do as other people have said - find a house searching for a plus one =]
Like my house for next year in loughborough, we're advertising and have had a couple of people interested just because 2 people dropped out of our house & uni =]
Don't be 'scared' of the people in the house you'd be moving into - they'll often be more than happy to see you and have you move in as it means they wont have to be paying extra rent =]
AND they could end up being new great friends of yours - as one of those plus ones is for me already - found out shes in a couple of my modules at uni!