Student Accommodation in Charminster

Student housing in Charminster

Charminster sits between Bournemouth town centre and Winton, and it's been one of the city's steadiest student postcodes for years. Charminster Road runs straight through it, lined with the cafes, takeaways and independent shops that make up daily life here. If you're looking at student housing in Charminster, you're getting a proper central base rather than a compromise between price and location.

What's around Charminster

Charminster Road is the spine of the area, busier at 11pm than most nights out really need. Maru brings Korean and Japanese food to the strip, and Creams handles the late dessert run when a lecture-heavy day calls for one. The Five Ways crossroads, where Charminster Road meets several smaller roads, is the landmark everyone gives directions from and the closest thing the area has to a town square.

For the daily shop, there's a Tesco Express on Charminster Road itself, so groceries don't mean a trip into town. Queen's Park, one of Bournemouth's largest green spaces, is a short distance away. A good chunk of it is given over to Queen's Park Golf Course, so it's better for a walk or a run than a game of football, unless you've brought clubs.

Getting around

The m1 service runs through Charminster Five Ways on its way between Poole, Bournemouth town centre and Castlepoint Shopping Centre, so getting into the centre or out to the shops doesn't take much planning. Bournemouth train station is around 2.2km away, an easy walk when the weather's on your side and a short bus ride when it isn't.

Universities near Charminster

Both of Bournemouth's universities are within easy reach of Charminster. Bournemouth University's Lansdowne Campus is the closer of the two, with the Talbot Campus a little further out, and both are covered by the university's own bus network as well as regular local services. Arts University Bournemouth sits out along Wallisdown Road, a similar distance again.

Whichever campus you're heading to, browse student accommodation near Bournemouth University or Arts University Bournemouth if Charminster's slightly wider radius doesn't suit your course.

Accommodation in Charminster

Charminster's stock is mostly period houses, the tall-ceilinged terraces that convert well into shared student housing for groups of four or five rather than solo studios. Search student accommodation Charminster on Housr and filter by weekly price, bedroom count and bathroom size, then switch to the interactive map to see how everything sits relative to Charminster Road and your route to campus.

If you're searching for student houses Charminster has to offer as a group, the list view makes it easy to compare room sizes side by side. Haven't got a full house sorted yet? Roomie is worth a look for filling the last room or two with verified students.

Ready to see what's out there? Filter by price, bedrooms and bathrooms to find student housing in Charminster that fits, or browse student accommodation across Bournemouth if you want to compare areas first.