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South Courts

South Courts (Alresford, Brightlingsea, Frinton, Harwich, Manningtree, Rowhedge, Thaxted and Walton)

The South Courts development is situated on the south side of campus near to the Sports Centre. The walking distance to the centre of campus is approximately 5 minutes. All flats are self-contained with the larger flats having two or three kitchens, other flats being for four or six students. All rooms have en suite shower and toilet facilities. There are a further four rooms in this location adapted for wheelchair users. [Map.]

Facebook

If you are allocated accommodation in the South Courts for the 12/13 academic year you can meet and chat with other future residents on Facebook. Go to the residences page and find the Facebook group for your accommodation. Please note that this is an open group so you should not post personal information such as your full university address.

Accommodation Rents

Accommodation charges are calculated and charged on a daily basis.
The single room rents for the 2012/2013 academic year are detailed below.

  Daily Rate Weekly Rate
Full academic year rent charges £16.57 £115.99
Exchange student part year rent charges* £17.65 £123.55
*Only available to EU exchange students who opt to study for part of the year.

Further details of accommodation rents is available from the Accommodation charges page

Photos of the South Courts.

virtual tours

You will need to have the QuickTime software installed in order to see the 360 degree panoramas, but without it you can still see photographs of each location.

There are a wide range of virtual tours of the exterior surroundings and the interiors of the different areas of accommodation. The link below will take you to a short video all about living in student residences at the Colchester campus. Further down the page you will find virtual tours of all the areas of accommodation.

Student Residences videos and virtual tours

Alternatively, if you have already viewed the video, you can skip straight to the area specific virtual tours on the Colchester campus accommodation virtual tours page.

 

what our students say...

Photo: Alexia Paschalidou (student)"Living in the South Courts is great! Spacious rooms, well equipped kitchens shared with 6 people the most, nice bathroom, cosy atmosphere. In other words, the south courts are probably the university's best accommodation.  Highly recommended!"

Alexia Melanie Paschalidou Law student

 
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