Student Accommodation in Newtown

Student housing in Newtown

Newtown sits right against Exeter's city centre, a short walk from St James Park and the university's medical and sports campus. If you want lectures close by without giving up the High Street, it's worth looking at first.

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Newtown is small and mostly residential. You're rarely more than a few minutes from a bus stop, a corner shop, or the city centre itself.

What's around Newtown

Mount Pleasant Road runs along the edge of the area and covers most of the day-to-day errands: a run of independent takeaways, a couple of convenience stores, and the kind of local spots that don't bother with a website. Sidwell Street picks up where it leaves off, with a Lidl and more chain options for a proper food shop.

St James Park is the local landmark, home to Exeter City FC. Matchday brings a different energy to streets that are otherwise fairly quiet, so it's worth knowing what a Saturday afternoon here sounds like before you sign a tenancy.

For anything further afield, Exeter's High Street and the shops around Princesshay are close enough to reach on foot for an evening out or a bigger shop.

Getting around

Newtown's biggest selling point is how little getting around actually matters. Exeter High Street is roughly a 10 to 15 minute walk, and St Luke's Campus, home to the university's medical school and its Sport and Health Sciences courses, is close enough to reach on foot most days.

For the main Streatham Campus, most students take the university shuttle bus or a local Stagecoach service rather than walk the whole way up the hill. St James Park railway station, a small stop on the Avocet Line, is a short walk from the area and useful for a quick hop to Exeter Central or on to Exeter St David's for national connections.

Universities near Newtown

The University of Exeter is the obvious pull here, and Newtown puts you closer to its St Luke's Campus than almost anywhere else in the city. It houses the medical school and the Department of Sport and Health Sciences, so if that's your course, the short walk each morning is hard to beat.

The university's main Streatham Campus, where most other courses are based, sits further up the hill. It's still manageable from Newtown with the shuttle bus or a short bus ride, and plenty of students choose the area because it splits the difference between city centre life and campus access.

Accommodation in Newtown

Student accommodation in Newtown covers a mix of Victorian terraces converted into shared houses, smaller blocks of studios, and the occasional en-suite room within a house share. Use Housr's filters to sort by weekly price, bedroom count, and bathroom setup, and switch to single rooms or studios if you'd rather not share.

Because the area is small, availability moves fast. Set up your search on Housr and new listings show up as they're added, rather than you checking back manually.