Student Accommodation in Crookesmoor

Student housing in Crookesmoor: the hill between the park and campus

Student housing in Crookesmoor puts you on the slope between Crookes Valley Park and the University of Sheffield's main campus, close enough to walk to a 9am and still make the queue for coffee first. It's mostly Victorian terraces split into shared houses, the kind of streets Sheffield students have been living on for generations. The one catch is the hill itself. The walk home after a night out is steeper than most of your seminar reading.

What's around Crookesmoor

Crookes Valley Park sits right on the edge of the area, built around the Old Great Dam, a reservoir dug in 1785 that's now a proper lake with ducks, a couple of bowling greens, and the Dam House Bar and Restaurant overlooking the water. Weston Park, with its free museum and Victorian bandstand, is a short walk further in, and The Ponderosa adds a third patch of green if you need somewhere to read that isn't your kitchen table.

For food shopping, Beanies Wholefoods on Crookes Valley Road has been the go-to for organic, vegetarian, and zero-waste basics for years, and there's a Sainsbury's Local on Crookes Road for the essentials in between big shops. Commonside is where the drinking happens: the Hallamshire House and the Closed Shop sit almost directly opposite each other, both regulars for pub quizzes and match days, and the Springvale Tavern a few streets over has one of the biggest beer gardens in the area for the rare sunny afternoon.

Getting around

If you live on Crookesmoor Road itself, the number 10 bus stops right outside the University of Sheffield's Management School and loops into the city centre once an hour. For something more frequent, the 52 and 52a run along Crookes Road towards the city centre one way and Hillsborough and Walkley the other, and Western Bank, about 400 metres downhill, is on one of Sheffield's most frequent bus corridors, with services roughly every five minutes. Most of the main University of Sheffield campus, including the Arts Tower and Goodwin Sports Centre, is a 10 to 15-minute walk away. The city centre is closer to 20 to 25 minutes on foot, mostly downhill on the way there and considerably less fun on the way back.

Universities near Crookesmoor

Crookesmoor mainly serves University of Sheffield students, given how close the main campus sits at the bottom of the hill. Sheffield Hallam University's City Campus is a bit further out, but still workable: around 20 minutes on foot or a 10-minute bus ride into town, so it's not off the table if Hallam is your uni and you'd rather live somewhere with more character than the city centre.

Accommodation in Crookesmoor

Most student housing in Crookesmoor is Victorian terraces converted into shared houses, ranging from three-bedroom places for smaller groups up to seven-plus-bedroom houses if your friend group runs large. On Housr, filter by weekly price, bedroom count, and bathrooms, or switch to single rooms and studios if you'd rather not share. The map view is genuinely useful here, since Crookesmoor's streets zigzag up and down the hill and knowing exactly how far a house is from the bus stop or the park matters more than it does on flatter ground. If you're searching student houses in Crookesmoor for a spare room in an existing house share, Housr Roomie can help you find one, or fill a room you've already got, with everyone verified through their university login.

Ready to see what's on the market? Use the filters above to sort Crookesmoor by price, bedrooms, and room type, and switch to map view to check exactly how close a house sits to the park or your bus stop. Weighing it up against the rest of the city? Browse the wider Sheffield student accommodation page, or compare the commute from neighbouring Broomhill and Broomhall before you commit.