Student accommodation in Swansea runs from £79 to £269 a week on the prices we checked, with most university en-suites between £176 and £208. Your teaching site should decide it: Bay Campus suits courses taught there, Singleton Park suits Medicine, Law and Psychology, and UWTSD students are better off in the city centre. For most Swansea University first years we would start with Bay Campus.
Our picks for student halls in Swansea
These are Unifresher's editorial picks, based on the prices, contracts and locations listed below. No hall paid to be here.
Its 2,000 rooms, direct beach access and teaching on the doorstep give Bay Campus students the simplest daily routine in the city.
At £136 it has the lowest university rent listed, with published contract lengths and bills included, whereas St Davids' £79 is a from price with no stated contract.
You live on the campus you study at, with no bus needed if your course is taught there.
Its gym classes, cinema, private dining room and festival zone give residents the widest set of shared spaces we found.
Its top studios reach £200 and it has water-facing rooms over the marina, plus a gym, cinema and karaoke room.
Swansea halls compared on price
The weekly figure is only half the story, because contract lengths differ. The table below multiplies each rent by its charged weeks so you can compare what a year really costs.
Lowest listed weekly rent. Prices are for the latest year each provider has published, so compare the years shown. Your room type and contract may cost more.
| Hall | Type | From/week | Weeks | Contract total | Food | Bills in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Davids | Private | £792026/27 | Check | Check | Self-catered | Yes |
| Seren | Private | £1092026/27 | 42 | £4,578 | Self-catered | Yes |
| Coppergate | Private | £1092026/27 | Check | Check | Self-catered | Yes |
| true Swansea | Private | £1292026/27 | 44 | £5,676 | Self-catered | Yes |
| Crown Place | Private | £1312027/28 | Check | Check | Self-catered | Yes |
| Beck House | University | £1362026/27 | 44 | £5,984 | Self-catered | Yes |
| Bay Campus | University | £1412026/27 | 44 | £6,204 | Self-catered | Yes |
| Cefn Bryn | University | £1572026/27 | 40 | £6,280 | Self-catered | Yes |
| Singleton Park Campus | University | £1762026/27 | 42 | £7,392 | Self-catered | Yes |
| Kilvey and Rhossili | University | £1782026/27 | 40 | £7,120 | Catered | Yes |
The best student halls in Swansea
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Bay Campus
With 2,000 rooms and its own seafront promenade, Bay Campus is the obvious home if your teaching is here, since you can walk out of your flat and onto campus. The £141 shared twin is the cheapest way in, while most people will pay £184 for a medium en-suite on 44 weeks. It includes Rod Jones Hall, which opened as part of the campus in 2019.
Worth knowing: If your course is at Singleton you will rely on the bus, and the 44-week contract costs more overall than Singleton's 40-week ones.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University
Where: Fabian Way, Bay Campus
Getting in: On Bay Campus itself, with direct beach access. Frequent buses link it to the other campus and the city centre.
Best for: Bay Campus courses and beach lovers
Singleton Park Campus
Caswell, Langland, Oxwich, Horton, Penmaen and Preseli make up the en-suite side of Singleton, where Medicine, Law, Psychology and Biosciences are taught. Caswell and Oxwich are the value blocks at £176 on 42 weeks, and Penmaen tops the range at £208 on 40. Eight-person flats are the norm here, so expect a busy kitchen.
Worth knowing: Compare totals as well as weekly rent, because contracts differ between 40 and 42 weeks by block.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University
Where: Singleton Park, Sketty
Getting in: Within walking distance of Singleton Park and Swansea Bay, with frequent buses to Bay Campus and the city centre.
Best for: Medicine, Law and Psychology students
Cefn Bryn
This 160-bed block is the cheapest way to live on the Singleton site, at £157 for a medium room and £163 for a large one. You share a bathroom between two and use one large kitchen. Giving up an en-suite saves about £1,100 a year against Caswell, once you allow for the shorter contract.
Worth knowing: A single large kitchen serves the whole group, and you share a bathroom.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University
Where: Singleton Park, Sketty
Getting in: On the Singleton Park residences site, with frequent buses to Bay Campus and the city centre.
Best for: Saving money near Singleton teaching
Kilvey and Rhossili
These are the only Swansea University rooms with food built in, as the rent includes a £43 weekly catering allowance at University outlets. That means the rent for the room itself is lower than it first appears. Kilvey shares one bathroom between two, Rhossili one between three, so Kilvey is the one to rank first.
Worth knowing: Rhossili's one-between-three bathroom ratio is the tightest in this guide.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University
Where: Singleton Park, Sketty
Getting in: On the Singleton Park residences site, with frequent buses to Bay Campus and the city centre.
Best for: First years who do not want to cook
Beck House
Beck House (Tŷ Beck) has the lowest university rent in Swansea at £136 for a standard room, and it sits among the shops and cafes of Uplands. It mostly houses international students, postgraduates, mature students and families, so it is quieter than the campus halls. Free on-site parking is a rare extra if you need a car for placements.
Worth knowing: It is a bus ride from lectures and has less of a first-year scene.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University
Where: Uplands
Getting in: About 1.5 miles from Singleton Park Campus, with regular buses to both campuses and the city centre.
Best for: Mature students, families and placement students
Seren
With 780 beds, Seren is one of the biggest private blocks in the city and comes in well below campus rents, from £109 in a 9 to 12 bed flat. Bigger flats are what you trade for that price, with the six-bed flats starting at £149. We would pick it for a city-centre base rather than for a short walk to lectures.
Worth knowing: Many room types showed as sold out for 2026/27 and the cheapest flats hold up to 12 people.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University
Where: Alexandra Road, city centre
Getting in: Listed travel times to Swansea University are 11 minutes by bike and 26 by bus; Bay Campus is 12 by bike and 21 by bus.
Best for: City-centre living on a smaller budget
Crown Place
Crown Place overlooks the marina and the River Tawe, and has 638 beds plus a gym, cinema, karaoke room and games room. UWTSD names it as a recommended provider, and it is by far the handiest big block for the SA1 waterfront campus. Water-facing rooms cost only a little more, from £151, which seems worth it if you can get one.
Worth knowing: Yugo does not state contract length on the page, so compare totals before you book.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Where: SA1 waterfront
Getting in: UWTSD Waterfront Campus is just down the road. Yugo says Swansea University's Bay and Singleton campuses are easily reached by bus or bike.
Best for: UWTSD students and a marina view
St Davids
At a listed £79, St Davids has the lowest headline rent in this guide, though this is a from price and the rate depends on the room you get. UWTSD recommends it, and most of its campuses are a short walk away. A 24-hour gym and cinema room come with the rent, along with small double beds in every room.
Worth knowing: Student Roost does not give contract length here, and a from price may only apply to a few rooms.
Key facts
Popular with: University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Swansea University
Where: New Cut Road, city centre
Getting in: 4 to 14 minutes' walk to UWTSD campuses. About 14 minutes by bike to Singleton and 19 to Bay.
Best for: UWTSD students on a tight budget
true Swansea
True has more shared space than most private blocks here, with a 24/7 gym with free classes, a cinema, study zones and unlimited printing. Flats are small, with five or six people sharing. It is the one we would choose if you plan to spend your evenings in the building, though it is further from lectures than its central rivals.
Worth knowing: Parking is limited and costs £25 a week, and neither university is on the doorstep.
Key facts
Popular with: Swansea University, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Where: City centre
Getting in: About 20 minutes' walk to UWTSD's Swansea campus and 20 minutes by bike to Swansea University, with an onsite bus stop.
Best for: Students wanting gym and shared facilities
Coppergate
Coppergate is right on Kingsway, five minutes from a Tesco Express and nine from the bus station, which suits anyone who wants town on the doorstep. Free washer and dryer use and YMCA gym membership help keep extra costs down. For Swansea University students, though, the 36-minute walk to Singleton means you will be on the bus daily.
Worth knowing: No on-site gym; membership is at the nearby YMCA instead.
Key facts
Popular with: University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Swansea University
Where: Kingsway, city centre
Getting in: 10 minutes' walk to UWTSD Mount Pleasant. By bus, 15 minutes to Singleton and 25 to Bay Campus.
Best for: City-centre fans and UWTSD Mount Pleasant students
Will the maintenance loan cover it?
The maximum loan for a student in England living away from home outside London is £10,830 for 2026/27. Most students get less, because it is means-tested. Here is how the cheapest and dearest contracts on this page compare with that maximum.
Seren: £4,578 over 42 weeks leaves £6,252 for everything else.
Singleton Park Campus: £7,392 over 42 weeks leaves £3,438 for everything else.
For 2026/27, Student Finance Wales maintenance support for full-time undergraduates from Wales living away from home outside London reaches up to £12,590, including a grant of up to £8,260 at household income of £18,370 or below.
Where students live in Swansea
Bay Campus and Fabian Way
Swansea University students taught on Bay Campus, who get a seafront promenade outside and teaching close by.
Worth knowing: You need a bus for the city centre and Singleton.
Singleton and Sketty
Students on courses at Singleton, including Medicine, Law, Psychology and Biosciences, with Singleton Park and Swansea Bay close by.
Uplands
Mature students, postgraduates and families at Beck House, with shops, cafes and restaurants nearby. Beck House is about 1.5 miles from Singleton.
Worth knowing: Too far for most people to walk to lectures every day.
City centre
UWTSD students and anyone who wants shops and transport close by. Seren, Coppergate, St Davids and true Swansea are all here.
Worth knowing: Swansea University is a bus or bike ride away.
SA1 waterfront
UWTSD students at the Waterfront Campus. Crown Place overlooks the marina and the River Tawe.
When to apply for Swansea halls
- 27 October 2026Swansea University applications for 2027/28 opened. Apply once you have your student number.
- 18 DecemberSwansea University guarantee deadline for January arrivals.
- 30 JuneSwansea University guarantee deadline for September arrivals with a firm offer.
- 31 OctoberSwansea University says you must also accept your offer of study by this date to keep the guarantee.
of the 500 UK students in our 2026 Student Experience Survey had hit at least one housing issue. Housemates (34%), the property itself (32%) and Wi-Fi (29%) came up most, so read the contract and ask about repairs and internet before you commit.
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FAQs
What is the best student accommodation in Swansea?
For most Swansea University first years we would pick Bay Campus or Singleton Park, depending on where you are taught. Bay Campus has 2,000 rooms and direct beach access, while Singleton suits Medicine, Law and Psychology. UWTSD students are usually better served by Crown Place or St Davids, which UWTSD itself recommends.
What is the cheapest student accommodation in Swansea?
St Davids has the lowest headline rent at from £79 a week for 2026/27, though that is a from price. Beck House is the cheapest university option at £136 for a standard room, and the Nest shared twin at Bay Campus costs £141. Seren starts at £109 in larger flats.
Are first years guaranteed a room at Swansea University?
Yes, if you hold a firm offer, meet its terms, apply by 30 June and accept your offer of study by 31 October. If you apply later, Swansea processes your application alongside insurance and Clearing applicants. We could not find a guarantee for Swansea on UWTSD's pages, which instead point to private halls.
Are there catered halls in Swansea?
Kilvey and Rhossili at Singleton Park are the only catered rooms on Swansea University's fee list. They cost £178 to £187 a week for 2026/27, including a £43 weekly catering allowance at University outlets. Bathrooms are shared. All other university residences and the private halls in this guide are self-catered.
Should I live at Bay Campus or Singleton Park?
Choose the campus where you are taught. Bay Campus has direct beach access and rooms from £141, mostly on 44 weeks. Singleton runs from £157, often on 40 weeks, and hosts Medicine, Law, Psychology and Biosciences. Frequent buses link the two, but living by your lectures saves time every day.
When should I apply for student accommodation in Swansea?
Swansea University opened 2027/28 applications on 27 October 2026, and you should apply as soon as you have a student number. The guarantee deadline for September arrival is 30 June. Private halls such as Crown Place already have 2027/28 bookings open, so check them early if you want a specific room.
Does the Hendrefoilan Student Village still exist?
No. Swansea University's page says Hendrefoilan Student Village closed on 30 June 2023, and the site has since been redeveloped for housing. If you see it mentioned in older guides, ignore it. Swansea University's current residences are Bay Campus, Singleton Park and Beck House, and its fees page lists rents for all three.
Official resources
- Swansea University accommodation Official halls information
- Swansea University accommodation fees Every university rent and contract length
- Applying for Swansea University accommodation Guarantee terms and dates
- UWTSD Swansea accommodation Private halls UWTSD recommends
- Student Finance Wales rates 2026/27 Welsh Government maintenance support figures
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How we built this guide: prices, contract lengths and facilities come from university and operator websites where they publish them, and from named listing sites otherwise. We checked them in November 2026 and each price links to its source. Rent for the contract is our own sum of the lowest listed weekly rent multiplied by its charged weeks, before any deposit, booking fee or discount. Rooms sell out and prices change, so confirm with the provider before you book. How we compare student accommodation.