About College Accommodation

LMH has just under 500 single study bedrooms for current students, just over 200 of which are en-suite. We have a range of different residential buildings from some of the first at LMH, to more recent buildings opened in 2016.   Non en-suite rooms typically have small communal kitchens and residents share bathroom facilities with 6-8 students. 

All our rooms are contracted a year at a time but the dates vary. 

Rents for all on-site rooms are inclusive of utility bills and limited cleaning services. All rooms will have a College ethernet point and wireless network connectivity and will be fitted with standard furniture.

 

Undergraduates

We provide accommodation for undergraduates throughout the Oxford term-time (three periods of 9 weeks each) and are able to offer some accommodation during vacations upon request at a standard nightly charge.  Or undergraduates can choose to take a contract from the beginning of October to the end of the summer term (37 weeks) (some room moves within the year may still be necessary).

Some courses will have exams or other assessments arranged by the department which are outside the dates we normally offer accommodation, in 9th and 10th week of each term - please check your exam schedule before booking flights or planning holidays. Students with exams may stay in their term-time room until the morning after their last exam, without further charge, though this must be booked separately.

Almost all our rooms for first year undergraduate rooms are non en-suite rooms in some of our more historic buildings including Deneke, Wolfson West and Eleanor Lodge.  In subsequent years undergraduate students can choose their rooms through our ballot system.

Some limited storage is available in the college but you should plan to empty your room entirely for each vacation.

clore
clore bedroom
The Clore Graduate Centre, located at the front of the College site, contains over 30 graduate bedrooms spread over three floors and is also the site of the Postgraduate Common Room, MCR Guest Room and one of our laundry rooms. There is lift in the building for access to all floors. The bedrooms are a medium to large size with space for studying, sleeping and relaxing and each room features an en-suite bathroom pod with a shower, sink and toilet. The building has several large kitchens with plenty of space for communal dining and living, typically shared between 6-10 residents. All of the bedrooms in this building are charged at our highest A+ price band.

Post graduates

For post-graduate students many rooms are located in our Clore Graduate Centre, whilst other rooms are situated in some of our most historic buildings such as New Old Hall, Old Old Hall and in the College's properties on Fyfield Road.   We are not able to offer any couples or family accommodation or accommodation to students studying for part-time programmes.

Our on-site post graduate rooms are offered at four price bands, dependent on the room size, quality and facilities - for 2024/25 these range from around £143 to £203 per week.  All en-suite rooms are charged at the highest A+ Band and are located in the Clore Graduate Centre.

Our standard graduate accommodation agreements run for 39 weeks from the end of September, enabling you to stay in College continuously through term-time and vacations. Students have the option to extend their agreements over the summer period for up to 51 weeks in total. 

 

fyfield rd houses
New Old Hall
University Graduate Accommodation

The University's Graduate Accommodation Services also lets and manages rooms, flats and houses on University-owned sites in and around Oxford City Centre.  A number of these rooms have been reserved for LMH students for 2024/25.  You can express an interest in one of these rooms when applying for LMH College accommodation, through our accommodation survey. If we are able to put you forward for a room then your details will be passed onto the University’s Graduate Accommodation Office - your accommodation offer and contract with then be handled directly by them. The room contracts will run from September 2024 to July 2025.

 
 

Availability

We expect all first year undergraduate students to live in the college and we will offer you a room and we guarantee a room for three years for undergraduate students.

If you have successfully secured a post graduate offer at Lady Margaret Hall, please expect to find more information on how to apply for College accommodation in your College Offer Letter.

If you are applying for our post graduate accommodation you will be asked to complete an online questionnaire. You will be automatically added to a waiting list and may be offered a room subject to availability - we make accommodation offers between March and September each year.

It is currently our policy to prioritise students for College accommodation who have disability considerations and those who are international (overseas). If we are able to make you an accommodation offer then you will be contacted directly by our Accommodation Office with further details.

Other Accommodation in Oxford

If LMH is not able to offer you any College-managed accommodation, or you would prefer to live outside of the College, then you may wish to look into the following options for local accommodation.

The Student Accommodation Code of Practice

LMH is signed up to the Universities UK Code of Practice for Managing Student Accommodation which protects your rights to a safe, good quality place to live. You can find out more about what this means for you as a resident here http://www.thesac.org.uk/.

We have an ongoing maintenance cycle for the College site which allows us to manage the upkeep of our accommodation; different buildings will inevitably be at different point on this cycle, but we aim to provide an acceptable base standard across our rooms and deliver a consistent service.

At LMH we commit to:

Providing a standard minimum set of furniture and fittings in each study bedroom

Maintaining the standard of furniture and fittings by checking and recording the condition/functionality of these annually and implementing a planned cycle of replacement

Maintaining College accommodation to a good standard of decoration/repair by checking and recording the condition of rooms annually and implementing a planned cycle of refurbishment

Meeting the required building regulations and maintaining health and safety standards

Maintaining a good standard of cleanliness through routine Housekeeping services