Student Houses vs. Halls

G, Hillside woodside is that massive house over the bridge where anit and and a couple others were last year - Gina came back from the party in a trolley remember? It's a pretty cool place, fair way out but closer than stoke bishop and you go through clifton which is much nicer (and you're closer to the epi) You're also really close to ashton court which is good. When we were in first year it was boys only but they had some really good parties - orbital are good when you want to organise one as they'll email everyone on your behalf.

Oh yeah now I remember! I personally wouldn't like to live there because it is just as much as a trek from Hillside/Woodside as it is from Stoke Bishop! 30 minutes walk at least... Not for me sorry.

Hillside/Woodside might be a tiny bit closer to Uni than Stoke Bishop halls but the way to Hillside/Woodside is quite hilly if I remember correctly as its situated across the river ie. you actually have to cross Clifton Suspension Bridge to get there!

If you can get over the distance problem, I'm sure it's a great place to live.

There just generally seems to be a lot of rivalry between halls, particularly with the whole Clifton vs Stoke Bishop thing.

hi you've all managed to convince me that student houses are not as bad as ppl make out! so thanks!

so would you say i should put winkworth as 2nd choice rather than manor?...

do u think manor would be harder to get into as a 2nd choice?...in our prospectus, it says that both winkworth and manor have roughly the same number of 1st choice applicants as there are places, but are likely to offer some places to 2nd choice applicants...but i have a feeling that tons of ppl are applying to manor as 1st choice...

There isn't any public transport at all (it's what it says in the prospectus), it may be useless in SB but at least theres the option.
How far are the typical clubbing/pubbing/going out areas from SB? I'm guessing they'd be pretty far away from Hillside/Woodside.

Don't worry, Geoff only thinks it's that far as he was drunk last time we were there :P It's certainly less than stoke bishop and if they reckon they can do the walk in 30 mins then i'm sure you can walk from hillside woodside quicker than that. It's also a really nice big house virtually in the middle of the countryside due to the way Bristol is after the suspension bridge. It's a nice place and would be a good second choice I reckon but due to my lazyness and being an engineer so lots of lectures, there was no way I wanted to walk over 25 mins to uni every day.

I definitely wasn't drunk that night! I distinctly remember walking like for 15 minutes with Mat, Rob H, Harry and Dan W and deciding that we should catch a cab because it was an absolute trek at that time of night! I also remember playing Derek at Knuckles and making him bleed! oops! Were you even there that night? I don't remember you being there...

is there a reliable (lol!) bus service between stoke bishop and the university precinct (prefereably near the chemistry dept) for all the lazy people (i.e moi :P) who dont want to walk/bike?
any response would be much appreciated! x