Halls Of Residence At The University Of Cambridge

As the other Cambridge accommodation reviewer says, and I think dooyoo should perhaps take note of, there is *no such thing* as "halls of residence" at Cambridge. What there is, however, is accommodation provided by the individual colleges. I'm at Trinity and so I'll take you on a guided tour of some of the accommodation available to students here... Firstly Trinity is a huge college with the odd house and flat as well as places where only Fellows and PhD students live, so I'm leaving those out (mainly because I've not been in many of them, except for supervisions!). However I have been to loads of other rooms, not least of all ...  Read the complete review

Cambridge is an unusual university - with no halls of residence, as such. Everyone in Cambridge University belongs to a college, and for each of their three years, they stay in college accomodation. This ranges from ancient draughty rooms in the college itself, to modern 'hostels' built on the outskirts of the city. When I was in Cambridge I was a member of Kings College. In my first year I stayed in the Keynes block, in my second and third years I stayed in Newnham Terrace hostel. I had friends who lived in various other hostels, and I will now descibe some of these glorious places! I also had friends in other colleges, and I'll end by ...  Read the complete review