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City SouthCity South Campus has 208 rooms across three halls of residence – Calthorpe, Oakmount and Westmount. The site is two miles from the city centre and is shared with the Faculty of Health.

Students share kitchen facilities and one or two bathrooms. Each kitchen is equipped with a cooker, fridge, freezer, microwave oven and kettle. There is very limited car parking at the site.

All rooms have telephones in study bedrooms for internal calls to security and the onsite Accommodation Office and free basic package Internet connection, allowing you to access both internal and internet-based resources.

In addition to standard single rooms, Calthorpe hall features a number of large single rooms, and the site also includes a small number of postgraduate flats.

Other facilities

  • Kitchen, one or two bathrooms and lounge shared between four/eleven
  • On-site laundry, security office, common room, accommodation office
  • Limited car parking
  • Union bar
  • Café
  • Shop

Local amenities

The site is close to coffee shops and boutiques in cosmopolitan Harborne, and there are numerous bus stops near the campus.

Rent at City South for academic year 2012/2013 (Minimum 40 weeks)

  • 15 September 2012 - 22 June 2013

  • Calthorpe (single)
  • £80.50 per week
  • Calthorpe (large single)
  • £97.00 per week
  • Oakmount Hall (single)
  • £95.50 per week
  • Westmount Hall (single)
  • £94.50 per week

Campus distances from City South 

  • Birmingham Conservatoire 3.9 miles
  • City North 6.0 miles
  • Gosta Green 3.9 miles
  • Millennium Point 4.2 miles
  • School of Art, Margaret Street 2.4 miles
  • School of Jewellery 2.3 miles 
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