Where is University of West London?

St Mary’s Road Campus is at St Mary’s Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF.

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

Of the areas Boroughly covers near St Mary’s Road Campus, Hayes has the lowest estimated monthly room rent at around £750. The cheapest rent is not always the cheapest option once travel is included.

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Best areas to live for University of West London students

In short: UWL’s main London campus is in Ealing, with easy access to central London and west London neighbourhoods. Across the 12 areas below, an estimated room runs from about £750 a month in Hayes to £1,225 in Chiswick.

Campus

St Mary’s Road Campus

Postcode

W5 5RF

Areas ranked

Cheapest room

Hayes · £750

Where the campus actually is

St Mary’s Road Campus · St Mary’s Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF

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Check your site before you sign. UWL also teaches from Brentford (TW8 9GA). This page ranks areas around St Mary’s Road 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 St Mary’s Road 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	HayesHillingdon · 8.1 km from campus	£750^†	£1,100^†	33 min	12 min walk → Elizabeth line → bus 65	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
2	FelthamHounslow · 10.0 km from campus	£750^†	£1,100^†	46 min	bus 90 → Piccadilly line → bus 65	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
3	SouthallEaling · 5.0 km from campus	£775^†	£1,150^†	29 min	12 min walk → Elizabeth line → bus 65	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
4	HounslowHounslow · 5.9 km from campus	£775^†	£1,150^†	35 min	13 min walk → Piccadilly line → bus 65	Piccadilly line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
5	GreenfordEaling · 4.9 km from campus	£800^†	£1,175^†	43 min	Central line → bus 483 → 14 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
6	HarrowHarrow · 8.6 km from campus	£825^†	£1,225^†	67 min	8 min walk → bus 140 → Central line	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
7	HanwellEaling · 2.4 km from campus	£850^†	£1,250^†	27 min	bus E8 → 14 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
8	HarlesdenBrent · 4.5 km from campus	£850^†	£1,250^†	37 min	bus 260 → Central line → bus 65	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
9	BrentfordHounslow · 2.4 km from campus	£900^†	£1,325^†	36 min	bus E8 → Piccadilly line → 15 min walk	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.
10	ActonEaling · 2.1 km from campus	£925^†	£1,375^†	26 min	bus 207 → 14 min walk	Central and Piccadilly line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
11	EalingEaling · 0.8 km from campus	£950^†	£1,400^†	15 min	15 min walk	Central and Piccadilly line Night Tube (Fri/Sat); night buses every night
12	ChiswickHounslow · 3.7 km from campus	£1,225^†	£1,775^†	36 min	12 min walk → District line → bus 65	Night buses only - the nearest Night Tube or night Overground station is a bus or taxi ride away.

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 St Mary’s Road Campus. That does not make them bad places to live — it means the headline rent is not the number to compare.

HarrowA room is about £825 a month, which puts it among the cheaper options here. The journey is 67 minutes each way, against 15 minutes from Ealing. Over a teaching year that difference is roughly 260 hours, before you add the fare for the extra distance.
FelthamA room is about £750 a month, which puts it among the cheaper options here. The journey is 46 minutes each way, against 15 minutes from Ealing. Over a teaching year that difference is roughly 155 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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