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Best areas to live for The University of Law (London) students

In short: The University of Law runs several London centres, with Bloomsbury and Moorgate the main ones. Confirm your centre before choosing an area, because the two sit on different sides of central London. Across the 12 areas below, an estimated room runs from about £1,025 a month in Camberwell to £1,600 in Marylebone.

Campus
London Bloomsbury
Postcode
WC1E 7DE
Areas ranked
12
Cheapest room
Camberwell · £1,025

Where the campus actually is

London Bloomsbury · 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7DE

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Check your site before you sign. University of Law also teaches from London Moorgate (EC1Y 8HQ). This page ranks areas around London Bloomsbury. 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 London Bloomsbury, 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 CamberwellSouthwark · 5.8 km from campus £1,025 £1,475 43 minbus 36 → Northern line → 12 min walk Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
2 Finsbury ParkIslington/Haringey · 5.3 km from campus £1,050 £1,525 30 minVictoria line → Hammersmith & City line → bus 73 Victoria and Piccadilly line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
3 KilburnBrent/Camden · 5.3 km from campus £1,050 £1,525 36 minJubilee line → Metropolitan line → bus 73 Jubilee line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
4 BrixtonLambeth · 6.5 km from campus £1,050 £1,525 38 minVictoria line → Northern line → 12 min walk Victoria line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
5 Elephant & CastleSouthwark · 3.6 km from campus £1,125 £1,625 34 min8 min walk → Bakerloo line → Northern line Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
6 Kentish TownCamden · 3.4 km from campus £1,200 £1,750 27 minNorthern line → 12 min walk Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
7 IslingtonIslington · 2.7 km from campus £1,250 £1,825 32 minbus 43 → Northern line → 12 min walk Victoria and Piccadilly line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
8 CamdenCamden · 2.2 km from campus £1,275 £1,850 21 minbus 24 Northern line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
9 PaddingtonWestminster · 3.1 km from campus £1,350 £1,975 29 min11 min walk → Elizabeth line → 13 min walk Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
10 PimlicoWestminster · 3.5 km from campus £1,350 £1,975 31 minVictoria line → Central line → 13 min walk Victoria line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
11 St John's WoodWestminster · 3.3 km from campus £1,450 £2,125 30 minJubilee line → Central line → 13 min walk Jubilee line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
12 MaryleboneWestminster · 1.4 km from campus £1,600 £2,350 23 min8 min walk → bus 205 → bus 390 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 London Bloomsbury. That does not make them bad places to live — it means the headline rent is not the number to compare.

  1. CamberwellA room is about £1,025 a month, which puts it among the cheaper options here. The journey is 43 minutes each way, against 21 minutes from Camden. Over a teaching year that difference is roughly 110 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:

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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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