Mystudenthalls.com lists 13 private properties within walking distance of the De Montfort University campus, priced from £99.00 up to £175 a week, with an average price of £147.54 a week. StuRents recorded a typical purpose-built room in Leicester at around £115 a week in 2026, which puts the cheapest DMU options below the city benchmark, while studios and higher-spec rooms sit above it. Every property is close enough to the Newarke campus to walk to a lecture, so most of this De Montfort University accommodation gives you a central Leicester base as well as a short walk to your course.
The lowest rents are at the properties closest to campus: The Grange at £99.00 a week, Queens Court at £105.00 and Regents Court at £109.00 all come in under £110 a week. Studios and higher-spec en-suite rooms rise towards £175 a week. Prices and availability move through the year, so use these figures as the current picture and check the listings for the latest rooms. Sort the results above by distance to put the closest rooms first, then filter by price and room type.
The properties here are private, purpose-built student accommodation, separate from the halls run by De Montfort University itself. University-run rooms guarantee a place to first-year undergraduates who apply by the deadline, with around 1,000 self-catered beds close to the city centre, priced by DMU at £95 to £161 a week.
Private accommodation near DMU is not tied to your year of study. Most properties take students at any stage, from first-years who would rather go straight into a studio to finalists and postgraduates who want more space, and many welcome international students too; check each listing’s eligibility and use the filters to narrow by what you need. These are managed buildings run by operators such as Student Roost, iQ, Homes for Students and Study Inn, with on-site teams, secure entry and communal space, rather than rooms let by a private landlord. That makes private De Montfort accommodation a common choice for returning students who want to stay central without taking on a house, and DMU student accommodation like this can be found on Mystudenthalls.com
At DMU, the cheapest options are also some of the closest to campus, which is unusual. The three lowest weekly prices near campus all sit on or beside it: The Grange, which is on the campus itself, starts at £99.00 a week; Queens Court on Jarrom Street, a minute from the university, starts at £105.00; and Regents Court starts at £109.00. That puts rooms under £110 a week within a five-minute walk of lectures.
Step slightly out from the campus and the Newarke Street corridor holds the next-cheapest rooms. iQ Grosvenor House on Newarke Street starts at £139.00 a week for en-suite rooms and studios, and sits directly between the campus and the shops. Because DMU’s campus is embedded in the city centre, a central room does not cost extra the way it would at an out-of-town university, and Leicester is generally cheaper than many larger UK student cities. For student accommodation Leicester lists across both universities, the Leicester city page covers the wider pool.
Where you want to be depends on how you like to live. For a lecture-first routine, the campus edge around Newarke Street and Castle Street is hard to beat: you can be at the Vijay Patel Building or Hugh Aston Building in minutes. 41 Castle Street, around an eight-minute walk from campus, adds games space and an outdoor courtyard.
If you want to be closer to nightlife, the city-centre and Cultural Quarter side puts bars, the Curve theatre, Leicester Market and the Lanes on your doorstep while keeping DMU a short walk away. The Aspen on Millstone Lane, St Georges Tower and Dover Street Apartments all sit in this central band, as does Study Inn Reynard House on Welford Road, which has one of the stronger sets of on-site facilities nearby. These student apartments add a couple of minutes to the walk but put more of the city around you.
DMU’s 23,155 students (HESA, 2024/25) are taught almost entirely on one compact campus on the western edge of Leicester city centre, in the historic Newarke area beside Leicester Castle and the River Soar. Because there is only one campus, proximity is simple to judge: the closer the postcode, the shorter the walk to every faculty building.
The closest rooms of all are The Grange, which sits on the campus, and Queens Court on Jarrom Street a minute away. The Primus Place and Edge Apartments listing sits on the corner of the campus and is well placed for health students given how close it is to Leicester Royal Infirmary. On the Newarke Street corridor between the campus and the shops, The Glassworks is about a three-minute walk from DMU and Lumya Leicester on Southgates sits between the centre and Castle Park. If you actually meant the city’s other institution, the University of Leicester campus is about a 20-minute walk south-east on University Road, and several of these central buildings suit it too; the University of Leicester accommodation page lists rooms framed around that campus.
Leicester is compact and easy to walk around, especially between DMU and the city centre, and from a campus-edge room you may not need transport at all for lectures. When you do, the free city-centre Hop! bus loops the universities, Leicester Market, the Royal Infirmary, the bus station and the railway station, and Leicester City Council confirmed its continuation in 2026. Local networks are run by Arriva, First Bus, Centrebus and Stagecoach, and a single Flexi ticket now works across every operator on the Leicester Buses network, with student prices set separately.
Leicester railway station is roughly a 15-minute walk from the campus, with East Midlands Railway services reaching London St Pancras in about an hour, and as little as 1 hour 3 minutes on the fastest trains. A campus-edge room like The Grange or Queens Court saves you both the walk and the fare, while a central room a few minutes further out can buy you more space or a lower rent instead. Cycling is quick across the compact centre, and most properties here offer bike storage.
The properties here fall into two main shapes. En-suite rooms give you a private bedroom and bathroom with a shared kitchen and communal areas in a flat of other students, which is the sociable and generally cheaper option, and these student flats are where most of the lower rents sit. Self-contained studios give you your own kitchen and bathroom in one private space, which suits students who want quiet and independence. If you are looking for a studio, use the studio filter to show those rooms first. DMU studio accommodation runs to the top of the price range, with student studios reaching up to £175 a week.
Most private student accommodation near De Montfort University comes with bills included, which typically covers electricity, gas, water and broadband in one weekly figure, though the exact package varies by property so confirm it on the listing. Even where a room is all-inclusive, your TV Licence can be a separate cost if you watch or stream live TV or use BBC iPlayer: TV Licensing sets a colour licence at £180 a year from 1 April 2026. A shared flat may only need one licence for communal viewing, but check the TV Licensing rules for your own room and tenancy setup. Furnishing, contents insurance and on-site amenities such as gyms, study rooms and social space differ between buildings, so use the features filters to match what matters to you.
Leicester is in England, so English tenancy rules apply. Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019, any deposit on these tenancies is capped at five weeks’ rent where the annual rent is under £50,000, and a holding deposit to reserve a room cannot exceed one week’s rent. On a £120-a-week room, that caps the deposit at £600. Contract lengths vary by property and are commonly around 44 to 51 weeks for purpose-built student accommodation in Leicester, so check the tenancy length before you book, especially if you only need term-time cover.
Many providers ask for a UK-based guarantor, or for rent to be paid upfront if you cannot supply one. Students without a qualifying UK guarantor, which affects a lot of international students, can use a paid service such as Housing Hand, which stands in as guarantor for a fee; several operators here accept it. As a full-time student you are also exempt from Council Tax: households where everyone is a full-time student pay none, as confirmed on GOV.UK. Purpose-built student accommodation is usually treated as exempt, but check the provider’s guidance if you are unsure. That exemption is one of the few universal facts here, so budget for rent, contents cover and any TV Licence rather than Council Tax.
DMU’s single city-centre campus means you are in the life of Leicester from day one rather than tucked away on a ring road. The university teaches on a block model, where you take one module at a time, and its careers service was named the UK’s best for work experience by RateMyPlacement in both 2024 and 2025. On campus, the QEII Leisure Centre includes a 25-metre swimming pool and a climbing wall, and the students’ union runs over 100 student groups and societies.
Beyond the gates, Castle Park runs along the River Soar directly behind the campus, the Cultural Quarter has the Curve theatre and the Phoenix cinema, and the Golden Mile on Belgrave Road is one of the UK’s best-known destinations for Indian food. Visit Leicester describes the city’s Diwali celebrations as among the largest outside India, drawing tens of thousands to the Golden Mile each autumn. For everyday living, the city is compact and relatively affordable, which is a big part of its appeal to students, and central student living here keeps all of it within a short walk.
On Mystudenthalls.com the 13 properties near DMU run from £99.00 to £175.00 a week, averaging £147.54 a week. For wider context, StuRents put the average purpose-built room in Leicester at about £115 a week in 2026, and the Unipol and HEPI Accommodation Costs Survey of 10 UK cities (published October 2023) recorded an England-wide average annual purpose-built rent of £7,566 for 2023/24. Your figure depends on whether you choose an en-suite room in a shared flat or a self-contained studio, and how close to campus you want to be.
The lowest rents are the ones closest to campus. The Grange sits on the campus at £99.00 a week, Queens Court on Jarrom Street starts at £105.00, and Regents Court starts at £109.00, so a room under £110 a week is within a short walk of lectures. The Newarke Street corridor, where iQ Grosvenor House starts at £139.00, is the next-cheapest rooms while keeping you between the campus and the shops.
Where a listing states bills included, that usually means electricity, gas, water and broadband are bundled into one weekly rent, so you are not chasing separate utility accounts or splitting bills with flatmates. The exact contents vary between properties, and a TV Licence, £180 a year from 1 April 2026, may sit outside the package if you watch live TV. Always check the individual listing to see what its rent covers.
No. Full-time students are exempt from Council Tax, and a household where everyone is a full-time student pays nothing, as set out on GOV.UK. Purpose-built student accommodation is usually treated as exempt, though it is worth checking the provider’s guidance if you are unsure. If you live with someone who is not a full-time student, the property can become liable, though a discount may apply.
Because Leicester is in England, the Tenant Fees Act 2019 applies. Your deposit is capped at five weeks’ rent where the annual rent is below £50,000, and any holding deposit to reserve a room is capped at one week’s rent. On a £120-a-week room that means a maximum deposit of £600, and any deposit must be protected in a government-backed scheme.
Many providers ask for a UK-based guarantor or for rent upfront. If you cannot supply one, a paid guarantor service such as Housing Hand can stand in for a fee, and several operators listed here accept it. This is a common route for international students; check each property’s booking terms before you commit.
Yes. While De Montfort University guarantees its own university accommodation to eligible first-year undergraduates, first-years are also free to book private student accommodation near De Montfort University, and many students do. Private rooms are allocated first-come, first-served rather than guaranteed, so booking early gives you the widest choice.
Contract lengths vary by property and are commonly around 44 to 51 weeks for purpose-built student accommodation in Leicester. Shorter term-time-only lets appear at some buildings, so if you do not need a room over summer, filter and check the tenancy length before booking.
An en-suite room gives you a private bedroom and bathroom while you share a kitchen and living space with other students in the flat, which tends to be more sociable and lower cost. A studio is fully self-contained with your own kitchen and bathroom, offering more privacy and quiet, usually at a higher weekly rent towards the top of the range here.
The Leicester letting season generally builds from October and November, and demand tends to peak before the new year, with many students settled by February. Rooms do still come up later in the cycle and through clearing, so if you are searching late it is always worth checking what is currently listed.
Very close. The Grange is on the campus, Queens Court is about a one-minute walk, and Primus Place and Edge Apartments sits on the campus corner. The Glassworks on Newarke Street is around a three-minute walk and Lumya Leicester on Southgates is a short stroll through the centre. Even the more central options are typically within roughly a 5 to 15 minute walk, which is why so few DMU students need a bus for lectures.
The purpose-built properties here are managed buildings with features such as secure door entry, CCTV and on-site teams, and many list 24-hour security or reception; the specifics vary, so use the features filters to compare. Leicester’s compact, well-lit central core keeps the campus and its surrounding student areas easy to walk.
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