Student Accommodation in Combe Down

Student housing in Combe Down

Combe Down sits on the plateau above Bath, about a mile and a half south of the city centre, with views back down over the rooftops and the hills beyond. It's one of the quieter postcodes in the city: a proper village with its own school, church and rugby club, rather than a strip of shared houses tacked onto a main road. If mornings that start with birdsong instead of bin lorries sound like your kind of year, student housing in Combe Down is worth a serious look.

The village grew up around Ralph Allen's Bath stone quarries in the 1720s, and that stone still runs under half the streets. The old mine workings were stabilised between 2005 and 2010, at a cost of £154.6 million, so the ground under a house-share here is more solid than the history suggests. Above ground, it's a tight community with its own shops, a deli and a doctors' surgery, plus enough green space that the walk home doubles as a break from your desk.

What's around Combe Down

Bradford Road and The Avenue cover the daily essentials. There's a Co-op on Bradford Road, a deli for the days you're pretending to cook properly, and a small run of shops and a cafe on The Avenue. For a pint, the Hadley Arms on North Road has been run by the same people since 1977, pours a decent pint of Doom Bar, and has three skittle alleys for a house night out that isn't just a pre-drink in someone's kitchen.

Firs Field, just off the village centre, is the local green space. It's built around the war memorial and protected as a Centenary Field so it can't be developed. Rugby has deep roots here too. Combe Down RFC has played out of Holly's Corner since the club was founded in 1896, and turning up to watch, or play, is an easy way into the area's social scene.

A short walk down the hill brings you to Prior Park Landscape Garden, a National Trust garden built for Ralph Allen in the 1740s, complete with a Palladian bridge and a proper view over the city. It's free for National Trust members and ticketed for everyone else, and it's one of the better places nearby to take a study break.

Getting around

First Bus service 2 runs through Combe Down roughly every 10 to 15 minutes at peak times, linking the village to Widcombe and on to the bus station on Dorchester Street, with the route continuing out to the newer Mulberry Park development at the other end. That's around 20 minutes into the centre, depending on traffic.

Prefer to move under your own power? The Two Tunnels Greenway starts right here: a traffic-free walking and cycling route built on the old Somerset and Dorset railway line. It runs through the 1,829-yard Combe Down Tunnel, the longest cycling tunnel in Britain, before joining the National Cycle Network into the city centre and out towards Midford. It's flat, it's direct, and it's a solid alternative to the bus on a dry day.

Universities near Combe Down

Combe Down sits close to the University of Bath's Claverton Down campus. Housing at the nearer end of the village is around two miles from campus, and regular buses cover the rest. Prefer to walk into the city centre instead? The university's own guide puts that at about 35 minutes on foot. That mix, close enough for an easy commute but far enough to feel like your own patch, is what makes student housing in Combe Down a practical base for University of Bath students.

Accommodation in Combe Down

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