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Student accommodation in Durham
11 stays in Durham
11 places in Durham
12Rooms available
The Village at The Viaduct
0.5 mi from centre2 room types
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Kitchen
- En-suite
- Bills included
- +1 more
Rooms available
From
£205/week
29Rooms available
St Giles Studios, Durham
0.7 mi from centre4 room types
Bills included45 week tenancy
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Bike storage
- Parking
- +5 more
Rooms available
From
£290/week
20Rooms available
Houghall Court
1 mi from centre1 room type
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Bike storage
- 24/7 security
- +6 more
Rooms available
From
£308/week
Bills included
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Chapel Heights
0.6 mi from centre1 room type
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Gym
- Bike storage
- +9 more
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On enquiry
79Waitlist only
Dun Holm House
0.1 mi from centre15 room types
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Gym
- Bike storage
- +8 more
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Duresme Court, Durham
0.8 mi from centre5 room types
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Gym
- Study space
- Communal lounge
- +4 more
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Elvet Studios
0.5 mi from centreRooms on request
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Bike storage
- 24/7 security
- +6 more
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Ernest Place
1.3 mi from centre4 room types
51 week tenancy
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- 24/7 security
- Contents insurance
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Pricing
On enquiry
Allocated by university
Allocated stay
Rushford Court
0.4 mi from centreRooms on request
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Gym
- Bike storage
- +7 more
Allocated stay
Pricing
On enquiry
Offer
6Rooms available
Student Castle Durham
0.1 mi from centre12 room types
51 week tenancy
- Wi-Fi included
- Gym
- Bike storage
- 24/7 security
- +4 more
Rooms available
Start with your university
Pick a university and see the buildings around it, with the walk or the ride to campus on every one.
Neighbourhoods
Where to look in Durham
Use these established student areas as starting points, then compare each property's rent and route to your university.
Where students live in Durham
Areas students actually take rooms in, with the buildings closest to each one. Matched by location, so a building appears under the area it stands in rather than the area its marketing claims.
The Viaduct and Sutton Street
The terraces under the railway arches west of the station, almost entirely students, and the best known address in Durham's private market. Ten minutes down to the Bailey and no hill on the way out.
- The Village at The Viaductfrom £205/week
- Rushford Courtprice on enquiry
Gilesgate and Claypath
East of the market place, cheaper than the Viaduct and closer to the shops. The walk back from town is short and steep in equal measure.
- Student Castle Durhamprice on enquiry
- St Giles Studios, Durhamfrom £290/week
- Chapel Heightsprice on enquiry
Elvet and New Elvet
Across the river on the hill side, next to the Students' Union and the Science Site. The right bank if your teaching is up at Elvet Hill rather than on the peninsula.
- Elvet Studiosprice on enquiry
- Houghall Courtfrom £308/week
Neville's Cross and Crossgate
West along the A167 towards the viaduct, more residential, better value, and for once a walk into the centre that stays level.
- Duresme Court, Durhamprice on enquiry
- Dun Holm Houseprice on enquiry
Useful to know nearby
Places students in Durham actually use. We have no arrangement with any of them.
- Durham Clayport Library
Public study space in the centre, useful away from college and university libraries.
- Wharton Park
A hillside park beside the station with views across the cathedral and city.
- Market Hall
Durham’s covered market for food and everyday shopping in the centre.
- River Wear paths
Traffic-free walking routes linking colleges, Elvet and the peninsula, with steep exits in places.
A few Durham buildings worth a look
Picked by distance, price and choice, measured from the listings on this page. Not a ranking, and not a recommendation: the numbers are what they are on the day you read this.
- Houghall Court0.5 miles
Closest to Durham University
- Elvet Studios0.8 miles
Closest to Teikyo University of Japan
- Regatta Placefrom £195/week
Lowest listed rent here
- Dun Holm House15 room types
Most room types to choose from
What to know before choosing a room in Durham
A city-by-city note about the decisions that change your daily routine. Prices and availability remain live in the listings above.
Durham is the smallest city we list and the one where geography decides the most. The cathedral and castle sit on a peninsula inside a loop of the Wear, the older colleges line the Bailey beside them, and the science and social science departments are up on Elvet Hill to the south. Most first years live in college, so the private market here is second and third years, postgraduates, and it runs through a surprisingly small number of streets.
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Getting around Durham
Durham is a walking city and the distances are genuinely short, but it is also steep: the climb from the river up to the Bailey and the pull up to Elvet Hill are the two that people mention. Durham station is on the East Coast Main Line, high above the city and a brisk ten minutes from the centre, with Newcastle fifteen minutes away and London under three hours. The Cathedral Bus runs between the station, the market place and the peninsula, and Arriva covers the outer areas. Cycling is possible but the gradients mean few people bother, and much of the centre is pedestrianised with a congestion charge on the peninsula.
Frequently asked questions
- 4 buildings in Durham publish a starting price, from £195 to £308 a week, and half of them start under £290. They sit unusually close together, so in Durham the choice is about location and room rather than price. Each figure is the cheapest room in that building, so compare the room lists rather than the headline.
- Everything we list in Durham is in The Viaduct and Sutton Street, Gilesgate and Claypath, Elvet and New Elvet, and Neville's Cross and Crossgate. Buildings are filed by their coordinates, not by the area their marketing claims, so the table above puts each one where it actually stands.
- 8 of the 11 buildings here say so, and 3 publish nothing either way. A page that says nothing is a gap in what the building has told anyone, not a bill, so ask before you rule it out.