Bowland College Reviews

I lived in bowland annexe (unfortunately). The building is awful and outdated, you have to climb a mountain of stairs to get into the accom, and there are absolutely no places for socialising. The cleaner barely turned up and when she did turn up, she made the place dirtier if anything. In annexe you share the tiny kitchen with 16 other people (most of which will be foreign students) in which there is no space and can become extremely dirty and hot at times. The toilets I have saved for last for a reason, they are disgusting. They would break regularly, the roof leaked, the showers flooded, that coupled with the awful cleaner results in a scene you would see in a club toilet. Honestly the only good things about annexe is the price and location. Nothing else is good, most people are ashamed of living there

I had so much fun in bowland. I lived in the cheapest accomodation, it was still comfortable, I really loved my room there and went back for my final year as well as first year. It is so cheap and very convenient being on campus. I made amazing friends and there were so many people to make friends with in my halls.

Excellent college system, central location good for getting to the shop and lectures

We have a cleaner every week day so we have never had problems with pests, although I would recommend always wearing slippers when going into the kitchen or toilets. I’ve found friends for life with the people I live with but the only social space we have are table and chairs in the kitchen, so the accommodation really needs more room for sofas or comfier chairs to sit and relax, or you end up just sat in your room in bed. And the wifi regularly plays up. Location for Bowland Main is very central which is convenient but noisy.

Very modern but I live in a recently renovated block which has limited availability - so not all accommodation is like this but ash house is great value for money

Very anti social living arrangements

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Very bad value for money. What costs £139 per week would cost around £110 at other universities. Good location though being central campus!

An amazing college and accommodation- Ash House is the most social accommodation and is great value for money! The staff are super friendly as are the cleaners- best 3 years ever.

Was awful accom in first year for socialising - but made me branch out which was a blessing in disguise - always better to spread further than your college

Living in Bowland is the best. My college is right in the centre of the campus so it is really easy to access all the facilities, really close to the lecture theaters, restaurants, gym, library and so on. I share the kitchen with 3 other people, but I have my own bathroom. Honestly my room is bigger than what I expected. I get along really well with people from my house as well as people from other houses and even colleges. Each college has its own bar and they’re really good for just a chill night in the campus, they have pool, darts, air-hockey and many other things and sometimes they have different activities and events such as karaoke.

Generally good and clean. Nearby to everything and cheap.

We complained about a leaky hall ceiling several times in Bowland Halls basic ensuit but it never got fixed.

The living quality in the halls is great. I would like it if there were more communal spaces within the halls though - I actually have almost no friends in my college because it’s hard to meet people outside of your flat. It would be good to have somewhere with tv and social areas where we can meet and hang out - the only common room at the moment is in the college bar and is not specific to bowland, it’s not somewhere you would just spend time with friends

Brilliant location can't beat it, poor Wi-Fi in slaidburn house. Rooms great so, smallish kitchen

Accommodation is very good quality for the price and is very close to all my lectures and seminars. We don’t really have a common room or social space other than the bar which isn’t great

Good location, could boost up living spaces and cleaners could be more friendly

Bowland College is at the centre of campus, nearby all the shops and takeaways, as well as the lecture theatres and underpass. The cleaner comes at least three times a week and generally the accommodation is very good. To improve there could be more social areas within the halls.

Great for social life, all flats get together and have fun. If there's any problems it's always fixed in the next day. Great fun

I am in Bowland Main, and think the accomodation is very good. Just over £4000 for the year, which gives good bedrooms and kitchen, and cleaner service in the shared bathrooms multiple times a week. The number of shower/toilet units is half the number of students in the flat. Coupled with the multiple cleaning times per week, I'm glad I didn't pay extra for an Ensuite room, especially when you have to clean it yourself. The only downside is the lack of social space other than the kitchen, which only has a tables and chairs rather than a sofa. However, areas such as the JCR in Bowland Bar, 20m away, make up for this. Wifi is mostly reliable, but the Ethernet cable connection is fantastic.

Great location on campus. You are literally less than a minute walk away from all the shops and main locations on campus. Internet is crazy with an upload and download speeds of around 900MB/s. The JCR and bar are lacking in comparison to other colleges.

I moved to Ash House in Bowland last September for my first year of university and was pleasantly surprised by the friendly people throughout the college and the good location. Bowland is located right in the centre of campus and some of its accommodation even surrounds Alexandra Square. Although my accommodation was newly renovated and we had some problems with it, it doesn't faze my opinion of the college at all. Being so central means we always have the chance to meet new people and the internet is better than in some other colleges at the university. Bowland is no doubt the best hall to be in.

Bowland Main consists of several flats with standard room type but the shared bathroom is extraordinarily clean and tidy as there is enough bathrooms for everyone to share between two people. We have more people in a flat than the other room types and we have to leave our room for kitchen and bathroom so it is impossible for us not to see each other. Socialising in the corridor or kitchen is not unfamiliar to us and occasional a social night or movie night is our mutual entertainment. This is exceptionally good for freshers. Location for Bowland College is the best as we got the library, learning zone, pharmacy, Alex square, the banks, LUSU shop, mini-supermarket, bus stop and several restaurants and takeaways around us. It is so convenient that you can gain access to nearly everything essential.

Great location and people, OK bar, lacking social events compared to other collages

Good location, very close by to seminar rooms and socials/bus stop/sports centre etc. Ensuite has been essential for me but still very expensive for what you get without a social area or common room etc however all uni accommodation is very overpriced

Best college on campus with the best people, best bar and best accommodation.

Good price, much larger rooms than any other college central location - no problems whatsoever

Great central location on campus close to many lecture theatres and shops, as well as the student union. Good standard of accommodation!

Good place. It go t renovated this year, so my experience doesn't apply too much.

The best accommodation from Lancaster

Amazing central location on campus, everyone in Bowland Main is really friendly and there is a great sense of community

Nice room, nice location near to the trees and ducks. (And all of campus is nice to live on). Good having your own bathroom and shower. Not the most social living in an ensuite.. living in annexe would have seen a lot more parties. Works out around £120pw? Pretty expensive.

Bowland Halls have perfectly fine bathrooms and bedrooms, but the kitchen was far from good. There was also no place to be social without being in someones bedroom, as the kitchens are not nice places to be. Thumbs up for bathroom and bedroom, thumbs down for kitchen.

Loved living in Bowland Halls for my first year at Lancaster Uni. With Bowland being quite a small college you get to know pretty much everyone so you gain quite a lot of friends. If you're studying Fine Art like I am it's the perfect choice as the studios in the LICA Building and Bowland Anexxe are a 2 minute walk if that!

Don't expect the cleaners to do much more than wipe the surfaces down. Maintenance, however, was always quick to respond with problems being fixed within 2 days (far less if it was urgent).

Perfect location in the centre of campus, everything good quality, any problems were taken care of, good room size. Only problem was that the cleaners never cleaned even when the surfaces were clear, they left notes and put incorrect dates, which led us to get into trouble.

I was living in Bowland main, which was right in the centre of campus, which was great for first year! The halls had all recently been refurbished so everything was nice and clean and new. The only problem was that the only social space was the kitchen or the corridor but this is the same for a majority of the accommodation on campus.

I stayed in Bowland Halls which compared to the tower and ash house was not massively sociable due to lack of social spaces, however you definitely become good friends with the people that you share a floor with, even those in your block and neighbouring blocks.

Bang in the centre of campus, loved my accommodation to pieces, gutted to have to move out now 1st year's over!

bowkamd is the best college at Lancaster Univeristy practically and sociably!

Amazing accommodation in the center of campus, a little bit expensive but worth it! Clean modern bedrooms with great windows, great kitchen facilities but could do with a few more cupboards and fridge space. Bathrooms are great modern individual cubicles but have no hook, soap or bins! Cleaners are friendly but can be annoying e.g. leaving warnings all the time! Also great to have nobody living above or below you. Also only upstairs from the learning zone, bowland bar and the porters' lodge.

My accommodation is in bowland main and I absolutely love it! Such a good sized room and 8 toilets and showers shared between out flat! Kitchen is lovely (try to keep it clean from after a night out or the cleaners will have some comment to make on the matter). However, there is no social area (ie TV area or couches) but we just hang out in the kitchen or in each other's rooms. I wouldn't imagine living anywhere else in Lancaster uni.

The best place on campus to live, in the hustle and bustle of Alexandra Square- literally everything you need is close by and most of the accommodation has only just been refurbished AND is the cheapest on campus!

No social area but good location and best college

Great place to live and great campus halls.

Very friendly community, with decent facilities for the admittedly high rent you pay. Very cosy, homely rooms, giving you the option to retreat from socialising if you need a break, but also excellent for socialising dueto the small numbers in each flat, and plenty of interaction between flats and lots of parties! Lovely porters, lovely cleaners, great atmosphere.

Best location on campus, great college to be in, BOWLAND TIL I DIE!

Bowland Hall accommodation was so isolated - 4 people to a flat, tiny kitchen and no living space. Being on the third floor was also a nightmare for moving in as there was no lift.

Really good so long as you don't live in a flat next to complete a**eholes

Cleaners are terrible, no social space apart from tiny kitchen

Brilliant location, centre of campus I am never far from anywhere. The accommodation is modern and appealing. Cleaners do a basic job and are not always consistent. Very sociable. No communal area apart from the kitchen. A little expensive for accommodation with shared bathroom facilities.

The only down side is that we dont have a sitting room, but we can live without it! Other than that, I couldnt ask for more!