Introduction Safety is a top priority for both UK and international students when choosing accommodation. Living in an unfamiliar city like Nottingham – especially around the central NG1 area – makes it essential to know you’ll be secure. Fortunately, Nottingham is generally considered a safe city for students (nottingham.ac.uk). In fact, it was ranked as the 6th best student city in the UK and...
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Nottingham has some offbeat study locations that are easy to overlook. For example, the Nottingham Contemporary gallery (Weekday Cross) has a ground-floor café run by Blend (the popular Sneinton coffee team) (nottinghamcontemporary.org). It’s open Mon–Friday 10–5 and Sat- 9:30–5pm with coffee and paninis in a modern art setting. We found it rarely crowded mid-week, so you can grab a table and...
Here’s the gist: Nottingham’s student calendar is packed year-round. From the 700-year-old Goose Fair in autumn to July’s huge Splendour Festival, you can fill every term with free or low-cost music, food, sport and open-air cinema – most of it an easy walk, tram or bus ride from AchGoldEstates’ student properties. Below you’ll find season-by-season highlights, insider costs and booking tips,...
