Budget belt
£100+/wk
Radford
£100–£165/week
Budget houses between the two campuses. Cheap rooms, quick bus or cycle to either uni.
UK student housing · Nottingham
Nottingham,
sorted.
What it actually costs, where students really live, and how not to get scammed.
£1,090 typical month
from £90/week
best-value rooms go early
The money
What it really costs
Per month, for a typical student. Not the brochure number.
Rent
£690
≈ £160/week
Food
£190
cooking mostly
Transport
£40
bus & tram
Everything else
£170
phone, going out
Typical month
rent, food, travel & life
£1,090
≈ ₹1,14,000Sharing a house and cooking? Closer to £880. Studio and eating out? Nearer £1,450.
The map
Where students actually live
Rent tracks how close you are to the two campuses and the centre — the student belt between them is the sweet spot. Set your budget to see where you can afford to look.
My budget
Budget belt
£100+/wk
By UoN
£110+/wk
Dunkirk
£110–£155/week
Right on Nottingham Uni's doorstep. Walk to campus and the QMC, cheapest rooms going.
Between unis
£120+/wk
Lenton
£120–£175/week
The student village — everyone lives here at some point. Walk to UoN, tram and bus to Trent.
West · tram
£135+/wk
Beeston
£135–£185/week
Its own high street west of campus, tram straight into town. Relaxed and self-contained.
By NTU
£140+/wk
Arboretum
£140–£200/week
Leafy and right beside Trent's city campus. Walk to NTU, minutes from the centre.
City centre
£165+/wk
City Centre
£165–£300/week
New studios and en-suites, walk to NTU and every night out. Priciest, most central.
Nothing in Nottingham at that budget — and it's already the cheapest of the three cities, so this budget may be tight anywhere.
The traps
Before you pay anyone
Six signs a room is a scam. Takes a minute. Saves a term's rent.
- 1
Paid before you've seen it
No money before a live video viewing and a signed contract.
- 2
Bank transfer or crypto only
Real landlords take cards. Untraceable payment is the loudest alarm.
- 3
Won't show you the room live
If they can't video-call you from inside it, it isn't theirs.
- 4
Deposit not in a government scheme
By law it must be in DPS, MyDeposits or TDS. Ask for proof.
- 5
“I'm abroad, I'll post the keys”
This is the oldest one in the book.
- 6
“Three others want it, pay now”
Urgency exists to stop you checking. A real room waits a day.
Rooms that are actually real
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