Accomodation
If you choose to live in College accommodation for your first year, you will most likely be living in the wonderful Holywell Annexe, our beautiful Graduate Satellite Accommodation — 10 minutes from Merton main site, 3 minutes from the Old Bodleian Library, and 7 minutes from Tesco!
However, Merton offers a range of accommodation options and many students are able to live in College residences across their degree.
Holywell Quad, looking west with A-Block on the right
A map of the Holywell Buildings
A typical room in Holywell (all rooms in Holywell have a giant desk!)
Holywell Quad, looking south from A-Block with B-Block on the left
Holywell Quad, looking south towards New College
Ducks on the river behind Manor Place
Like with the main College site, Holywell is tended year-round by a dedicated team of gardeners
Cadbury, a local resident, is known to pay visits to students in Holywell and Manor Place
Holywell Annexe: Amenities
Most Freshers, Second Year Students, and some later-year students live in the three blocks that compose the Holywell Annexe.
Rooms all have an en-suite bathroom which all contain a shower, and some with a bathtub as well. Rooms are also equipped with a single top-grade bed, large study desk, coffee table and chairs, multiple shelves and cupboards, and sometimes closets.
Built around the main Holywell Quad, each block contains a large fully-equipped kitchen in the basement, as well as smaller kitchenettes on each floor. Laundry facilities and bicycle storage are also located on-site.
In the basement of A-Block, the largest bloc, is the KCR (Kristofferson Common Room), an additional Graduate Common Room supplied with a baby grand piano, billiards table, board games, a television, films and gaming consoles. Along the same corridor is the Holywell Computer Room where students have access to a couple of desktops computers and an office printer, scanner and copier.
Other Accommodation
Couples’ Accommodation
A small number of one-bedroom flats with kitchen and shower facilities for couples are available on Iffley Road. Do contact the College’s Graduate Officer as soon as possible if you require couples’ accommodation.
Non-College Accommodation
The University of Oxford also provides an accommodation service which manages housing for graduate students. Graduates wishing to live with their families are advised to utilise this service as the College does not offer family accommodation.
More information can be found on the College website.
Graduate Houses
Merton offers shared housing to graduate students in properties along Manor Place, a quaint cul-de-sac five minutes north of the Holywell Annexe and right across from the English, Law and Social Science faculties and libraries.
Each graduate houses accommodates four to five students and has shared kitchen, shower and laundry facilities.
Depending on the graduate intake for the year, the College may open up some of the usually undergraduate houses along Holywell Street for graduate residence. These houses may accommodate ten or more people each.
