Where is Queen Mary University of London?

Mile End Campus is at Mile End Road, London E1 4NS.

What is the cheapest area to live near Queen Mary University of London?

Of the areas Boroughly covers near Mile End Campus, Plaistow has the lowest estimated monthly room rent at around £800. The cheapest rent is not always the cheapest option once travel is included.

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Best areas to live for Queen Mary University of London students

In short: Queen Mary's main Mile End campus is in east London, with a proper campus feel and fast links into central London. Across the 12 areas below, an estimated room runs from about £800 a month in Plaistow to £1,250 in Canary Wharf.

Campus

Mile End Campus

Postcode

E1 4NS

Areas ranked

Cheapest room

Plaistow · £800

Where the campus actually is

Mile End Campus · Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

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Check your site before you sign. Queen Mary also teaches from Whitechapel (E1 2AD). This page ranks areas around Mile End 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 Mile End 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
#	Area	Roomper month	Studioper month	To campusdoor to door	Route	Late nights
1	PlaistowNewham · 4.1 km from campus	£800^†	£1,175^†	25 min	District line → 13 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
2	East HamNewham · 6.7 km from campus	£800^†	£1,175^†	36 min	bus 304 → District line → 13 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
3	Forest GateNewham · 5.2 km from campus	£850^†	£1,250^†	30 min	Elizabeth line → Central line → 13 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
4	Canning TownNewham · 3.6 km from campus	£900^†	£1,325^†	33 min	8 min walk → Jubilee line → Central line	Jubilee line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
5	StratfordNewham · 3.2 km from campus	£950^†	£1,400^†	21 min	Central line → 13 min walk	Jubilee and Central line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
6	BowTower Hamlets · 1.6 km from campus	£1,025^†	£1,475^†	25 min	9 min walk → bus 25	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
7	Mile EndTower Hamlets · 0.5 km from campus	£1,050^†	£1,525^†	11 min	bus 25	Central line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
8	WhitechapelTower Hamlets · 1.5 km from campus	£1,075^†	£1,550^†	15 min	bus 205	Windrush line Overground night service (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
9	Bethnal GreenTower Hamlets · 1.6 km from campus	£1,100^†	£1,600^†	26 min	bus 8 → Central line → 13 min walk	Central line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
10	DalstonHackney · 3.4 km from campus	£1,125^†	£1,625^†	26 min	Windrush → bus 205	Windrush line Overground night service (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
11	HackneyHackney · 2.5 km from campus	£1,150^†	£1,675^†	35 min	bus 254 → bus 309 → 10 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
12	Canary WharfTower Hamlets · 2.6 km from campus	£1,250^†	£1,825^†	27 min	Elizabeth line → bus 205	Jubilee 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 Mile End Campus. That does not make them bad places to live — it means the headline rent is not the number to compare.

East HamA room is about £800 a month, which puts it among the cheaper options here. The journey is 36 minutes each way, against 11 minutes from Mile End. Over a teaching year that difference is roughly 125 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

Areas are the Boroughly areas nearest the campus postcode, then filtered to those with rent data and ranked cheapest first.
Rent marked † figures are modelled from Boroughly's two-bedroom estimate for the same area, not observed listings. Use them to compare areas against each other, not as a quote. Two-bed figures come from the same dataset as the rest of the site.
Commute is a door-to-door public transport journey from the centre of each area to the campus postcode, requested from Transport for London's journey planner for a weekday arrival at 09:00. Your own door will differ by a few minutes.
Late nights: Night Tube and night Overground run Friday and Saturday only. Night buses run every night across London. Check TfL before relying on any of it.
All of this is a comparison aid. Before signing anything, use your university's accommodation service — most run free contract checks and approved-landlord lists.

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Check Queen Mary's own campus and accommodation information · Queen Mary Students' Union usually runs a housing advice service too.