Student Accommodation in Bathwick

Student housing in Bathwick

Cross the river from Bath's centre, and you're in Bathwick: Georgian terraces on one side, Sydney Gardens on the other, with Bathwick Hill climbing up towards Claverton Down. If you're searching for student housing in Bathwick, Housr lets you filter by weekly price, bedrooms, and bathrooms, then check everything on an interactive map before you book a viewing.

What's around Bathwick

Sydney Gardens sits at the top of Great Pulteney Street, and it's more than a park to cut through on the way to lectures. It's the only surviving eighteenth-century pleasure garden left in the country, laid out in the 1790s, with the Kennet and Avon Canal running straight through it via two short tunnels. The Holburne Museum sits at the far end, worth a wet afternoon when revision gets too much. Round the corner, Henrietta Park gives you another patch of green, and the Recreation Ground, home to Bath Rugby, backs onto Bathwick from the riverside.

For food and drink, the Pulteney Arms on Daniel Street is the closest proper local, a Georgian pub that's been pulling pints since the 1790s. The Bathwick Boatman does a solid Sunday roast right on the water if a group booking is on the cards, and there's a Tesco Express on Bathwick Hill for the essentials in between big shops.

Getting around

Bathwick Hill is one of the main routes up to the University of Bath, and the U1 Unibus runs along it between the city centre and the Claverton Down campus at high frequency in term time, with a night service (U1N) too. The 734 loops between Bath bus station and Bathwick if you'd rather not walk into town. On foot, it's a short stroll over Pulteney Bridge into the centre, and around 15 to 20 minutes down Pulteney Road to Bath Spa station if you're heading further afield. The canal towpath is also a flat, traffic-free option for cycling into the centre.

Universities near Bathwick

University of Bath is the obvious draw here. Its Claverton Down campus sits at the top of Bathwick Hill, around a mile and a half from the city centre, and the university's own travel guide describes the climb as steep, which checks out. Budget 20 to 25 minutes on foot, or a few minutes on the U1 if you'd rather arrive without the incline.

Accommodation in Bathwick

Most student houses in Bathwick are converted Georgian townhouses, plenty of them listed buildings, so you get high ceilings and period features alongside the usual shared-house basics. Studios and ensuite rooms sit alongside the bigger shared houses, and Housr's filters make it easy to sort student accommodation in Bathwick by price, bedroom count, and bathroom size. If you've already got most of a house sorted but need one more person to fill it, Roomie helps you find a verified student to take the last room.

Bills, sorted

Moving into a shared house means someone has to sort energy, water, and WiFi, and it's rarely fun splitting that on a group chat. Housr Bills bundles all of it into one monthly payment, with split liability so nobody's on the hook for a housemate who forgets to pay their share, plus free Contents Cover as standard. One less thing to think about once the tenancy starts.

Ready to find your next student house? Browse student housing in Bathwick on Housr and filter by price and bedrooms to shortlist properties, or widen the search to nearby Widcombe and the rest of student accommodation in Bath.