Best Student Cities in the UK
24,893 Reviews by Students
Student reviews reveal the best and the worst cities and towns for students in the United Kingdom.
Not sure what the best student cities in the UK are? Then you’ve come to the right place!
Our list of best student cities and towns in the UK is the only live league table which is chosen 100% by students who are actually studying at each university.
It is constantly updated with new student reviews about the important areas of city life: cost of living, restaurants, nightlife, shopping options and public transport.
Because we only publish reviews from students using their university email account, you can guarantee all our reviews are from real students. You will hear directly from the experts which university cities in the UK top the chart for student experience.
Click on a location below to read all the independent student reviews and find out more about what each location can deliver.
You can help future students by reviewing your student location when you get there.
Locations League Table, United Kingdom

Newcastle upon Tyne

Liverpool

Leeds

Belfast

Cardiff
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Sheffield

Glasgow
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Nottingham

Birmingham
Newcastle
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Southampton

Norwich

Edinburgh

Manchester

Portsmouth

Lincoln
Royal Leamington Spa

Aberdeen

Bristol

South West London

York

Hull

Bournemouth
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Chester

Preston

Plymouth
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Dundee

Guildford

Leicester

Derby

Swansea

Reading

Exeter

Bath
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Ormskirk
Uxbridge

Coventry

Central London

London
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Cheltenham

Brighton

Bradford

Lancaster

Salford

Loughborough

Wolverhampton

High Wycombe

Oxford

Cambridge

Durham

Worcester

South East London

Sunderland

West London

Canterbury

Luton

Stirling

Falmouth

Huddersfield

Newport

Bolton

Colchester

Winchester

East London

St Andrews

Ipswich

North London

Bangor

Northampton
Locations not ranked
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Abingdon
Solihull
Swindon
Scunthorpe
Weston-Super-Mare
Bury
Greenwich
Yeovil
Burnley
Warrington
Leeds
Hertfordshire
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Buckingham

Inverness
Kingston upon Thames
Stoke Gifford
Hagley
Doncaster
Watford

Gillingham

Gloucester
Dagenham
Penryn
Lampeter
Bedford
Maidstone
