Student Accommodation Near Northumbria University

Student housing near Northumbria University

Newcastle is one of the biggest student cities in the UK, and Northumbria University sits right in the middle of it. If you're looking for student housing near Northumbria University, Housr lets you filter results by weekly price, bedroom count, and bathroom type, then check exactly where a property sits on an interactive map before you book a viewing.

About Northumbria University

Northumbria's City Campus runs along Sandyford Road and the streets around it, just north-east of Newcastle's main shopping district. Most students end up a short walk or one Metro stop from lectures rather than a long commute. In The Complete University Guide's 2027 University League Table, Northumbria placed 37th out of 130 UK universities, and it sits joint 528th in the QS World University Rankings 2027.

Three subjects do a lot of the heavy lifting for that reputation. Newcastle Business School holds AACSB accreditation, a double accreditation covering both its business and accounting programmes. Art and Design ranked 4th in the UK for research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, and alumni include Jony Ive, Apple's former chief design officer and the person behind the iPhone and iPad. On the sports side, Team Northumbria currently sits 8th in the BUCS national league table and has beaten Newcastle University three years running in the Stan Calvert Cup, the city's varsity fixture.

Popular student areas near Northumbria University

Most Northumbria students live in one of three spots, each within easy reach of the City Campus.

Living in Sandyford puts you closest to campus, since Sandyford Road runs straight through it. Expect Victorian terraces split into Tyneside flats, a quieter pace than you'll find elsewhere, and Jesmond Dene's green space within walking distance.

Renting in Jesmond means Newcastle's most sought-after student postcode: the Osborne Road bar strip, more cafés than you'll get through in a term, and a proper supermarket run on West Jesmond high street. It's further from campus, so most residents take the Metro rather than walk it daily.

Being based in Newcastle City Centre puts Haymarket and Manors, both a short walk from the City Campus buildings, on your doorstep, along with Eldon Square and Northumberland Street for everything else.

Getting to campus

From Sandyford, it's around a ten-minute walk or a three-minute cycle straight down Sandyford Road. Jesmond is a longer walk, closer to 25 minutes, so most students take the Metro from Jesmond or West Jesmond station, one stop down to Haymarket. City centre residents barely need transport at all: Haymarket and Manors Metro stations sit right by the main university buildings, and Eldon Square bus station is a similar distance. Arriving by train, Newcastle Central Station is about a 15-minute walk to the City Campus, and students get a discount on Metro fares through the Pop card scheme.

Northumbria University accommodation in Newcastle

Housr lists everything from single en-suite rooms in shared houses to studios built for one person, and every listing can be filtered by weekly price, bedroom number, and bathroom type before you shortlist anything. Search results near the City Campus show up as a scrollable list, a tile grid, or pins on an interactive map, so you can judge the actual distance to your lectures instead of guessing from a street name. Short a housemate for a shared house? Roomie lets you find one who's already verified as a student, rather than taking a chance on a stranger.

Whichever way you're looking, finding student accommodation near Northumbria University comes down to comparing the right filters, not scrolling through everything on offer.