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University of Birmingham Hall Rankings
Canalside | #26 |
Lakeside | #27 |
Oak Brook Park | #28 |
Tennis Courts | #29 |
Shackleton | #30 |
Queen's Hospital Close | #31 |
Ashcroft | #32 |
Aitken | #33 |
B16 Studios | #34 |
Maple Bank | #35 |
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Shackleton Information
Telephone | +44 (0)121 512 2158 |
Postcode | B15 3SX |
Features | Located in the Vale Village. En-suite, Student Living Plus (formerly Meal Plan), kitchens & dining area. |
Top tip | Housing 350 students at the heart of the Vale Village community, Shackleton offers mainly catered accommodation. Visit the website to find out more! |
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Shackleton Biography
Shackleton is the heart of The Vale Village. Home to 350 students and some of the village’s best study and social spaces, you can roll out of bed and be at a student bar, convenience store, or award-winning student restaurant in less than a minute. Plus, The Vale’s iconic lake is only a short walk away.
Nestled in leafy green parkland, Shackleton offers a mix of ensuite and shared-bathroom flats, as well as a range of studio apartments and studios. All ensuite and shared flats are catered (Student Living Plus), which means you can choose to eat what you like, when you like, from a delicious selection of University of Birmingham’s food and drink outlets.
Every room comes equipped with a single or ¾ bed, study desk and chair, and plenty of storage as a minimum. You’ll share a modern kitchen and lounge with up to seven flatmates.
If you’d prefer your own private space, a Shackleton studio apartment or studio is for you. Each home has a single or ¾ bed, a private kitchen and dining area, private bathroom, study desk and chair, plus ample space for your student essentials. Studios and apartments are self-catered.
Visit the website to find out more.
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I lived here in the 1970s when it was called Lake Hall and it was practically falling down then.... Amazed it is still used!
Pretty good, but heating didn't work and the caretakers took forever to fix stuff!
Sociable hall, great central location on the cake, good access to food. Good room sizes
Lots is always happening here. It has a busy bar and lots of food outlets. However, the management is terrible and its way over priced.
Best for social, large rooms, looks like a prison but alright inside and layouts really nice, have to be meal plan which isn't great
We have a pub downstairs. End of Competition.
Shackleton is the perfect place to meet new people.
So good!!!!!!! Meal plan is great
Looks like a prison from the outside but the food access and the social life is brilliant. Rooms are spacious (for most) and living areas and roomy. Slight issue with plumbing and slow internet are draw backs.
It's in the middle of everything. It has large kitchens and ok sized rooms and is known for being very social. The bar downstairs is really cool plus there's a costcutter there too.
The most convenient place to live in UoB. Everything you need is under one roof and it is managed really well.
I have paid more for this accommodation than most at UoB- yet the halls are visibly older than other cheaper and similarly priced halls. There are cracks and rubble falling off some walls that have not been attended to. Guild students think it's fine to post a tidal wave of advertising spam through the letter box, making a mess. Rooms spacious and in a great area by a lake, though.
Ridiculously expensive and we don't even get a cleaner (the cleaning they did before we arrived wasnt up to scratch either, left with a dirty shower when we turned up). Maintenance takes days to arrive, even when our freezer wasn't working so everyone's food defrosted and both our toilets were not working and it took them days to fix it which isn't on for the money we pay. The location is good, but that doesn't justify the cost for me.