UNITE - The first choice for student accommodation • UNITE are the UK's largest student accommodation provider of larger housing • click here Breakdown of room rental by city for 28 August 2008 Simply click a city to get more information about that city For a ranked list please click here City Going Out Shops Transport Community Facilities Sample Score - 4 4 5 4 5 19 44% Aachen 6 5 5 6 6 8 56% aberdeen 6 6 7 6 6 568 62% Aberdeenshire 3 3 3 4 3 15 32% Aberystwyth 6 5 5 8 7 24 62% Amsterdam 6 7 7 7 6 19 66% Athens 6 6 6 7 6 23 62% Ayr 5 6 7 6 5 15 58% bangkok 5 6 7 6 6 14 60% Bangor 5 6 6 6 6 48 58% Barcelona 6 7 7 6 7 57 66% Barnsley 6 5 5 4 5 31 50% Bath 5 6 6 6 5 311 56% Bedford 6 6 6 6 6 30 60% Bedfordshire 5 6 5 5 5 15 52% beijing 3 6 6 7 6 8 56% Belfast 6 6 6 6 6 378 60% BERKSHIRE 4 5 6 6 6 22 54% Berlin 7 6 7 6 6 40 64% bham 5 4 6 4 5 10 48% Birmigham 5 5 6 5 5 9 52% birmingham 5 6 7 5 5 1528 56% blackpool 6 6 6 5 5 42 56% Bochum 6 6 6 6 4 8 56% Bolton 4 5 5 4 5 37 46% bordeaux 6 6 7 6 6 18 62% Bournemouth 6 6 6 6 5 476 58% Bournmouth 4 5 6 5 4 8 48% BRADFORD 4 5 5 5 5 122 48% brighton 6 6 7 6 6 731 62% brimingham 7 5 6 5 4 8 54% Bristol 6 6 6 6 6 1141 60% Brussels 6 7 7 7 7 12 68% bucks 3 3 3 5 3 10 34% Cambridge 5 6 5 6 6 268 56% Canterbury 5 6 5 6 6 330 56% cardiff 6 6 6 6 6 913 60% Carlisle 5 6 5 6 6 51 56% chatham 5 5 4 5 4 8 46% cheltenham 6 6 6 6 6 159 60% chennai 4 6 7 6 6 9 58% cheshire 4 4 5 5 5 40 46% chester 6 6 5 6 6 87 58% Chesterfield 5 6 5 6 4 10 52% Chicago 5 7 7 7 7 10 66% Chichester 4 5 5 6 6 22 52% Cleveland 4 4 5 5 5 13 46% Colchester 5 6 6 5 5 47 54% coleraine 5 5 7 6 5 14 56% Copenhagen 5 7 6 6 6 8 60% cork 5 4 3 6 6 12 48% cornwall 4 5 4 6 5 20 48% coventry 5 6 6 6 5 726 56% crewe 4 5 5 5 5 24 48% Croydon 4 5 6 5 5 12 50% cumbria 4 4 4 6 4 9 44% Derby 6 6 6 6 5 302 58% Derbyshire 3 4 6 5 5 13 46% Derry 6 6 5 6 6 32 58% devon 4 4 4 6 5 19 46% DONCASTER 6 6 6 5 6 18 58% dorset 6 6 6 7 6 37 62% dublin 5 6 6 6 5 129 56% dundee 6 6 7 6 6 521 62% Durham 5 5 5 6 5 124 52% east sussex 6 6 6 6 5 17 58% Eastbourne 5 5 5 6 5 13 52% Edinburgh 6 6 7 6 6 1538 62% egham 3 4 4 5 5 16 42% Enfield 2 5 6 4 5 14 44% Essex 4 6 6 5 6 66 54% Exeter 6 6 6 7 6 247 62% exmouth 5 4 6 8 5 8 56% Falmer 4 5 7 9 7 8 64% Falmouth 6 5 5 8 7 13 62% Fareham 2 3 5 4 5 8 38% Farnham 4 4 4 6 5 19 46% fife 4 4 5 6 6 17 50% France 4 4 6 5 5 20 48% Galway 6 6 5 7 6 11 60% gateshead 3 3 4 4 4 17 36% glasgow 6 6 7 6 6 1213 62% Gloucester 4 5 6 6 6 54 54% Gloucestershire 6 6 5 7 6 20 60% Granada 8 7 6 8 7 14 72% greater london 4 6 7 6 6 8 58% greater manchester 4 5 6 5 5 36 50% Grimsby 4 5 4 4 5 9 44% groningen 7 6 6 7 6 18 64% guildford 5 6 6 6 6 137 58% Halifax 4 5 5 5 5 8 48% Hamburg 7 7 7 6 6 16 66% Hampshire 6 6 5 6 6 20 58% Hants 5 6 4 4 5 8 48% Harrow 2 5 6 5 4 15 44% hartlepool 6 7 7 5 6 8 62% Hatfield 3 5 5 5 5 100 46% hertfordshire 3 4 5 5 5 45 44% herts 4 5 6 5 6 39 52% high wycombe 3 4 4 4 4 17 38% Hong Kong 6 6 6 7 6 9 62% hove 5 6 6 6 5 17 56% Hudderfield 5 6 6 7 5 10 58% Huddersfield 5 5 6 6 5 534 54% Hudds 4 4 5 5 4 13 44% Hull 6 6 6 6 5 256 58% hyderabad 4 4 6 5 5 8 48% Inverness 4 5 5 5 5 9 48% Karachi 4 5 7 5 5 8 52% kent 4 5 5 6 5 109 50% Kingston 6 6 7 6 6 26 62% kingston upon thames 5 6 6 7 6 15 60% lancashire 4 5 5 6 5 18 50% Lancaster 6 6 6 6 5 227 58% Leamington 6 7 7 6 5 9 62% Leamington Spa 5 6 6 6 5 37 56% Leeds 6 6 7 6 5 1085 60% Leicester 6 6 6 6 6 696 60% Leicestershire 5 6 6 6 6 34 58% Leipzig 8 7 8 9 8 8 80% Limerick 7 6 5 6 6 13 60% lincoln 6 6 5 6 6 394 58% lincolnshire 5 4 4 6 4 13 46% Liverpool 6 6 7 6 5 1433 60% Lodz 6 7 6 6 6 12 62% london 5 6 7 5 5 5531 56% Los Angeles 7 7 7 6 7 9 68% loughborough 5 5 5 6 6 151 54% Luton 5 6 6 5 5 154 54% lyon 6 6 6 5 5 21 56% Madrid 6 7 7 7 6 62 66% maidstone 5 6 5 5 4 9 50% manchester 6 6 7 6 6 2652 62% Melbourne 7 6 7 7 7 10 68% Merseyside 5 5 6 5 5 18 52% middlesbrough 6 6 5 4 5 179 52% middlesex 3 6 6 5 5 70 50% Middx 5 6 7 5 5 8 56% milan 6 7 5 6 6 8 60% Milton Keynes 5 6 5 6 6 11 56% Montpellier 6 6 7 7 6 19 64% mumbai 4 6 7 7 7 18 62% Munich 7 6 8 7 7 8 70% n/a 5 4 5 5 5 12 48% nantes 6 6 7 8 6 9 66% New York 6 5 7 7 6 12 62% newcastle 6 6 7 6 6 585 62% newcastle upon tyne 6 6 7 6 6 353 62% Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 6 7 7 7 6 44 66% newport 5 5 5 6 6 42 54% NEWTON ABBOT 4 5 4 6 5 9 48% nice 6 7 7 7 6 9 66% northampton 5 6 5 5 5 56 52% northants 4 3 4 4 4 8 38% Northumberland 3 4 4 4 4 11 38% norwich 5 6 6 6 6 281 58% nottigham 6 7 6 5 5 8 58% Nottingham 6 6 7 5 5 1968 58% Nottinghamshire 3 3 4 3 3 8 32% notts 5 6 6 4 4 59 50% Oxford 5 6 7 6 6 461 60% Oxfordshire 3 6 6 6 6 9 54% Oxon 3 4 4 5 4 8 40% paisley 4 4 5 5 5 16 46% Paris 6 7 7 6 6 96 64% Perth 5 5 5 6 6 16 54% Peterborough 5 4 6 4 5 21 48% Philadelphia 8 7 6 6 7 8 68% Plymouth 6 6 6 6 6 576 60% Pontypridd 3 3 6 5 5 43 44% poole 5 6 6 6 6 30 58% Portsmouth 6 6 6 6 6 557 60% Portstewart 6 5 6 7 4 12 56% poznan 6 5 6 6 4 12 54% prague 6 6 7 6 5 8 60% preston 6 6 6 6 6 389 60% Reading 5 6 6 6 6 240 58% roma 5 7 4 5 6 8 54% Rome 6 7 4 6 6 14 58% Rotherham 5 6 6 6 5 14 56% salford 3 4 6 5 4 173 44% Scarborough 5 6 5 5 5 9 52% sevilla 7 7 5 7 6 8 64% sheffeild 6 6 5 5 5 10 54% sheffield 6 6 7 6 6 1891 62% sheffiled 7 7 7 7 7 13 70% shropshire 5 6 4 6 6 9 54% SLOUGH 3 3 5 5 5 11 42% soton 5 6 6 5 5 12 54% southampton 6 6 6 6 6 886 60% southsea 6 6 6 6 4 14 56% Spain 7 7 8 8 7 9 74% St Albans 5 5 5 5 6 10 52% St Andrews 5 5 5 7 6 81 56% St. Andrews 5 3 4 6 4 13 44% Stafford 4 5 5 6 5 84 50% Staffordshire 4 5 5 6 5 25 50% staffs 3 4 5 5 4 9 42% Stirling 4 5 6 6 6 29 54% Stockholm 4 5 6 6 6 14 54% stockport 3 4 5 5 5 17 44% stockton 3 4 5 5 5 12 44% Stockton on tees 4 5 6 6 5 8 52% stockton-on-tees 4 5 6 5 5 11 50% stoke 5 5 6 6 5 21 54% stoke on trent 5 5 5 5 5 59 50% Stoke-on-Trent 5 6 6 6 6 52 58% Strasbourg 7 7 6 6 6 9 64% Sunderland 5 6 6 5 5 315 54% Surrey 4 5 6 6 6 145 54% Swansea 6 6 6