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Rooms with shared bathrooms


If you are looking for the traditional halls experience, a room with a shared bathroom is a great choice. You'll share kitchen and bathroom facilities with six to 10 other students. Choose from a standard room, an upgraded room or a luxurious premium room. Many rooms include a washbasin.

If you'd rather live in a house rather than a hall of residence, our townhouses on campus might be the best choice. Each house splits 12 rooms over three floors, with four bedrooms and two bathrooms on each floor. The ground floor of each house features a large modern kitchen, a lounge and a dining room.

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Standard and upgraded rooms with shared bathrooms

An excellent choice for all budgets, standard rooms with shared bathrooms are available in several of our halls of residence. Many of these halls also include a personal washbasin within the room. You will share fully equipped, modern bathrooms and kitchen with six to ten other students in a traditional corridor style arrangement.

Rooms of this type at St. George's and Wessex Hall all include personal washbasins and have recently been upgraded. More details on upgraded rooms are available on the pages of individual halls.

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The Accommodation Guarantee applies to students who meet one of the following criteria:

  • a new full-time undergraduate who holds Reading as a firm UCAS choice and applies for accommodation by 23:59 on 1 August, and satisfies any conditions of their academic offer by 31 August of their year of entry
  • a new full-time postgraduate who has accepted an offer from the University and applies for accommodation by 23:59 on 1 August, and satisfies any conditions of their academic offer by 31 August of their year of entry.

Read more about the Accommodation Guarantee (PDF, 255KB)

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Premium rooms with shared bathrooms

Premium rooms with shared bathroom facilities are available at Bridges Hall only. Bridges Hall is arranged in sets of 10 bedrooms sharing three bathrooms with a shared modern kitchen, dining room and living area. The communal facilities also include a reception, post room, laundry room and covered bicycle stores. Bridges Hall residents also have access to Ice House (bar, cafe, mini cinema) which is located in Wessex Hall (adjacent to Bridges).

The Bridges reception building includes a social space with sofas and TV. There are some single gender and postgraduate areas also available within this room type.

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Clever cuisine

Explore Clever Cuisine, our Eating Plans specifically designed for students living in self-catered  halls .

Self-catered rooms with shared bathrooms


Standard rooms (with and without washbasin):

  • St George's Hall
  • Wessex Hall

Premium rooms:

  • Bridges Hall
Townhouse rooms:
  • Bridges Townhouse
  • Stenton Townhouse
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Returning to halls?

If you are a current student looking to stay in halls of residence for your second or third year, find out more information about the process of applying.

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Stenton Townhouse

Townhouses

If you'd rather live in a more traditional house than a hall of residence, our townhouses on campus might be the right choice. Each house splits 12 rooms over three floors, with four bedrooms and two bathrooms on each level. The ground floor of each house features a spacious, modern kitchen and a lounge and dining room.

Stenton Townhouses include 4ft-wide beds and Bridges Townhouses have 6ft9” long beds – longer than standard single beds. More details on specific rooms are available on the pages of individual halls.

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Take a 3D tour (Stenton Townhouses)

Alternative accommodation


Not seeing what you're looking for? Return to the main accommodation page to look at other options.

What is a shared bathroom?

A shared bathroom means shared bathroom facilities as opposed to your own private en-suite. Toilets and showers are arranged into separate lockable cubicles accessible to all residents within that flat.

Defined gender bathrooms: the bathrooms within Wantage and Windsor Hall have defined gender bathrooms within the hall corridors.
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Locations of self-catered halls

Self-catered halls are available on and around Whiteknights campus.

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