Student housing in Liverpool
Searching for student housing in Liverpool shouldn't mean forty browser tabs and a spreadsheet. On Housr you filter by weekly price, bedroom count and bathroom size in one place, then compare studios against shared houses side by side. Set your budget, pick an area, and the results narrow themselves.
Liverpool is compact enough to walk most of it and cheap enough on the buses when you can't. Whichever of the city's four universities you're heading to, there's a student area nearby that won't wreck your budget in the first term.
Student areas in Liverpool
Student houses in Liverpool cluster heavily around four neighbourhoods, each with a different trade-off between price, distance and noise.
Edge Hill sits close enough to the University of Liverpool that most lectures are a ten-minute walk, not a bus ride. The area has its own railway station with regular Northern services into Lime Street, which matters on the mornings you've left it too late. Houses to rent in Edge Hill tend to be terraced streets, popular with second and third years who want somewhere quieter than the centre but still close to campus.
Kensington, just east of the centre, does double duty for University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores students, both a short walk away. The streets here carry Beatles names, John Lennon Drive and Paul McCartney Way among them, though the bigger draw is the price. Finding a room in Kensington usually costs less than an equivalent street in the centre, and Jubilee Sports Bank and Phythian Park cover the outdoor space.
Prefer being in the middle of it? Life in Liverpool's city centre means Liverpool ONE, the Cavern Club and Royal Albert Dock all within walking distance, plus four train stations if you're heading further afield. Most of the private student accommodation in Liverpool, the purpose-built studio and en-suite blocks, sits in and around this postcode. It suits students who want nightlife on the doorstep and don't mind paying a bit more for it.
Wavertree is a couple of miles further out and calmer for it. Wavertree Technology Park station gets you into Lime Street in a few minutes, Sefton Park is a short walk away, and pubs like The Brookhouse and Kelly's Dispensary are noticeably cheaper than anything in town. What renting in Wavertree looks like usually means a proper residential street with non-student neighbours dotted between the shared houses.
Accommodation types in Liverpool
Whichever university you're at, the accommodation itself splits into the same categories: studios if you want your own space, en-suites if you want company without sharing a bathroom, and shared houses if you're moving in with mates. Filter by weekly price and bedroom and bathroom count on Housr, and toggle between single rooms and studios depending on what you can live with.
Student accommodation in Liverpool covers a wide range, from purpose-built studio blocks to five-bedroom terraces, so it pays to be specific with your filters rather than scrolling through everything on offer. Still short a housemate for a shared house? Housr Roomie matches you with other verified students looking to fill the same kind of house.
Universities in Liverpool
Most student housing in Liverpool sits within reach of more than one campus, which is worth knowing before you commit to an area. The city has four universities, each with its own campus and community:
University of Liverpool: a red-brick Russell Group university with its main campus wrapped around Abercromby Square, walking distance from the city centre.
Liverpool John Moores University: split mainly between its City Campus on Byrom Street and its Mount Pleasant Campus, next to the Metropolitan Cathedral.
Liverpool Hope University: based at Hope Park in Childwall, with a smaller Creative Campus for music and performing arts in Everton, a few miles from the centre.
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA): housed on the site of the old Liverpool Institute for Boys, the school Paul McCartney helped save and turn into the college that opened in 1996.
Filter by university on Housr and the search narrows to properties within a sensible commute of whichever one is on your offer letter.
Bills, sorted
Splitting energy, water and WiFi four ways over a group chat gets old fast. Housr Bills bundles all of it, plus free Contents Cover, into one monthly payment with split liability, so one housemate's missed transfer doesn't become everyone's problem. Set it up once and it runs itself for the year.
How searching on Housr works
Switch between list view, tile view and an interactive map to see exactly where a property sits relative to your university and the areas above. Spotted somewhere that works? Request more information or book a viewing straight from the listing with a short form. No phone calls needed.
Call us