Student Accommodation at Wycliffe Hall

For next academic year the college offers accommodation to Wycliffe students in two locations: in Oxford on the college's Banbury Road site and at Yarnton Manor.  Each room categorised based on size and facilities available in/near the room.  All accommodation is non-smoking.

Aerial view of Wycliffe Hall

Wycliffe Hall

Ensuite rooms and rooms with shared bathrooms together with shared kitchen facilities.

Our main hall has a variety of sizes of single rooms with shared bathrooms.  Sitting behind the college are 2 and 4 Norham Gardens.  These properties comprise of single ensuite rooms and some with a separate private bathroom.  This is a city centre location, with easy access to the college library and chapel.

Location: the properties are a 10 minute walk to Oxford city centre; limited car parking will be available during the site development.

A variety of rooms are available:
Rooms with ensuite bathrooms
Rooms with shared bathrooms.

yarnton manor estate

Yarnton Manor

Ensuite rooms with shared kitchen facilities.

Four miles north of Oxford, sits Yarnton Manor the 17th Century Manor House.
This is a quiet rural setting, away from the busyness of Oxford.

Location: the property is a eight minute walk to a regular bus link and twenty minute bus journey to Wycliffe.
Car parking is available.

Single ensuite rooms available.

 

All rooms are fully furnished and contain at least:

  • Single bed and mattress
  • Desk and desk chair
  • Wardrobe
  • Bookshelves
  • Some rooms also contain a chest of drawers, bedside cabinet and easy chair (varies by size of room).
 

Rent includes:

  • Utility bills (gas, electricity, water)
  • Cleaning – a cleaner will communal areas (shared bathrooms, kitchens) daily. Bedrooms are cleaned if you move out or go away in the vacations.
  • Repairs and maintenance
  • Internet connection
  • Contents Insurance for your belongings in your room
  • Access to laundry facilities (app or card-operated washing machines and tumble dryers)

Apply here for single room accommodation from end of April 2026

 

 

 

Ordinands

Single ordinands of the Church of England and those who choose to commute weekly and return home at weekends are guaranteed accommodation in Wycliffe Hall for the duration of their course.  The Church of England maintenance grant covers rent and all meals in term time.  The meals package is all meals for those living in Oxford and available in college at Wycliffe for those in Yarnton.

Vacation residence should be agreed with the diocese, although we expect all single ordinands will stay in their room through vacations, for which a  weekly rate is charged.  All ordinands who intend to be resident through vacations are housed in buildings with good self-catering facilities, as the Hall’s dining room is closed outside term.

Couples & Family Accommodation

Wycliffe Hall owns and manages several properties in Oxford (most within two miles of Wycliffe) and Yarnton (four miles away) that are available for couples and families to rent.  These properties range in size from 1 bedroom flats to 5 bedroom houses, and details of those available each year will be provided to eligible students.  If you are coming as a couple or family please make contact with our accommodation team directly.  Couples/family accommodation is reserved on a first come, first served basis.  

Our accommodation team are also available for support with selecting properties through letting agents – please ask for guidance if this is of interest to you.

Insurance

Wycliffe Hall is working in partnership with Gallagher student insurance provider, to provide some cover for the contents inside your room. You don’t need to do anything to activate this cover, but it is important for you to check and ensure that you fully understand the protection provided and whether it is sufficient for your needs.

With Gallagher you can:

  • Check your level of cover 
  • Review key exclusions and limitations 
  • Check your policy excess 
  • Learn how to make a claim
  • Extend and personalise your cover to protect laptops, phones and other valuables

Developing products built for students, Gallagher understands that protecting and replacing gadgets quickly is hugely important to students; that’s why they will replace any lost, stolen or unrepairable gadgets within 24 hours of your claim being approved. Their cover can protect gadgets, watches, bikes and musical instruments under one policy—giving you the flexibility to build your cover to protect the things that matter to you most.

To find out more, visit Gallagher.

Catering

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available in Hall every day in term.  Meals are served from the counter, other than the two or three Formal Halls per term, where students are served at the table (with some students acting as servers each time), and are booked and paid for in advance.  The college provides a vegetarian option at all meals, and can cater for special diets.

All residents are asked to pay a £600 catering credit charge at the start of Michaelmas term for your to spend on meals you require

Good self-catering facilities are available in each accommodation block.  Pots, pans, crockery, cutlery and basic utensils are provided in each kitchen, along with fridges, freezers, kettles, microwaves and toasters.  Students are not permitted to have cooking equipment in their rooms for fire safety reasons.

Tenancy information

Accommodation is available either during term-time only or year round (term time plus the Christmas and Easter vacations) for various durations:

 

Tenancy length Residence dates in 2025/26
Term time only (TT - 28 weeks)

Sunday 5 October - Saturday 13 December 2025

Sunday 11 January - Saturday 21 March 2026

Sunday 19 April - Saturday 20 June 2026

Rooms will need to be vacated outside these dates.
37 weeks

Sunday 5 October 2025 - Saturday 20 June 2026

You may stay in your room during the Christmas and Easter vacations

 

Weekly rent for each room type is:

Category 1* 2* 1 2 3

Weekly rent (2025/26)

      £230      £215      £195     £185    £185

 

A deposit of £500 is required to confirm your acceptance of a room in Wycliffe Hall, once offers of accommodation have been made.  The deposit is non-refundable if you withdraw after accepting the room and otherwise held until you move out of Wycliffe accommodation when it will be returned to you (after deductions to cover the cost of repairing any damage caused by you or for unpaid rent).

Before moving in, you will need to sign a licence agreement for your room, and can see an example of one here.

Average costs for Wycliffe Hall students (non-ordinands)

Daily average room rate in 2025/26: £30

Length of undergraduate contract in days: 259

You can expect meal costs to be of the following order:

Breakfast = £3.75 - £4.95

Lunch = £4.00-£5.00

Dinner = £4.00 -£5.00

All residents are expected to pay £600 for catering credit at the start of the year.

Code of practice

Wycliffe Hall is signed up to the Universities UK Code of Practice for the Management of Student Accommodation which aims to ensure that students are provided with good quality accommodation.  You can find out more at www.thesac.org.uk.

FAQs

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Guests may stay in your room for a short time with the agreement of the Accommodation Manager.

You may give four weeks’ notice that you wish to move out of your room, but will need to pay the full rent due for the year. Subletting is not permitted.

If you have chosen a term-time only tenancy, you will need to move out of your room, and take all your belongings with you, in each vacation. If you have chosen a 37 or 40 week tenancy, the room is yours from the start of the tenancy at the beginning of Michaelmas term through the Christmas and Easter vacations to the end of the tenancy 37/40 weeks later at the end of Trinity term.

Some rooms are available during the summer vacation, and details of how to apply for one will be emailed to you in Trinity term.

Yes, returning students are encouraged to live in college accommodation. Single ordinands are guaranteed a room in Wycliffe for the duration of their course. Rooms are not guaranteed for independent students, but in recent years, all returning students have been accommodated in the Hall.

A room is reserved for single ordinands of the Church of England when an offer to study at Wycliffe Hall is accepted. New independent students will receive details of accommodation and an application form once an offer to study at Wycliffe Hall has been accepted. A deadline for return of the form will be on the form, and anyone applying by this time is expected to be offered a room. Returning students will receive an email in Hilary term with details of how to request accommodation for the following year.

We may be able to offer accommodation before the start of the tenancy. If you wish to arrive early, you should contact the Accommodation Manager as soon as possible so we can advise if your room will be available. If it is, you will be invoiced in Michaelmas term on a daily rate for the additional days.

Rent is invoiced at the start of each term for that term and the following vacation (where applicable) and due within 2 weeks. Rent for the summer vacation is charged at the start of the summer vacation.

We cannot guarantee single-sex accommodation, although try where possible, as this is always dependent on who wants to live in each type of room each year.

A mattress protector, pillow and duvet are provided in all rooms. The college lends two sets of bed linen and towels to students coming from overseas.

You should use the main college address for all mail, even if you are living in another building.  

Wycliffe Hall
54 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 6PW

Yes, parking is available on site for residents.

A locked bike shed is available on site.

Rooms in preferred categories and tenancy lengths are allocated to students on a first-come, first-served basis. Any student with a disability necessitating particular facilities will be given priority for rooms meeting those needs.

No pets are allowed in accommodation in Wycliffe Hall, and students living in couples/family accommodation will need to check the rules for their particular property (normally pets are not permitted).

Please contact the Accommodation Manager on accommodation@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk with any other questions.