Pittville Reviews

New build halls, very well managed

Haven’t experienced halls so can’t tell much.

Feels like living in a 5 star hotel! Lovely bedroom and bathroom. Constantly warm and cosy. The community space is big and spacious loads of room lovely way to be sociable

Great accommodation with great social aspects although security can be a bit much

The accommodation is very modern and is easily adapted to become your home away from home! I loved the fact that we had onsite security and reception desk that was here to help students 24/7. The halls are designed and encourage students to socialise but are also able to give students their own space when needed which helps make everyone feel comfortable

The cleaning in the kitchens wasn't at all thorough and neither were the cleaning staff friendly. Your halls have to be 'clean' to be cleaned anyways. Which, because of the vagueness of such a criteria, the kitchens were frequently left uncleaned and bins not changed.

Location is a bit far away, otherwise it’s absolutely beautiful and motivating for studies.

Overpriced and underkept, social spaces small and location is far from town

Never had any major issues. Internet can be a bit flaky but I'm so happy with everything else

The halls are very expensive, they are very new and clean cut with enough space.

Very clean, modern looking and an all round happy place to be. All staff happy,smiley,helpful and easy to talk to.

Decent halls in a brilliant location

Pittville is a little out of the way, located outside the center of Cheltenham town, but this is made up for by the fantastic facilities available at the halls and the regular buses running from the halls to the town center as well as the university campuses

Halls were great fun, the layout was a bit weird, it was 20 minutes from campus however, and we did experience quite a few maintenance problems throughout the year. However the facilities on site were fantastic!

Lovely halls to live in, with a great community feel. Cheltenham is a great night out also and is only a small bus ride away.

While in halls, we experienced building works which were disruptive. However there was a very social SU bar

The Internet didn't work for the first week but had good speeds after that. Cleaning is not included. Hall management were slow to fix critical issues

Lovely accommodation. Not managed by uni but by separate company. Company had general and apparent disdain for students.

I lived in one of the older blocks at the rear entrance. The first 2 weeks we had no hot water, but staff went above and beyond to sort the issue. We were told cleaners will come once a week to clean the stairwell but they never did. The common room was probably the least comfortable place I’ve ever been with hardly any space for people to sit. The internet was pretty standard although you need to pay for extra devices and people could easily see into my room and bathroom through the window. Sorry to everyone that saw me naked or taking a dump.

Good place to start, bit of a trek to get anywhere

Pretty standard for University accommodation. It is the best place to be in your first year. You make friends who you stay with through your whole University experience. The best for a social life.

Good modern facilities with a high social environment. Just under 20 minutes from Foch campus

Good modern facilities with a high social environment. Just under 20 minutes from Foch campus

60mb/s internet wired and wireless. Spacious and nice buildings

My hallmates and I didnt get along and every time we asked for help resolving an issue all we recieved was an email telling us to be respectful of one another. Where other universities help students with cleaning we were offered nothing and the location was bad because it was at least a 40 minute walk to most places

The halls had recently been refurbished so they were lovely. I was lucky to live with great people. There weren’t any social activities organised though

Pittville was an amazing place to stay, everyone was friendly, was maintained well and had the best ball experience, however was quite pricey for what you were getting.

Lovely new halls, nice kitchen, spacious en-suite bedrooms!

Decent piving space. Just far away from everything

Amazing support team. Clean and modern. No social space per building only per floor

Loved Pittville the halls where perfect, modern, clean and big and it’s location makes it an amazing and beautiful place to live first year.

Expensive but decent enough. I lived in the cheapest type but still had a good ensuite shower. You are able to change accommodation/rooms if you find people you prefer to share with.

Social experience was poor. I rarely left my room and was never encouraged to either. I wasn’t aware of any social experiences. The room was amazing. The location was good with a free bus pass. Shame about the building works but I know that can’t be helped.

Pittville was an amazing place to be in my first year, brilliant community and off campus so you were able to disconnect from uni work.

The halls are in no shape of form value for money, while there is on site 24/7 reception who are all amazing stuff and personnel, the facilities on site are astonishing considering the amount you pay

Amazing halls a bit far away from campus but there are bus services

halls was a laugh and made some amazing friends

The wifi was poor, the pastoral care was left wanting and it's far outside of the town centre

Over the road from campus, fantastic social spaces including but not limited to a pool table. Fast internet. Friendly staff. Snow Island is fantastic, do not live at Storthes Hall Park.

Very badly ran halls. Moved in with no working toilet. Great start. Wasn't fixed for nearly a week. Room hadn't been cleaned and was mouldy prior to moving in. The photos I was shown look nothing like my room. Can barely open my windows to ventilate room. Curtains only allow one window to be opened at a time. Staff are rude. Kitchen tap makes very loud noise and leaks. Wifi doesn't work well. The list goes on. Paying far too much for what you get. Do NOT live here!!!

New this year. Hot and hot running water in some rooms. Cold and cold in others. Great way to meet people, needing to borrow a shower.

During my first year at uni I was placed in Pittville halls of residence. It was a building site for my whole stay there, it's quite far away from campuses on foot 25-30mins approx. Staff were not that friendly and didn't care for complaints or issues. My ensuite was very unclean and dusty, one of the taps didn't work and the toilet didn't flush properly and still to the last day they didn't bother fixing the toilet. On the first day the bathroom mirror door broke and I had to pay for replacement hinges. Social space is a tiny room shared between 5-6 students, the students i lived with were very rude, loud and unfriendly and after emails of complaints and transfer requests to head of Pittville accommodation they did nothing to help with the issue. For the price of accommodation which was over £5000 a year and is increasing next year I would not say it's worth it at all, I had a terrible first year living experience.