Finding Somewhere to Live

It guarantees you a place in University accommodation for your first year of study. All you have to do is make sure you meet the qualifying dates shown.

There are a great variety of accommodation on and near to the campuses to suit every student budget.

At the Hatfield College Lane Campus the accommodation is fully furnished, with mainly single study bedrooms and shared bathrooms/showers. At the Hatfield de Havilland Campus there are 1600 comfortable single study bedrooms with ensuite facilities and network points. Kitchens at both sites are fully equipped with fridges, freezers, microwaves, cookers and lockers.

Rents vary according to the type of accommodation and facilities, but if you look at the details of price bands you will see the rents are very reasonable.

As long as you meet the dates shown, it guarantees that you will be able to live in University accommodation for your first year.

Campuses

Hatfield de Havilland Campus

The new de Havilland Campus has eleven halls made up of self-contained flats each accommodating an average of eleven students. All study bedrooms are single and all have ensuite facilities, fridges and network points. The kitchen/common rooms are spacious and well equipped with up-to-date appliances. There is a high standard of furnishing and equipment throughout.  

These halls are situated adjacent to the Learning Resources Centre, refectory and the new sports centre which offers top class facilities for a wide selection of sports including swimming, badminton, climbing, squash, cricket, aerobics, rugby and football.

Hatfield College Lane Campus

This is an established campus convenient for the Students' Union and student services such as the Cash Office and Student Finance Centre. Also on this campus is a four storey Learning Resources Centre with 800 computer workstations.

There are six halls on the College Lane Campus and a development of houses (Roberts Way).

• Butler, Fern, Chapman, Broad and Coales Halls are older-style halls where a large kitchen is shared between twelve rooms off a corridor. The majority are single rooms but Butler, Fern and Chapman Halls contain some double rooms. All rooms have hand washbasins. (Price band B).

• Telford Court is the most modern hall, with eleven blocks of seven or eight self-contained flats. Each flat accommodates six people in single rooms. All rooms have hand washbasins. (Price band A)

• Roberts Way consists of houses for eight people six single and one double room with bunk beds). Some of the houses have a hand washbasin in each room. (Price band A)

There is some accommodation near to the campus, mainly for overseas or mature students. Chantry Court is an older block of 42 flats for two and three people, close to the Hatfield College Lane campus. (Price band A)

St Albans Campus

If you are studying law at St Albans Campus, you will normally be offered accommodation at Hatfield. There is a frequent University bus service between Hatfield and St Albans.