Where to Live in Bristol

University of Bristol’s Clifton campus · Clifton Down station

Home to the Clifton campus, with Clifton Village, the Downs, Brandon Hill and the Suspension Bridge close by, says the University, which puts a room in a shared house here at £600 to over £900 a month before bills. StudentPad’s Clifton average isn’t printed: it mixes private-hall studios with rooms in houses, so it runs high. Hotwells had two adverts, too few to average.

Wrong forTight budgets: by the University’s own guide, a room here starts at £600 a month, before bills.

Best for: living by the Clifton campus.

Alongside the Clifton campus · Redland station · 72 bus to UWE

These neighbourhoods “sit alongside the Clifton campus”, says the University of Bristol, and many students live in shared houses here; Redland is ten minutes from Temple Meads by train. StudentPad had one advert each for Kingsdown and Redland, too few to give a figure. In Cotham ward, even a flat let to one or two people needs a licence.

Wrong forTight budgets: this close to the campus, the University’s £600-and-up guide applies here too.

Best for: a shared house near the Clifton campus.

Temple Quarter campus at Temple Meads · 40 min walk to Clifton

The University of Bristol’s range covers a room in a shared house in the city centre too, and it puts a private studio at likely more than £1,400 a month, usually with bills. StudentPad’s city-centre adverts on 7 October were mostly private-hall rooms, so their average says little about a room in a house. The University’s Temple Quarter campus connects to Temple Meads.

Wrong forAnyone eyeing a studio on a maintenance loan: at over £1,400 a month, do the maths before the viewing.

Best for: Temple Quarter, if the numbers work.

72 and 73 buses to UWE Frenchay · the 70 runs 24/7 via Horfield

Gloucester Road is “the longest street of independent shops in Europe”, says the University of Bristol. UWE’s guide puts a room in a shared house at about £500–£700 plus bills. StudentPad can’t add much: Bishopston had six adverts, and Horfield’s average is pushed up by one very expensive advert, so neither is printed. In Bishopston and Ashley Down ward, even a one- or two-person let needs a licence.

Wrong forAnyone who hates buses: from here, UWE Frenchay is a ride on the 72 or 73.

Best for: independent shops, and a direct bus to UWE.

Nearest stations to UWE: Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Parkway

Filton is the most-advertised area on UWE’s StudentPad: an average of £156.65 a week (£678.81 a month) across 39 adverts on 7 October 2026, which can mix rooms in houses, lodgings and private halls. Stoke Gifford, Frenchay and Patchway had five or six adverts each, too few to average. Filton ward is in South Gloucestershire, where only houses of five or more sharers need a licence.

Wrong forUniversity of Bristol students: this is the UWE side of the city.

Best for: UWE Frenchay students.

Bus 46 to the city centre and UWE’s Glenside and Frenchay campuses

East Bristol, on the 46 from the city centre through Old Market, Easton, Eastville and Fishponds to UWE. Fishponds averaged £155.92 a week (£675.64 a month) across 13 adverts on StudentPad on 7 October 2026; Eastville and Easton had too few to average. In Easton ward, even a one- or two-person let needs a licence.

Wrong forUniversity of Bristol students who’d rather walk to lectures.

Best for: UWE’s Glenside campus, on the 46.