Student Accommodation in Oadby

Student housing in Oadby, Leicester

Oadby is the leafy suburb south-east of Leicester where the University of Leicester keeps its student village, so for a lot of first years it's the first place they ever live away from home. Finding student housing in Oadby, Leicester on Housr is simple: set your weekly budget, choose your bedrooms and bathrooms, and compare what's free on a map or a list.

It's quiet and green, a proper contrast to the city, and the kind of place that suits students who want space and calm over a bar on the corner.

What's around Oadby

The student village itself is the heart of it: four halls set in converted Edwardian villas, with the Village Hub for study space and the basics on site. Beyond that, Oadby is suburban, with local shops and supermarkets along the main road for the everyday stuff.

The green is the selling point. The University of Leicester Botanic Garden is here, 16 acres of glasshouses and planting that double as a free place to clear your head, and Leicester Racecourse and the surrounding parks are close by. The city's nightlife and the bigger shops are a bus ride away when you want them.

Getting around

Oadby is built around its bus links to campus. The University of Leicester runs a shuttle bus for students between the village, the main campus, and the city, Monday to Saturday in term time, alongside the regular service buses.

The student village is around 3.5km from campus, roughly a 10 to 15 minute bus, so most people don't bother walking it daily. Cycling in is doable on a dry day.

Universities near Oadby

Oadby is University of Leicester territory.

The University of Leicester campus is a short bus or shuttle north, which is the whole reason the area is so student-heavy. De Montfort University is further across the city on the other side of the centre, so Oadby leans more towards Leicester students.

Accommodation in Oadby

Alongside the university halls, Oadby has shared houses, often roomier and quieter than the central streets, with some rents that reflect being further out. Purpose-built studios are rare here. On Housr you can filter by weekly price, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, and single rooms or studios, then shortlist what suits. For a shorter commute and more studio choice, the city centre has more.

Find your place with Housr. Browse student accommodation in Oadby, see the wider Leicester student housing map, or look at Evington and the city centre for somewhere closer in.

Bills, sorted

A house out in Oadby is a better deal when the bills are one job, not five. Housr Bills rolls energy, water, and WiFi into one monthly payment with free Contents Cover included, so your stuff's protected and nobody's stuck chasing the others. Everyone pays their own share, and split liability means one missed payment doesn't fall on the rest.

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