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Best areas to live for City St George’s, University of London students

In short: City St George’s brings together City, University of London and St George’s, University of London, with its City campus in Clerkenwell. Across the 12 areas below, an estimated room runs from about £1,000 a month in Peckham to £1,600 in Marylebone.

Campus
City Campus
Postcode
EC1V 0HB
Areas ranked
12
Cheapest room
Peckham · £1,000

Where the campus actually is

City Campus · Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB

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Check your site before you sign. City St George’s also teaches from Tooting (St George's) (SW17 0RE). This page ranks areas around City Campus. If your department is elsewhere, the answer changes.

12 areas ranked by what a room costs

Cheapest first. These are the Boroughly areas within reach of City Campus, with a per-room rate for a shared house and a self-contained studio rate for each.

Areas near campus ranked by monthly room rent, cheapest first
#AreaRoomper monthStudioper monthTo campusdoor to doorRouteLate nights
1 PeckhamSouthwark · 6.5 km from campus £1,000 £1,450 48 minbus 63 → Thameslink → 18 min walk Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
2 ClaptonHackney · 5.0 km from campus £1,025 £1,475 42 minWeaver → Metropolitan line → bus 56 Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
3 BowTower Hamlets · 5.8 km from campus £1,025 £1,475 44 min15 min walk → District line → Elizabeth line Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
4 CamberwellSouthwark · 6.0 km from campus £1,025 £1,475 43 minbus 35 → Thameslink → bus 341 Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
5 WhitechapelTower Hamlets · 3.0 km from campus £1,075 £1,550 25 minElizabeth line → bus 56 Windrush line Overground night service (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
6 Bethnal GreenTower Hamlets · 2.8 km from campus £1,100 £1,600 37 minbus D3 → Central line → Circle line Central line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
7 DalstonHackney · 2.8 km from campus £1,125 £1,625 26 minbus 56 Windrush line Overground night service (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
8 HighburyIslington · 2.7 km from campus £1,200 £1,750 31 min14 min walk → bus 19 → 8 min walk Victoria line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); Windrush line Overground night service (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
9 Kentish TownCamden · 3.5 km from campus £1,200 £1,750 31 minNorthern line → 14 min walk Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
10 IslingtonIslington · 0.9 km from campus £1,250 £1,825 12 minbus 4 Victoria and Piccadilly line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
11 CamdenCamden · 3.0 km from campus £1,275 £1,850 33 min12 min walk → Northern line → 14 min walk Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
12 MaryleboneWestminster · 3.5 km from campus £1,600 £2,350 37 min14 min walk → Metropolitan line → bus 56 Jubilee and Central line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night

Three areas that look cheap and usually aren't

These areas advertise some of the lowest rents on the list. Once the journey is counted, they stop being the cheap option for someone at City Campus. That does not make them bad places to live — it means the headline rent is not the number to compare.

  1. PeckhamA room is about £1,000 a month, which puts it among the cheaper options here. The journey is 48 minutes each way, against 12 minutes from Islington. Over a teaching year that difference is roughly 180 hours, before you add the fare for the extra distance.

Compare these areas side by side

The table above ranks on rent alone. Every area links to a full Boroughly guide with all seven life scores — safety, schools, green space, transport, diversity, LGBTQ+ friendliness and buzz — so you can see what the cheaper rent is costing you.

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What to weigh up before you commit

The cheapest postcode is rarely the cheapest option overall. Add the travel cost to the rent before comparing anything, then add the time: an extra 20 minutes each way is roughly 130 hours over a teaching year. A more expensive room that removes that journey can be the better deal even in cash terms.

Check the route at the hour you will actually travel. Something that takes 25 minutes at midday can take 40 in the morning peak, and an evening lab or a late rehearsal puts you on a very different network. If you will be coming home after midnight, read the late-night column before the rent column.

Then look at what a viewing will not tell you. Boroughly's area guides score every one of these neighbourhoods on safety, green space, amenities and transport, using the same method as the rest of the site.

How these numbers were worked out

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Check City St George’s's own campus and accommodation information · City Students' Union usually runs a housing advice service too.