The RA's are great, really helpful and can have a laugh with them, same with Sara. The courtyard is great for socialising
University of Derby Hall Rankings
| The Croft | #1 |
| Roman House | #2 |
| St Christopher's Court | #3 |
| Nunnery Court | #4 |
| Peak Court | #5 |
| Princess Alice Court | #6 |
| Northgate House | #7 |
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The RA's are great, really helpful and can have a laugh with them, same with Sara. The courtyard is great for socialising
Nunnery Court Information
| Telephone | 07771 838990 |
| Postcode | DE1 3LQ |
| Price from | £133.14 per week for 23/24 (subject to availability) |
| Features | 7-minute walk from One Friar Gate Square & Britannia Mill, 10-minute walk from Markeaton Street & 21-minute walk from Kedleston Road. An exciting Residence Life programme of mostly-free events & activities, wellbeing & pastoral support, 24 hour mobile contact number, weekly cleaning service, superfast Wifi, night time security staff, CCTV & intercom entry system, prompt maintenance service, free room contents insurance & free bike storage. |
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Nunnery Court Biography
This award-winning* hall of residence provides good quality, contemporary accommodation for around 300 students. Most rooms have a small double bed, ample storage space, a large desk and chair and a wash basin and mirror. Most flats have five or six bedrooms, a shared bathroom, toilet and a kitchen. Adapted rooms and a few en suite rooms are also available at this hall.
* GSLI awards 2022
Ideally situated across the road from a Sainsbury’s and just a few minute’s walk from One Friar Gate Square, Markeaton Street and Britannia Mill, Nunnery Court is also just a short bus ride or walk from Kedleston Road.
The hall has a pleasant courtyard with trees, a car park and bike sheds and offers communal facilities including a laundry and common room with pool table, table tennis and Playstation 4. Most flats have five or six rooms and a shared kitchen.
Nunnery Court offers a selection of rooms ranging in size and price. The premium standard rooms have been fully refurbished, boasting new furniture, carpets, blinds and bathroom facilities. No matter what room you choose, you will have a communal kitchen that is shared with flatmates and comes fully equipped with everything you need to cook up a storm.
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Q&A
You can give the Student Living team a ring on 01332 594111 to find out but bear in mind there is still a lot of shuffling around of places after A level results day so so maybe wait a week after for a more definite picture. You can also contact your flatmates by joining the facebook group called Coming to Derby Uni 2023 and doing a shout out to people in your allocated flat. It's a really nice way to break the ice and make contact before you arrive!
No sorry, no elevator at Nunnery Court but on the bright side there are only four floors. When you move in there are welcome heroes to help you move all your stuff in :)
The cost of parking for 2023/4 is £330 a year for a car and £170 for a mororbike. Please note that Agard Court and Darley Bank do not have their own car parks.
In the kitchens a kettle, toaster and microwave oven are provided as well as the cooker, fridge freezer, table and chairs, sink and cupboards. Cleaning equipment (a mop and bucket and hoover) are also provided in the flat. In the bedrooms we provide a bed, shelving, storage and wardrobe and a sink or en suite. You need to bring your own bedding and kitchen items. A comprehensive list of what to bring can be found at What to bring
No sorry - all our rooms are for University students and Derby University apprentices.
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Overall the place is nice some staff aren’t the best and get angry for no reason but yeah
We're really sorry to hear that someone lost their temper with you. Please report any incidents like that either to your Hall Manager or the customer service team on 01332 594111 so we can deal with it there and then.
Love the ras especially Callum
Glad to hear you like our RAs (Residential Assistants). RAs are students who work for the halls team and are on hand to help with any queries/issues you may have. Every hall also has a Hall Manager who should be your first port of call with any problems plus there is also a caretaker and a team of cleaners .
The RA's are great, really helpful and can have a laugh with them, same with Sara. The courtyard is great for socialising
We're glad you get on with the Residential Assistants (RAs). They are students who work in halls and know exactly what it's like to be a student. Whichever Hall Manager, caretaker, and cleaning team you get we think you'll find them all friendly and helpful. It's one of the main things we get positive feedback on and it's reassuring to know you'll be living in a friendly hall. The courtyyard at Nunnery Court is great for socialising, especially when the weather is nice :). We also have courtyards at Peak Court, Princess Alice Court, Peak Court and Darley Bank so there's lots of opportunities to hangout in a nice outdoor space.
Room and shower are good spaces, kitchen only has one fridge so share between all of us in the same flat and would better to add an additional fridge freezer as other halls of residence have
We're glad that you like the rooms and showers at Peak Court. The rooms and kitchens have actually just been refurbished and are looking really nice. The good news is that all our kitchens there now have two fridge freezers so we have been listening to your valuable feedback.
Nunnery Court is cute, in the perfect location and perfect for it money however a living room would be ideal
We are chuffed that you like Nunnery Court. Sorry there are no living rooms but there is a common room with pool table and PS4. If you're after a bigger communal space in a flat, the kitchens at Darley Bank are really big and have soft seating too!
Made life long friends who are like a family
It's so nice to hear you had a positive experience in our halls. We try to encourage a friendly, vibrant community in all our halls and our awesome events programme also helps residents to meet new people
Good location if you’re based at Brit Mill or Markeaton. Great if you have the right flat mates
Nunnery Court is also only a few minutes walk away from One Friar Gate Square for law, criminology and policing courses ans across the road from a small branch of Sainsbury's
It served more than adequately in being a student halls, never had an issue
We're chuffed you liked living in Nunnery Court and never had an issue. We think the fact that every hall has a 24 hour mobile number, night time security staff, CCTV and a mostly-free social programme may have something to do with it.
Lived here two years. I love it
Hey, we're glad to hear you loved living at Nunnery Court. You must have liked it to live there two year's on the trot. We'd love to know more about what you enjoyed :)
Overall very tight knit, everyone knew everyones buisness, the courtyard was dominated by smokers, the halls were loud and flat mates can be difficult to live with because there is no space to breathe, hall manager and staff there were fab i must say.
We’re glad to hear you thought the Hall Manager and staff at Nunnery Court were ‘fab’ but sorry that you had some issues with noise and flatmates. It’s really important that you report any noise complaints to staff as soon as the noise occurs, whatever the time, day or night, so they can deal with the offenders. We have a tried and tested procedure for dealing with consistent offenders. Similarly with issues with your flatmates we’re here to help. Sometimes a simple flat meeting can sort things out but if the issue is harder to remedy, we can look at room swaps or other alternatives. Basically whatever the issue is, please talk to our staff about it. After all, they can’t help you with an issue if they don’t know about it!
It’s so modern and worth the money however in some places the internet could be better but it’s alrigjt considering it’s free and can have lots of devises
Wow thanks for the great review. We think the rooms at Nunnery Court are really nice and contemporary too and definitely a good priced option. In regard to the WiFi, you'll be glad to hear that we've upgraded our internet and we've gone with a new supplier called Glide Gigabit who provide really fast internet for up to 25 devices (WE know!!! Who has 25 devices?).
The most amazing place to live!!
Thanks - that's a real endorsement of our halls, particularly Nunnery Court. We're glad you enjoyed living with us. Not everyone knows that students in their second and third years can live in our halls. In fact we offer financial incentives to returning students. These 'returner' live in 'returners blocks' of their own, so they are not put in flats with Freshers. One advantage for returners is that they can apply early , so are very likely to get the room type they want and also people can apply as a group to live in a flat together. About 25-30% of our halls population are second and third year students. They seem to like the convenience of halls with no extra bills to pay and many people also cite the friendly staff as a reason for staying.
Loved it so much. Couldn’t have asked for a better student vibe
Hey - Wonderful to hear that there was a great student vibe. We do work hard to make it a friendly community for our students and hall staff are on hand to help with any issues or just for a chat. Our events programme also helps to make a friendly atmosphere. Some of the most popular events are ones with animals like the petting zoo and guide dogs. they go down a strom with students!
Rooms are in great quality. It was nice to be greated by a pretty room. Also, the staff is so lovely - ready to help with everything!
Great to hear everything was to your liking at Nunnery Court. We think they are lovely rooms too. The small double beds feel really luxurious and the fact thet they have underbed storage is a real bonus. Also the wash basins have useful storage for your toiletries underneath which is handy. Students love to personalise them and make them their own:)
Loud courtyard, nice staff and students living in
We're really sorry that you experienced a few issues with noise during your stay. We advise residents to report the issue to a member of staff when the noise is actually happening. That way staff can deal with the culprits. We do take noise complaints very seriously in halls and have a proper to deal with repeat offenders so it's always best to let us know about the problem. On the positive side we're glad you like the staff and students :)
So social and lovely staff. Amazing place to stay rooms are lovely. Good value and very cheap. Best accommodation in derby by far
Wow - Thanks for the top marks and great review. Our staff ARE a friendly bunch and really like to make students feel at home and we agree that the rooms at Nunnnery Court are lovely and well priced. Glad you had such a good time there.
Nunnery is by far the best halls I've stayed at. Great social area in the centre and friendly staff. Wifi's a stretch but what can you expect from student halls
Thanks for that great review for Nunnery Court . We’re glad you enjoyed your stay. You'll be glad to know that since you reviewed us , we have upgardaded our internet provision. Glide Gigabit now provide really fast internet for up to 25 devices (We know!!! Who has 25 devices?) and students are really happy with the service
Cleaners don't clean unless you've clean before they come but that happens everywhere. Rent is a bit excessive when you don't even get a shelf in the fridge to yourself. Rooms are on the small side & only one half of the flats have been refurbished. Our half will be refurbished after we leave yet we still pay the same and the people in the new, better, refurbished flats.
* Our cleaners clean all the kitchen surfaces but are not responsible for clearing pots and pans and doing the washing up. For that reason we ask students to clear the surfaces so the cleaners can clean. It’s also residents’ responsibility to take the rubbish out. We recommend you organise a rota for this. * If you want a kitchen with two fridge freezers you normally need six people sharing and at Nunnery Court all flats are five people sharing. * Since you wrote this review both halves of Nunnery Court have been refurbished and look lovely. Check them out on the website Thank you for your review. We really value student feedback and use it to improve the service we offer. Obviously this review was written a while ago but I hope this addresses some of the issues you raised.
For a first year student this probably wasn't the best accommodation , its in a good location but I found it to be really quiet and not as much going on as the other halls, as well as this the internet was pretty bad at times and the 'cleaning' was someone hoovering your hallway and wiping down the kitchen sides which we did anyway.
We're sorry you found this hall quiet. We recommend that new students take part in our Residence Life programme to make new friends, as it's a good way to meet people from other halls. In regard to the internet, since you wrote this review we've upgraded our internet provision and we're now with Glide Gigabit. Glide Gigabit provide really fast internet for up to 25 devices As for the cleaning, our cleaners clean all the kitchen surfaces but are not responsible for clearing pots and pans and doing the washing up. For that reason we ask students to clear the surfaces so the cleaners can clean. It’s also residents’ responsibility to take the rubbish out. We recommend you organise a rota for this. Thank you for your review. We really value student feedback and use it to improve the service we offer. Obviously this review was written a while ago but I hope this addresses some of the issues you raised.
Nunnery court is by far the best halls, I know other people from other halls and they are always complaining about something. At nunnery the RA's and hall manager are so lovely and are approachable and easy to talk to. Even the caretaker, security guards and cleaners are always up for a chat. If you're struggling to decide what halls to go for I would suggest nunnery court as it just feels so homely
Thanks for that great review for Nunnery Court . We’re glad you enjoyed living there. It is in a great location, close to lectures at Friar Gate Square, Britannia Mill and Markeaton Street and just a short free Unibus ride to Kedleston Road. .
Best university experience, so glad I moved into these halls. The staff are lovely and so helpful and always willing just to chat with you.
Wow 5 out of 5. Thanks for that great score for Nunnery Court . We’re glad you enjoyed your stay
Have lived at nunnery for three years of my degree. I love the social aspect of the site, with the fountain in the courtyard where I can go outside and just chat to people and make new friends. Staff are dead nice, especially the RA's they are always up for a chat which made me feel at home
Thanks for that great score for Nunnery Court . We’re glad you enjoyed your stay. The fountain has gone now but it's been replaced with tables where students can hang out in the sunshine :) Not everyone knows that students in their second and third years can live in our halls. In fact we offer financial incentives to returning students. These 'returners' live in 'returners blocks' of their own, so they are not put in flats with Freshers. One advantage for returners is that they can apply early, so are very likely to get the room type they want and also people can apply as a group to live in a flat together. About 25-30% of our halls population are second and third year students. They seem to like the convenience of halls with no extra bills to pay and many people also cite the friendly staff as a reason for staying.
Great area, lovely staff and great hall residents. Only issue is the 15-20 minute walk .
Thanks for that great review for Nunnery Court . We’re glad you enjoyed your stay. Although Nunnery Court is a 15-20 minutre walk to Kedleston Road, it's literally 5 minutes walk from Britannia Mill and Markeaton Street and a short walk in the other direction to One Friar Gate Square. There is also a Sainsbury's across the road and a free Unibus stop nearby.
This halls was nice and central for everything, ten minutes into town and five minutes to brit mill. You can expect a bit of noise on student nights if you have a court facing room, mainly when people are leaving and coming back .
Thanks for that great score for Nunnery Court . We’re glad you enjoyed your stay. We're really sorry that you experienced a few issues with noise during your stay. Since then we've improved our policy on noise. We advise residents to report the issue to a member of staff when the noise is actually happening. That way staff can deal with the culprits. We do take noise complaints very seriously in halls and have a proper procedure to deal with repeat offenders so it's always best to let us know about the problem.
Had such a fantastic time in halls, met amazing people!
Thanks for that great review for Nunnery Court . It sounds like you had a great time. Nunnery Court is also really conveniently located close to Britannia Mill, Markeaton Street, and One Friar Gate Square and has a Sainsbury's literally across the road.
Nunnery Court is a quiet halls but in a brilliant location with uni a 15 walk away and town about the same distance, there is a park nearby with lots of open space to sit during the summer.
Thanks for that great review for Nunnery Court . It sounds like you had a good time there. Nunnery Court is also really conveniently located close to Britannia Mill, Markeaton Street, and One Friar Gate Square and has a Sainsbury's literally across the road.