week, you do get an ensuite room. This, as you probably know, has it's pros, and very few cons outside of taking a chunk out of room size. Rootes has a basin in each room, so you'll need to share a shower/toilet with the other people in your hall.

The number of people you will be sharing a kitchen with varies between 12 and 19 in Rootes. If you get stuck in the 19 kitchen, it will be great fun no doubt, but then it's far more likely to be a mess. Jack Martin sticks to 12-13 per kitchen, so it's more consistent. However, this may mean a slightly smaller kitchen to accommodate (as you would expect).

Rootes has a more socially-accessible layout. You can access vast swathes of rooms once you're through the front door, so you will always have people there. The same is true of Jack Martin, but there's fewer people to each block.

The last thing to consider is let length. Jack Martin is only 30 weeks whereas Rootes is 39. This means you'll need to bugger off out of Jack Martin before 10am on the last Saturday of term, making the end-of-term party a little bit of a no-go if it's the only time your parents can pick you up/you can get a flight etc. There's very little storage space in JM for the holidays.

But you're right, both are well located and both have a good atmosphere, so there's not too much to distinguish them!

Surely you need to look at the length of the let before you compare the rents-the difference between Rootes and Jack Martin is £531, which when divided by 30 works gives a difference of £17.70 a week-not paying for the holidays makes a massive difference.

(PS How's your revision going? Saw you in the library earlier this afternoon )

Hi just wandering if someone could suggest accommodation (looking to study law)!
I liked the look of Bluebell (it's the only one I saw actually), however I don't know whether, it being the most expensive, would also make it less social? Is there a similar hall (en-suite, not too many sharing a kitchen etc) that is quite social?

How far of a walk would it be from sherbourne to gibbit hill? I like the look of bluebell and sherbourne because they're fairly new and have a 39 week contract, I might chose one of them for my second choice after jack Martin. Bluebell is ALOT closer to gibbet hill but its also a lot more expensive so I was wondering how far it would take to walk all the way from sherbourne everyday so I can decide if the long walk is worth saving £30 every week.
Also how sociable are each of these accommodations?

Hey, I was just wondering if we could start applying for accommodation at Warwick yet?

Hey, I was just wondering if we could start applying for accommodation at Warwick yet?

That is very true. But I find the psychology of paying that much more per week more detrimental than the cumulative rent, even if it does make a difference

As for revision, it's slow thanks . Just putting long hours here to slog through it (yes, still here 12 hours after arriving ) How's yours coming along? . And sorry I didn't say hi to you earlier! . Must've been in a world of my own

Quite a random question, but in non ensuite accomodation, do the bathrooms have mirrors in them? Or is it just a little room/cubicle with a shower/bath


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Hey everyone

I've been scrolling through some of the thread and nobody seems to really be mentioning Heronbank. I'm not sure whether to take this as a bad sign or not :P Of all the accommodation blocks, I narrowed my favourite options down to (in order of price) Rootes, Heronbank and Sherbourne. Could anyone offer advice on Heronbank? I've seen the photos of the accommodation blocks on the Warwick website but the photos of the inside of Heronbank give the impression that it's very worn :/ I know it's the students that make the experience but is Heronbank highly recommendable? Does it attract many home/international students, or is there a general mixture? If someone could answer it would be of great help

Quite a random question, but in non ensuite accomodation, do the bathrooms have mirrors in them? Or is it just a little room/cubicle with a shower/bath

At least for the last couple of years, Heronbank has primarily been for final year undergrads and postgrads only, so not much is known about it . I've been into Heronbank a couple of times and had no outstanding impression, so it can't be a bad place. The layout is a bit funky if you're in the 'extension' bit (you need to go up to go down! ), but the kitchens are an okay size (smaller than others however) and you have a small 'dining' room as it were. Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything about the rooms or student split, because, honestly, I just don't know!

Think we start applying in may


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Ok, thank you! What are you applying there for?

Thank you! But the website says that this year, Heronbank is for postgrads and first year undergrads, so have they just recently changed the students they're targeting from final year undergrads to first year?

HI! I would like to choose a rather social hall, but quite cheap at the same time. A lot of halls seem to fit this description, so I am still not sure about accommodation. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hey. I'm going to apply for the cheapest halls probably but I've heard some bad things about Cryfields, most uncomfortable of all that you can hear everything that's happening in neighbouring rooms - something I'd rather not have to live through. I like the look of Whitefields and Rootes too... but I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on those three as it's quite hard to decide.

Also, I'm studying English and Theatre Studies and I know that all of those are on the other side of the campus to the theatre building and I wanted to know if that's an issue?

Any help would be appreciated and loved. :3

Theatre studies sometimes takes place over at Milburn house, which is about a 10-15 minute walk from the SU, and about the same if you're in one of the far Westwood blocks, so you don't have much option I'm afraid. However, they will not clash your English and Theatre lectures, so you'll have time to pop on over there in the hour between