Student Accommodation Near London South Bank University
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Student housing near London South Bank University
London South Bank University sits right on the edge of Elephant and Castle, one of the busiest corners of south London and about fifteen minutes from the West End by tube. If you're after student housing near London South Bank University, that location does a lot of the work for you: campus, transport, and a genuine neighbourhood are all within a short walk of each other, so where you search matters less than how you search. Housr lets you filter by price, bedrooms, and bathrooms, then check the map to see exactly how far a property actually sits from Borough Road.
About London South Bank University
LSBU has been training Londoners for work since 1892, when it opened as the Borough Polytechnic Institute. It became a university in 1992 and took the name London South Bank University in 2003. The main Southwark campus is built around the LSBU Hub, a library and study building that opened in 2022 as part of a wider round of investment in teaching space.
The university is best known for built environment and construction courses, alongside nursing, health and social care, engineering, and law. In the Complete University Guide's 2027 league table, LSBU ranks 112th out of 130 UK universities, and it sits in the 901-950 band of the QS World University Rankings 2026. Around 70% of its students come from London itself, so the campus has a strong commuter and local feel alongside its international intake.
Popular student areas near London South Bank University
Most students living near LSBU end up in or around Elephant and Castle itself, since it's a genuine walk to lectures rather than a tube ride. The area has changed fast in recent years. Elephant Park, built on the old Heygate Estate site, added thousands of new homes and a public park where the estate once stood, and the relocated pink elephant statue now sits in Castle Square alongside a weekend market. Mercato Metropolitano, the food market on Newington Causeway, is a regular stop for a cheap dinner between lectures. Housr's guide to living in Elephant and Castle covers what's nearby in more detail, or browse the full spread of options on the London student accommodation hub if you'd rather cast a wider net across zones 1 and 2.
Getting to campus
The Southwark campus is genuinely walkable for most nearby postcodes. Elephant & Castle underground station, on the Bakerloo and Northern lines, sits next to campus, and the National Rail platforms there are about five minutes away on foot. Southwark station is a ten-minute walk, and London Waterloo and London Bridge are both reachable inside fifteen minutes by tube or rail if you're coming from further out. A TfL student Oyster card cuts the daily cost of all of this down, which matters if your house isn't within walking distance.
Accommodation near London South Bank University
Housr's listings for student housing near London South Bank University range from studios to shared houses, so whether you want your own space or a place to split with housemates, you can filter by weekly price, number of bedrooms, and number of bathrooms to narrow things down fast. Single rooms and studios are flagged separately in the filters, so you're not scrolling past six-bed houses when you actually want a self-contained flat. Every listing shows the walk time to campus and to the nearest station, so you can judge distance properly before booking a viewing.
Demand for London South Bank University accommodation runs highest for anything within ten minutes of Borough Road, so it's worth using the interactive map to spot properties a street or two further out that still work for the walk.
