There is a college in a posh area of London that offers its rooms for tourists during the summer period. I forgot its name. If anyone knows it,or if you know of another similar college in London, or if you stayed in one of them, please drop a line. Thank you all.

Student halls of residence in London
for summer accommodation

There must be 20 or 30 halls of residence, and they offer good value. In over half the rooms you go to a bathroom along the corridor, as few student halls have them en suite. Also, you probably want to select a place in town, in easy reach of the West End and City. For that you should find the name of the closest tube station, then check that station on the tube map at http://www.afn.org/~alplatt/tube.html/ or
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/pdfdocs/colormap.pdf/. Or you may want to include sitting reading in beautiful gardens during your stay, so want a place in the suburbs, such as Hampstead, Kingston, or Greenwich. I used Google, looked for the best-placed and most likely-looking sites, and offer this list for you to chose from. I think (but am not sure) that you need to e-mail a week beforehand for a booking.

London Student Halls
... outside UK term time, ie Summer, Easter & ... together with some of London's most popular ... King's College London Residential Services Third Floor, Strand Bridge ...
http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/guide/...t_student.html - 36k - -

IH home
... The University of London has eight Intercollegiate Halls of Residence, available from the day after the end of the summer term.
www.lon.ac.uk/Services/Students/Halls/home.asp - 15k - - . Then carry on to the site http://www.lon.ac.uk/Services/Studen.../Vacrates.asp/, wityh detaikls of the eight. All are in Bloomsbury, nearest tube station Russell Square.

London Metropolitan University - Summer Accommodation
Summerlets at London Metropolitan University. Students, do you need accommodation in London this summer?
www.londonmet.ac.uk/accommodation/ summer-accommodation/summer-accommodation.cfm - 11k ?
Holloway Road and Tufnell Park

University of Westminster
Comfortable accommodation in our London Halls of Residence. Halls are available during the summer break period
www.westminster.ac.uk/comserv/ - 20k - -
West End, Highgate, and Harrow


Goldsmiths College > Conference Services > Summer Accommodation
Summer Accommodation 2004 ... Goldsmiths is the perfect base from which to visit London. Let the UK's leading creative university be the start of your holiday
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/conference-services/summer/ - 12k - 24 Jun 2004 - -
New Cross and New Cross Gate

University of Greenwich. From 2003, the summer accommodation capacity will reach 360
www.gre.ac.uk/about/campus/maritime.htm - 15k - -
20 minutes from Charing Cross

Kingston University Accommodation
Single £18 Available during Summer months only. Tel: 0345 484950
Kingston University accepts no responsibility for errors or ...
http://www.kingston.ac.uk/accommodat...tel_seven.html - 16k - -
30 minutes by train from Waterloo

Hampstead School of English. Student accommodation in London... During the academic year, London University students occupy the rooms ... In the summer, they are available for others. Accommodation can be booked as B&B or half ...
www.hampstead-english.ac.uk/accommodation.shtml - 22k - -

Please write again if I can help further. Welcome to London

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In addition to those great links, also look at http://www.venuemasters.com/holiday_search.asp .

We (australian cricket team) are looking at using the Imperial College in July 05. Hope to get bed and brekfast for less than 20 GBP in a good location.
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/conference....asp?page_id=3
Would be very interested to know how you go

University College of London also offers accomodations. They offer about 7 different halls to stay at. You can email them for a brochure at [email protected]
tel
+44 (0)20 7679 7077
I think they are connected with venuemasters as well.

Let me recommend a brief, non-commercial guide to this and other kinds of budget lodgings in London:
http://victorianresearch.org/trip.html#stay There a small section, with links, on university accomodations, which vary widely in price and comfort.

(The site also features great advice from our own Ben Haines, and his list of free London lectures. Scroll down to "Fun Stuff".)

I've stayed at Imperial College a couple of times: the cheapest rooms are small, worn, and very spare, the showers are few and uncomfortable, and you usually have to walk a bit to get to breakfast. But the kids working the desk are nice, there's a cheap snack place nearby, and you can't beat the price. If you're travelling with someone else, Imperial also has a "mews" -- a coach-house -- with two bedrooms and a little kitchen that's pretty nice, and the rate's not bad.

Cuttle

Running a search on cheap places to stay to help a friend in his quest for inexpensive last minute accommadations in greater London and came upon this thread. I suspect many of the college accommadations book well in advance, however it's always worth a try. Since I've been compiling a list of other websites to seek out, thought I'd share >>>

http://www.london-discount-hotel.com/
http://www.wotif.com
http://www.ukbed.com/london/
http://last-minute.hotels-london.co.uk
http://www.uk.laterooms.com/index_uk_eng.html
http://www.londontown.com/
http://www.123-accommodations.com
http://na.visitlondon.com/plan_a_visit/staying/
Also,
Good site for free map info:
http://streetmap.co.uk/
Useful London route planner:
http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/journeyplanner/default.asp
(covers most forms of public transport - buses/tube/trams/)

Anyone who can provide feedback on a stay in one of the college residences mentioned in this thread?

I lived in a dorm for 1 year that belongs to University College of London 11yrs ago when I was a student there. It was in Bloomsbury which is an excellent location. The dorm rooms are sparse but fine, not much different from dorm rooms in the US. There are no private bathrooms, and there is a communal kitchen with a stove, fridge, and a microwave. There is no A/C however, which is a consideration for summer travelers.

This website
http://a2z-stay.com

from this thread

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34509600

seems to have links to lots of dorm roooms

I stayed in the University of London dorms about 10 years ago.

Unless things have changed...Expect a dorm room...no sheets, no pillows, and no shower curtain. I paid 5 pounds a night with a smile.

saps - yes things have changed. Most of the London Colleges/Universities are big time into B&B now and do a good job.

But - this is an old moldy thread the Pauly_paul topped to advertise his website.