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Best Accomodation at LJMU?

Says it all in the title. :smile:

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Reply 1

My boyfriend goes to jmu and he lives at atlantic point.... personally I would say its really nice and will be staying there myself next year lol

Reply 2

I don't go there but my friend does and I've visited her twice, she's in atlantic point aswell and it is really nice, I've not looked at any other accomodation, but if I was applying there it would definately be my first choice.

Reply 3

Depends where you're studying as different accom is near different buildings. If you're Mount Pleasant based Apollo Court is nice and one of the cheapest, as is Cambridge Court.

Reply 4

Zo
Depends where you're studying as different accom is near different buildings. If you're Mount Pleasant based Apollo Court is nice and one of the cheapest, as is Cambridge Court.


I'm doing Business Studies, which would be in John Foster building (correct me if i'm wrong)? What are the more local choices to the building? :smile:

Reply 5

John Foster is on the Mount Pleasant campus I think.

Reply 6

Yes you're John Foster whish is in Mount Pleasant. So Apollo Court would be good for you, or Cambridge Court. They're you're nicest cheap en-suite options. Cedar House and Lennon Studios are right by Cambridge Court too but are dearer. Grand Central is right by Lime Street station but is a lot dearer also.

Reply 7

All the accomadation for 09/10 is more expensive than this year.

http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/Accommodation/86767.htm

Reply 8

Zo
Yes you're John Foster whish is in Mount Pleasant. So Apollo Court would be good for you, or Cambridge Court. They're you're nicest cheap en-suite options. Cedar House and Lennon Studios are right by Cambridge Court too but are dearer. Grand Central is right by Lime Street station but is a lot dearer also.


Thanks for your help dude :smile:.

Reply 9

Prospect point :biggrin:

Mainly for the med students though.

Reply 10

If your gonna be studying a science/sport/animal course then you will probably be based at Byrom street campus, in which case i would advice Atlantic Point, which is really nice, big and clean but there is also Victoria Halls which is directly across from the library. If your gonna be based at the main uni campus (Mt Pleasant) I would suggest Apollo court which has its own common room on the bottom floor. However, i think nearly all the LJMU accomodation is really nice.

Reply 11

niki_nic
If your gonna be studying a science/sport/animal course then you will probably be based at Byrom street campus, in which case i would advice Atlantic Point, which is really nice, big and clean but there is also Victoria Halls which is directly across from the library. If your gonna be based at the main uni campus (Mt Pleasant) I would suggest Apollo court which has its own common room on the bottom floor. However, i think nearly all the LJMU accomodation is really nice.


My friend does sport and she's in Atlantic Point has has to walk across town, then get a train to get to Uni!

Reply 12

Do NOT go near a Unite contract!!!!

Reply 13

last year i lookd at nearly all the halls for great newton halls, but i ended up choosing great newton halls as im studing busniess an marketing an it oly takes me 2 mins 2 get 2 my lectures. its also really close 2 town which is brill for nites out!! Also the flats ere are big for what ya pay an the parties are class 2 cuz every1 knows eachother ere!!! high recommend Great Newton Halls

Reply 14

I live in Atlantic Point now and tbh, the only place I would move to is Vicky halls if I did move halls.

There is a lot of noise sometimes at night and you can hear everyones music...

Im not bothered though because I pump it out sometimes:biggrin:

But yeh Atlantic Point is good accommodation for first years...

Reply 15

Zo
Yes you're John Foster whish is in Mount Pleasant. So Apollo Court would be good for you, or Cambridge Court. They're you're nicest cheap en-suite options. Cedar House and Lennon Studios are right by Cambridge Court too but are dearer. Grand Central is right by Lime Street station but is a lot dearer also.


Not a JMU student, but we share the private halls in the city centre. So I may be able to help.

Grand Central is nice, but there is a risk that you'll have the train departure announcements every 5 or so minutes from about 0500 until 2300 :P. But it depends which rooms your in. Also, maybe not a huge issue, but it's an uphill walk to the John Foster building (which as discussed is up Mt Pleasent near the University).

The student village (up near JMU students union and the Font bar) is quite nice (and being a student village is gonna be quite lively), but fills up very quickly, as there's no priority to JMU (so University of Liverpool, JMU, LIPA and the Liverpool Community College are on equal footing)

Liberty Park is another option, I absolutely hated it (but that was more due to my flatmates), but alot of people who were there last year are still there (which says something), most flats are JMU.

Prospect Point is also viable (near the hospital), though it's a bit more of a walk to the Foster building, but there's plenty of takeaways there etc. But it gives priority to the University of Liverpool's faculty of medicine students.

Another one I dont really know much about is North Western Halls, it's near Lime Street, but away from the open end (so you dont get the announcements)

The Student village and Grand Central are good, but expensive (I think GC was verging on £80 pw).

Liberty Park is alright, just a bit old fashioned compared to the other Liberty Properties.

The best thing to do is once you've got a place confirmed, head up to Lpool and have a look around the accomodation. A good website to look at is:

http://www.lsh.liv.ac.uk

click on "Larger Properties"

Reply 16

if based at im marsh campus, which is the best accommodation location wise? or would any of the halls be just as close, as i think im marsh campus is located a little further away from the city centre.
thanks alot x x

Reply 17

DMed
Not a JMU student, but we share the private halls in the city centre. So I may be able to help.

Grand Central is nice, but there is a risk that you'll have the train departure announcements every 5 or so minutes from about 0500 until 2300 :P. But it depends which rooms your in. Also, maybe not a huge issue, but it's an uphill walk to the John Foster building (which as discussed is up Mt Pleasent near the University).

The student village (up near JMU students union and the Font bar) is quite nice (and being a student village is gonna be quite lively), but fills up very quickly, as there's no priority to JMU (so University of Liverpool, JMU, LIPA and the Liverpool Community College are on equal footing)

Liberty Park is another option, I absolutely hated it (but that was more due to my flatmates), but alot of people who were there last year are still there (which says something), most flats are JMU.

Prospect Point is also viable (near the hospital), though it's a bit more of a walk to the Foster building, but there's plenty of takeaways there etc. But it gives priority to the University of Liverpool's faculty of medicine students.

Another one I dont really know much about is North Western Halls, it's near Lime Street, but away from the open end (so you dont get the announcements)

The Student village and Grand Central are good, but expensive (I think GC was verging on £80 pw).

Liberty Park is alright, just a bit old fashioned compared to the other Liberty Properties.

The best thing to do is once you've got a place confirmed, head up to Lpool and have a look around the accomodation. A good website to look at is:

http://www.lsh.liv.ac.uk

click on "Larger Properties"


North Western is not nice. It's one of the only halls without en-suite bathrooms, it's very cheap yeah but you see why. It's not to any of the other JMU halls standards and it's literally attached to Lime Street Station so you WILL hear all the noise from the station.
Grand Central is way more than £80 p/w now, it's bordering on £100...if not more.
Your best bet is the student village I think.

And if you're doing English at JMU you'll be studying in the Dean Walters building I'd have thought...

Reply 18

Zo
North Western is not nice. It's one of the only halls without en-suite bathrooms, it's very cheap yeah but you see why. It's not to any of the other JMU halls standards and it's literally attached to Lime Street Station so you WILL hear all the noise from the station.
Grand Central is way more than £80 p/w now, it's bordering on £100...if not more.
Your best bet is the student village I think.

And if you're doing English at JMU you'll be studying in the Dean Walters building I'd have thought...


I stand corrected regarding Grand Central (Im sure it was around £80p/w when I was looking at it).

Didnt realise NW Halls was that bad either, but yeah the student village is a good place (and is basically the kinda place you can roll out of bed and go to uni)

Reply 19

The price of all jmu accomadation has gone up quite a bit its gone from about £73 to £85 for atlantic point (not sure if that is the correct amount but about right). Although over the year it is one of the cheaper ones to live in as it has a shorter contract.

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