Student Accommodation in Kemptown

Student housing in Kemptown

Kemptown is Brighton at its most independent: a long sweep of streets east of the Palace Pier where the shops, cafés and pubs are mostly one-offs and the seafront is never more than a few minutes away. Student housing in Kemptown is a popular pick for students who want personality and the beach over a quick campus commute. On Housr you filter by weekly price, bedrooms, bathrooms and room type, then check each place on the map to see how the walk to your campus and the seafront stacks up.

What's around Kemptown

The hub is St James's Street and St George's Road, lined with indie shops, vintage stores, delis, cafés and pubs. Kemptown Bookshop, open since 1976 and Brighton's oldest independent bookshop, has three floors of books and an upstairs café, and was named one of the UK's best indie bookshops by The Times. For a drink, The Hand in Hand is a tiny pub and microbrewery, and Black Dove does late cocktails with a bit of theatre. The Visit Brighton guide to Kemptown is a decent map of the food and drink. Add the beach and the Kemptown flea market and you have an area with a strong sense of itself.

Getting around

Kemptown's main advantage is that it's walkable to the city centre and the Grand Parade campus along the seafront or St James's Street. Buses run frequently along the same routes into town and out towards the Marina and the hospital, and once you're in the centre the rest of Brighton's network and the train station are easy to reach. For the Lewes Road campuses, you change onto a Lewes Road bus in town.

Universities near Kemptown

The University of Brighton's Grand Parade City campus is the closest, an easy walk west along the front. The Moulsecoomb campus and the University of Sussex at Falmer take a bus or train via the city centre, so Kemptown suits central and Grand Parade students best.

Accommodation in Kemptown

Most student accommodation in Kemptown is Regency terraces and converted townhouses, which means characterful flats and shared houses, plus studios and single rooms in among them. Set your weekly budget, choose your bedroom and bathroom count, and use the studio or single-room filter to match how you want to live. The map view helps you balance being near the seafront against the walk to campus.

Bills, sorted

A converted townhouse full of students is a stack of bills waiting to go unpaid, unless one app keeps them in order. Housr Bills puts energy, water, WiFi, and free Contents Cover into a single monthly payment, with split liability so a missed share stays with the person who missed it. See how Housr Bills works, and Roomie matches you with verified students if you've a room to fill.

Find your place in Kemptown

Set your filters, shortlist what you like, and book viewings when you're ready. Browse student housing in Kemptown, look at neighbouring Brighton city centre and Hanover and Elm Grove, or return to the full Brighton search.