Where is Regent's University London?

Regent's Park is at Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London NW1 4NS.

What is the cheapest area to live near Regent's University London?

Of the areas Boroughly covers near Regent's Park, Willesden has the lowest estimated monthly room rent at around £925. The cheapest rent is not always the cheapest option once travel is included.

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Best areas to live for Regent's University London students

In short: Regent's sits inside Regent's Park itself, which is as central as a green campus gets in London. The immediate surroundings are expensive, so most students look north and west along the Bakerloo and Jubilee lines. Across the 12 areas below, an estimated room runs from about £925 a month in Willesden to £1,600 in Marylebone.

Campus

Regent's Park

Postcode

NW1 4NS

Areas ranked

Cheapest room

Willesden · £925

Where the campus actually is

Regent's Park · Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London NW1 4NS

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12 areas ranked by what a room costs

Cheapest first. These are the Boroughly areas within reach of Regent's Park, 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	WillesdenBrent · 6.6 km from campus	£925^†	£1,375^†	41 min	bus 297 → Jubilee line → 17 min walk	Jubilee line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
2	Golders GreenBarnet · 5.8 km from campus	£1,025^†	£1,475^†	39 min	Express bus A6 → 12 min walk	Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
3	KilburnBrent/Camden · 3.6 km from campus	£1,050^†	£1,525^†	31 min	Jubilee line → 17 min walk	Jubilee line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
4	Finsbury ParkIslington/Haringey · 5.5 km from campus	£1,050^†	£1,525^†	36 min	Victoria line → Metropolitan line → 14 min walk	Victoria and Piccadilly line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
5	Crouch EndHaringey · 6.3 km from campus	£1,050^†	£1,525^†	57 min	bus 41 → Northern line → Victoria line	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
6	Kentish TownCamden · 2.9 km from campus	£1,200^†	£1,750^†	39 min	bus 88 → 21 min walk	Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
7	Maida ValeWestminster · 2.1 km from campus	£1,250^†	£1,825^†	33 min	13 min walk → bus 139 → 13 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
8	CamdenCamden · 1.7 km from campus	£1,275^†	£1,850^†	32 min	bus 88 → 21 min walk	Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
9	PaddingtonWestminster · 1.8 km from campus	£1,350^†	£1,975^†	26 min	bus Y23 → 21 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
10	HampsteadCamden · 3.7 km from campus	£1,400^†	£2,050^†	37 min	bus 46 → bus 113 → 10 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
11	St John's WoodWestminster · 1.6 km from campus	£1,450^†	£2,125^†	19 min	bus 113 → 10 min walk	Jubilee line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
12	MaryleboneWestminster · 0.7 km from campus	£1,600^†	£2,350^†	16 min	16 min walk	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 Regent's Park. That does not make them bad places to live — it means the headline rent is not the number to compare.

Crouch EndA room is about £1,050 a month, which puts it among the cheaper options here. The journey is 57 minutes each way, against 16 minutes from Marylebone. Over a teaching year that difference is roughly 205 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.

Head-to-head comparisons covering areas on this list:

Kentish Town vs Camden

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