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Key facts

  • Meal Plan rooms: weekly rent includes a Gold Meal Plan 
  • 1 km from central Whiteknights campus
  • Standard rooms with or without washbasin
  • Self-catered rooms available
  • Study sets
  • One two-bedroom flat available
  • High-speed Wi-Fi
  • Utility bills and basic contents insurance included
  • Close to local shops
  • 40-week residency period for hall rooms; 51-week residency for study sets

St Patrick's Hall offers a range of self-catered accommodation and rooms including a Meal Plan close to campus, set in attractive grounds. The older parts of the hall were first built in 1908, and home to the Royal Air Force during both world wars.

A short walk from academic buildings, shops, and the local Cintra Park, St Patrick's is in an excellent location. Living at St Patrick's means you'll be able to attend a variety of fun events as part of the Home at Halls residence life programme. 

Room costs

Room type at St Patrick's Hall Weekly rent 2024-25  Weekly rent 2025-26 
Standard room with Meal Plan with/out washbasin  £163.45  £173.13
Washbasin room with Meal Plan with shared bathroom  £163.45  £173.13
Self-catered standard room with shared bathroom  £150.50  £158.06 
Self-catered study set (room with adjacent study area)  £179.97  £189.00 
Self-catered two-bed flat
  £329.98   £346.50 

Meal plans

Eating a varied and balanced diet is important to your academic success. That's why at Reading we offer our Clever Cuisine Meal Plans – our flexible dining plans that allow you to choose what, when, where and how you eat. 

With our Meal Plans, you can eat fresh, nutritious meals at 13 of our food outlets across our campuses, benefiting from discounts of up to 75% on food as well as free drinks.

A number of St Patrick’s Hall’s rooms come with the Gold Meal Plan. This provides you with two meals each day during the 31 weeks of term via a weekly credit of £65.52, which is included in the weekly rent. To find out what eating outlets are listed in the Gold plan, visit Clever Cuisine’s website. 

Selected food outlets will be open during university closures for you to eat at, or purchase food from.

Advertised prices are fixed for the respective academic year.

For more information, visit the Meal Plans page.

St Patrick's Hall map

St Patrick's hall's location

Hall address: Northcourt Avenue, Reading, RG2 7HB.

Students with specific requirements

Single-sex accommodation

Due to the layout and arrangement of St Patrick's Hall, we are unable to offer any single-sex accommodation. 

Accessibility

The University of Reading's Disability Advisory Service is available to support students who require adaptations or accessible rooms. Find out more on the accessible accommodation page.

Accommodation Guarantee

Prospective students are guaranteed a place in halls if they are:

  • A new full-time undergraduate who holds Reading as a Firm UCAS choice and applies for accommodation by 1 August** and satisfies any conditions of their academic offer by 3 September 2025.
  • A new full-time postgraduate who has accepted an offer from the University and applies for accommodation by 1 August** and satisfies any conditions of their academic offer by 3 September 2025.

*Subject to restrictions, please see:

**Please note, applications need to be received by 23:59 British Summer Time (UTC+1) on 1 August.

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