6 offers
30Rooms available
Carters Yard
0.1 mi from centre12 room types
Bills included44–51 week tenancies
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Gym
- Communal lounge
- +4 more
Rooms available
UK3 stays listedFrom £165/week1 universities
Student accommodation in Stirling
3 stays in Stirling
3 places in Stirling
6 offers
35Rooms available
Centro House
4.9 mi from centre12 room types
Bills included
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Study space
- Communal lounge
- +6 more
Rooms available
6 offers
36Rooms available
Riverside Quay
0.3 mi from centre11 room types
Bills included18–51 week tenancies
- Wi-Fi included
- Laundry
- Gym
- Study space
- +6 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 Stirling
Use these established student areas as starting points, then compare each property's rent and route to your university.
Where students live in Stirling
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.
City centre and Top of the Town
The castle, the medieval streets climbing to it, and the newer student blocks below. About twenty minutes by bus from teaching.
- Carters Yardfrom £165/week
Riverside and Raploch
Along the Forth below the castle, inexpensive and residential, with a flat walk into the centre.
- Riverside Quayfrom £199/week
Useful to know nearby
Places students in Stirling actually use. We have no arrangement with any of them.
- University of Stirling Library
The main campus study library overlooking the central loch.
- Stirling railway station
Central connections for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and Dundee.
- The Thistles
Central everyday shopping centre between the station and historic streets.
- Forthside paths
Flat riverside walking and cycling routes near the city centre.
A few Stirling 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.
- Riverside Quay1.7 miles
Closest to University of Stirling
- Carters Yardfrom £165/week
Lowest listed rent here
- Centro House12 room types
Most room types to choose from
What to know before choosing a room in Stirling
A city-by-city note about the decisions that change your daily routine. Prices and availability remain live in the listings above.
Stirling University has one of the better-looking campuses in Britain and it is not in Stirling. The site sits two miles north of the city at the foot of the Ochils, built around a loch with a castle on the hill behind and the Wallace Monument above it. The city itself is a small historic burgh with its own castle, and between the two is Bridge of Allan, a Victorian spa village that has become the default student answer because it is walkable to campus and has a high street.
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Other student cities in the UK
Comparing options? These are the other cities in the UK where most students on our shortlist are basing themselves.
Getting around Stirling
The 54 and the Unilink buses run between Stirling city centre, Bridge of Allan and the campus every few minutes in term, and the trip takes about fifteen minutes. Both Stirling and Bridge of Allan have railway stations on the same line, which is useful: Glasgow and Edinburgh are both around fifty minutes, and Perth and Dundee lie north. The land along the Forth is flat and the cycle route from the city to the campus is largely off road, though the Ochils behind the university are not for casual riding. Stirling is a genuine central base, which is much of why people choose it.
Universities in Stirling
Frequently asked questions
- Everything we list in Stirling is in City centre and Top of the Town and Riverside and Raploch. Buildings are filed by their coordinates, not by the area their marketing claims, so the table above puts each one where it actually stands.