Student Accommodation in City Centre

Student housing in Leicester city centre

Leicester is a compact city with two universities almost on top of the centre, which makes a central base an easy call. Searching for student housing in Leicester city centre on Housr keeps the whole thing simple: set your weekly budget, choose your bedrooms and bathrooms, and compare what's actually free on a map or a list.

It suits students who want short walks to lectures, cheap food a few minutes away, and a night out that doesn't need a taxi home.

What's around the city centre

The centre packs a lot into a small footprint. Highcross covers the high street brands, the Lanes and St Martin's Square nearby are full of independent coffee shops and barbers, and Leicester Market, one of the biggest in the country, is mid-way through a major revamp but still good for cheap fruit and veg.

For going out, the Cultural Quarter around Curve theatre and LCB Depot is the hub of bars and late venues, the O2 Academy on the university side handles the bigger gigs and student nights, and long-running spots like Firebug keep the smaller end covered. The bars along Braunstone Gate, just west by DMU, are a student staple.

Leicester also has a decent claim to history: this is the city that found Richard III under a council car park, then built him a visitor centre and a cathedral tomb. Worth a look once the hangover clears.

Getting around

Most of the centre is a ten-minute walk end to end. Leicester railway station sits on the eastern edge and runs direct to London St Pancras in around 70 minutes, which is handy when you're heading home or to a gig.

Buses cover the rest, and the routes south to the University of Leicester and out to the suburbs are the ones students lean on. It's flat enough to cycle, and New Walk, the old Georgian promenade, gives you a traffic-free route from the centre down towards the university and the museum.

Universities near the city centre

Both of Leicester's universities are within a short walk.

De Montfort University is effectively in the centre, based around the Newarke by Leicester Castle and the River Soar, so most of town is five to ten minutes away. The University of Leicester sits a bit further south, roughly a 20 minute walk down New Walk, near Victoria Park. A central room keeps you close to both, which helps if you're splitting time between campuses or your mates are at the other one.

Accommodation in Leicester city centre

The centre is mostly purpose-built studios and en-suite rooms, a lot of it clustered near DMU and the station. Traditional shared houses are easier to find a little out, around Clarendon Park and Stoneygate towards the University of Leicester, where the rent per room usually drops. On Housr you can filter student accommodation in Leicester city centre by weekly price, bedrooms, bathrooms, and single rooms or studios, then shortlist the ones worth seeing.

Find your place with Housr. Browse student accommodation in Leicester city centre, open the wider Leicester student housing map, or look at the houses out around Clarendon Park.

Bills, sorted

A studio for one or a house of six, the bills admin doesn't change. Housr Bills rolls energy, water, and WiFi into one monthly payment with free Contents Cover included, so your gear's protected without you sorting a separate policy. Everyone pays their own share, and split liability means one missed payment doesn't land on everybody else.

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