Undergraduate accommodation

We’re proud to be able to provide accommodation to all undergraduate students who require it. All our undergraduate freshers (first-year students) are housed on our main college site, right in the heart of Oxford. You’ll be at the centre of our college community, close to the common room and dining hall, and living alongside other new students.

At a glance

• All of our rooms cost the same, regardless of their location or facilities.
• Rent includes utilities and insurance, though you should budget for additional costs like laundry.
• All rooms are for single occupancy and include a single bed, desk, chair and storage.
• While some rooms are ensuite, most share kitchen and bathroom facilities, which are cleaned regularly by our housekeeping team.
• Wi-Fi is available in all college buildings, as well as across the wider University.
• We do not segregate single occupancy accommodation by gender, so all staircases and corridors are mixed.
• You’ll need to empty your room at the end of every term, as Hertford, like most other colleges, uses its student rooms to accommodate interview candidates and guests during vacations.
• Please note: We do not provide bedding and cannot offer parking because of our city centre location.

Although it isn’t compulsory beyond your first year, most of our students choose to live in college properties throughout their time at Hertford. The great advantage of this is that you only need to pay rent for the time you spend in Oxford – usually around half the year.
HERTFORD COLLEGE LIVING COSTS

First-year accommodation

As a fresher, you’ll be allocated a room on our main college site in the heart of Oxford. All of our main site rooms cost the same price, so the allocation is random and automatic, and you’ll find out which room is yours when you arrive at the start of your first term.

First-years live in New Buildings (NB) Quad and Holywell Quad. There are 50 student bedrooms in NB Quad, and this is also where you can find the Junior Common Room (JCR), laundry room and bar. Next to NB Quad, the recently refurbished Holywell Quad houses 70 bedrooms in a mix of 18th-century houses and purpose-built accommodation. This is where you’ll find the temporary library while the library in OB Quad undergoes construction.

Across both quads, there are plenty of shared bathrooms and kitchenettes. As our accommodation is maintained by housekeepers (called ‘scouts’), these shared spaces are regularly cleaned.

Second year and beyond

In subsequent years, you’ll be able to choose from our other accommodation options, which include purpose-built halls next to the River Thames in South Oxford and shared houses in North Oxford. South Oxford consists of annexes at Folly Bridge (with some ensuites available), Abingdon House and Warnock House as well as houses on Abingdon Road and Western Road. North Oxford consists of historic townhouses on Banbury Road. We have a small number of rooms on main site available for upper-year students. Your room choice is determined by a random ballot, with older years choosing first.

Questions? Email accommodation@hertford.ox.ac.uk