Victoria Hall

I have spent the past seven months as a residential tutor in Victoria Hall so I of course I will be biased but I think it can be unfairly maligned. I would agree with my fellow Unilocalers here about the Victoria Park location — if you’re looking for the party it isn’t here, it’s in Fallowfield or even North Campus. If you are a first year student looking to immerse yourself in the university experience I would really opt for one of those locations. That all said Dalton Ellis and Hulme Hall, just around the corner, have their own bars and host regular events (both boozy and non-​boozy) Hulme, for example, has been running its own diet version of the infamous, and now sadly deceased, Owens Park Bop with some success. This leads to the main negative about Victoria Hall — the lack of a bar or common room area.
But now to the positives, of which I feel there are a good few; the rooms are of a high standard (for student digs anyway) and as Alfie pointed out are all en suite which is a huge bonus — no sharing a toilet or waiting to use the shower. Next there is the location, the walk to uni works out as about four songs on your ipod (unless you’re listening to Blackspeed! and then it probably won’t even take one.) You can roll out of bed and be in lectures within twenty minutes (I have done so on more occasions than I’m proud of) there’s no queuing for a Magic Bus or sitting on a Magic Bus or having the breath in the smell of other people’s sick on a Magic Bus. The Manchester Royal Infirmary is right outside the front entrance, couple this with the relatively quiet surroundings (there are not alarms being set off throughout the night and, in general, there are not people setting off fire extinguishers in the hallways) and you can see why Victoria Halls is particlarly ideal accomodation for nursing or medical students.
In addition the residential tutor team and the RA do run a football and a netball side (with the netball team on track for a top three placement in the league this year) and there have been social events running throughout the year including paintballing and a successful Christmas masquerade ball. The lack of common room can sometimes work in the favour of the social life in the halls forcing people to meet in each other’s flats and widening social circles. The office staff and maintenance team could not be more outgoing and helpful. There is, for the most part, a nice sense of community in the halls. Victoria Hall, not the most exciting of places to live but a good place to call home for a few months.

Hmmm, another one in the Victoria Park campus. And that would be the first disadvantage of being here!
Ok, I shall be nicer. As a hall, it’s fairly great. They have great en suite rooms with a common room working with sky TV! That’s a great way to unwind and chill with your buddies. It’s around £102 and £110 a week and includes all facilities!
The location is not that bad, it’s a 5 minute walk to oxford road and the main universities. Though as a student, I would like to say that choosing a place like fallowfield or city campus is more lively to start off with!
So it is a good hall to start off with, but there are better halls around.

Located on the Victoria Park Campus, Victoria Hall is a modern self catering hall which houses its students in flats of 3 – 5. Each room it en suite!
Its really smart and modern, and its near to major bus routes in and out of Manchester. Perhaps this is why it is considered a ‘high demand’ hall. If you are thinking of going here, you’ll need to get your application in early.
The flats are really nice but for me, its just not the place to be. In my opinion you want to go for either Fallowfield, because that’s where all the fun is, or somewhere like Hulme Hall or Dalton Ellis, which shares the convenient location of this halls, but has the additional bonus of pretty picturesque surroundings.
Here there are 425 rooms or so, and each costs between £102 and £110 a week. It also has sky TV in the lounge area!
Basically its got its advantages and its probably worth a look but for me its not quite as good as many of the other options.