Student Accommodation in Broomhill

Student housing in Broomhill

Broomhill is where a lot of Sheffield students end up by their second year, and it's easy to see why. It sits right against the University of Sheffield's Western Bank campus, has a proper high street rather than a strip of takeaways, and still feels like a neighbourhood rather than a stop on the way somewhere else. If you're looking at student housing in Broomhill, you're looking at somewhere you can walk to a nine o'clock lecture and still make it back for a decent coffee before your next one.

The area grew up in the Victorian era, and you can tell: the streets off Fulwood Road are lined with tall bay-windowed houses that got carved up into student shares decades ago and never looked back. It's leafy, it's hilly, and it's dense with students without feeling like a halls corridor. That mix is what makes it one of Sheffield's most established student postcodes.

What's around Broomhill

Fulwood Road is the spine of the place. Vittles, reportedly Sheffield's oldest independent café, still does a steady trade in coffee and cake for anyone dodging a 9am seminar. For pubs, The Nottingham House, known to most people as the Notty, is the one everyone's been to at least once, famous for homemade pies and mash and a beer garden that fills up the second it's sunny. The York is the other local, a Victorian building with a solid craft beer list and a menu that goes well beyond standard pub grub. The Broomhill Tavern rounds out the pub crawl for a night that doesn't need a bus fare.

Food-wise, Proove does proper Neapolitan pizza, and there's a run of smaller spots along the parade, from Cawa and Lokanta to Thyme Cafe, for whenever a Pot Noodle isn't going to cut it. There's a Tesco Express for the essentials and a scattering of charity shops, pharmacies and independents for everything else.

There's more green space here than you'd expect off a busy high street. Weston Park borders the eastern edge and rolls straight into the university's Weston Park Museum, while Crookes Valley Park, with its own lake, is a five-minute walk for anyone who needs air between lectures. Sheffield Botanical Gardens is a short walk south, and Endcliffe Park, one of the city's biggest, is close enough for a longer wander when the weather allows.

Getting around

Broomhill runs on buses rather than the tram, and that's no bad thing given how frequent the service is. The 51 runs down Fulwood Road through Broomhill (at the Manchester Road stop) straight past Western Bank and on into the city centre via Glossop Road, West Street, Arundel Gate, Pond Street and Flat Street, dropping you within a few minutes' walk of Sheffield Hallam's City Campus on the same bus. The 52 and 52A cover a similar corridor, and both run regularly through the day, so you're rarely waiting long. On foot, it's a straightforward walk downhill to Western Bank, and cycling into the city centre is mostly a gentle coast once you're past Broomhill's own hill.

Universities near Broomhill

Broomhill's biggest selling point is proximity to the University of Sheffield. Western Bank campus borders the area directly, so most lecture theatres and the university library are an easy 15 to 20 minute walk, no bus required. Plenty of university halls, including the Endcliffe Student Village, sit just south of Broomhill, which is part of why so many students land here for their second and third years.

Sheffield Hallam University's City Campus, down by the train station, is further out but still simple to reach. Hop on the 51 or 52 from Fulwood Road and you're at West Street or Pond Street, right by campus, in around 20 to 25 minutes. It's not walking distance for most people, but it's a direct, no-changes bus ride either way.

Accommodation in Broomhill

Most student housing in Broomhill comes as classic Victorian terraces split into shared houses, which suits groups of three to six looking for their own place with a garden and separate bedrooms. There's also a good spread of smaller options, from single rooms in shared houses to self-contained studios, for students who want their own space without leaving the area. The student houses Broomhill has on offer can be filtered on Housr by weekly price, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and whether you want a single room, a studio, or a full share, then viewed as a list, a tile grid, or on the map to see exactly how close each place sits to Fulwood Road or Western Bank before you request a viewing.

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Ready to find your place? Browse the student accommodation Broomhill has on offer right here on Housr, filter by price, bedrooms and room type, then switch to the map view to see how each listing sits against Fulwood Road and Western Bank before you send off a viewing request. Fancy comparing options first? Try browsing all of Sheffield, or check out what's on offer in nearby Crookesmoor or closer to the action in Sheffield City Centre.