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

Is there any particular favorite among students of the WBS? Or are they all evenly spread out over the buildings? I imagine living with people that have the same interests would make for lots of conversations.

I live in Westwood at the moment so if anyone would like some pictures or has any questions feel free to ask!

Would you say its fairly sociable?

A student on open day told me one of them (might of been cryfield) is very quiet or something.

How do you find it sharing with 11 other people?

Would you say there are enough ovens and that for everyone?

Do you happen to know much about cryfield and the differences in terms of the social side in comparison to tocil?

Hi, the main question with Westwood is the distance it is from everything else. How far actually is it (heard some people say 10 minutes, others like 20 to the rest of campus) and has it been a pain at all over the year?

Also, does the distance affect Westwood in terms of the social side? I'm a bit worried it'd leave me a bit isolated from the rest of the campus feel, and just wondered how social Westwood is generally.

Finally, what are the Westwood kitchens like, the rooms are HUGE which looks like a big advantage, but the Warwick website's Westwood pictures are a bit awful, so I haven't really been able to see a kitchen at all properly (a picture would be brilliant! )

Sorry there's a lot there but any help would be great thank you!

How far is the walk to gibbet hill? Would it be worth living closer if you'd have to walk there often? And what do you think the biggest pros and cons of Westwood are? Thanks in advance

I live in Westwood at the moment so if anyone would like some pictures or has any questions feel free to ask!

I can see the benefits of living with people who are interested in the same sorts of things but you might get a bit fed up of people if you go to lectures and see them there, then you live in close proximity to them as well. Just an observation!

Wouldn't it be better to live with people on other courses? You could still make friends on your course, but this way, there is a greater sense of boundaries and distance? Unless you're the kind of person who wants to spend most of their time with the same people, then go for it. I'd just thought I'd point out that it might not be an advantage.

Right now, it's a finalist block, so this is in no way comparable.

Definitely wasn't Cryfield. They were probably talking about Tocil, having not realised that it's full of finalists



Right, let's be clear here: there is absolutely no such thing as a "quiet" or "social" block. At all. They simply do not exist (assuming that we're talking about first year blocks here).

Hi, the main question with Westwood is the distance it is from everything else. How far actually is it (heard some people say 10 minutes, others like 20 to the rest of campus) and has it been a pain at all over the year?

Also, does the distance affect Westwood in terms of the social side? I'm a bit worried it'd leave me a bit isolated from the rest of the campus feel, and just wondered how social Westwood is generally.

Finally, what are the Westwood kitchens like, the rooms are HUGE which looks like a big advantage, but the Warwick website's Westwood pictures are a bit awful, so I haven't really been able to see a kitchen at all properly (a picture would be brilliant! )

Sorry there's a lot there but any help would be great thank you!

How far is the walk to gibbet hill? Would it be worth living closer if you'd have to walk there often? And what do you think the biggest pros and cons of Westwood are? Thanks in advance

Hey, how many bathrooms/ toilets are there in each block.

If you have pictures of westwood please send it to me.

So would you say cryfield is good accommodation?

Im located on gibbet hill and the chemistry area so would you say i shouldnt rule out westwood and that because its not a massive walk?

Never been inside it, sorry. Don't know much about it apart from that it's cheap, and supposedly built to the design of a Swedish women's prison.



I wouldn't, no, but then I routinely walk considerably further than that. It depends if you mind walking the distance or not.

Ah omg omg omg I didnt know I need to apply for accommodation because I though it is for only firmed offer. I I am insured... WOW I am sooo late. I just received their reminder email T_T OH MY GOD
I dont even know anything.

calm down, no need to panic you have until july 31st to apply and its not first come first serve

oh is it not?
but certainly there is a queue right? i would be at the end...
i dont have the time to research all these halls because im preparing for these horror exams...
i will apply by june i suppose

no i don't think so, as long as you apply by the deadline you will have as equal chance as everyone else to get your first choices so don't rush it, take your time to look at the options.

Their website is good, its got lots of info on them and once you have decided it doesn't take long to fill out the application.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/all/campus/residences/

Ah okay, thanks for your reply do you happen to know how long it would take to walk from say westwood to gibbet hill? Im just not sure which are the best accommodations to apply for

I'm living in Tocil at the moment. It's pretty decent, and reasonably quiet at the moment (when they aren't building something next door...). You can usually hear the drunken shouting from AV/JM, but not much else. That might change significantly next year though, given that it's currently a third year block. We've got 12 in our flat, with three toilets, two showers and one bath, though I think some of the other flats have less people/more showers. We've got two sinks and two ovens (along with the ridiculous array of other appliances that we've all turned up with).

The problem with Sherbourne is that the doors to the other corridors are locked and your keys won't work with the doors other than your own. That doesn't sound bad at first but if you're very unlucky enough to get an antisocial flat you're screwed.

Hey when do exams usually finish by at Warwick?