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St. Clare's offers a variety of accommodation options for adult students.

Options
1 - College residential accommodation
2 - In a private home (homestay)
3 - In a hotel or guesthouse

1 - Residential Accommodation
St. Clare's is able to offer comfortable and high quality College residential accommodation to a high proportion of students. This gives us the opportunity of ensuring that there is a good balance of nationalities within the accommodation, including native speakers of English (during the academic year).

All houses have a resident house manager, a senior resident (in the case of some smaller self-catering houses), or a member of staff on duty each night. There are some house rules which are intended to protect the privacy, security and welfare of all residents. You have your own key and there are no restrictions on when you return to the house in the evening. However, please note that overnight visitors are not permitted. See a selection of our houses here.

Most houses are mixed, male and female. Most have a comfortable common room. Bed linen and towels are provided, and rooms are cleaned each week day. Some houses have coin-operated washing machines and dryers for personal laundry. Otherwise you can use a launderette at the Banbury Road campus, or one near the Bardwell Road Centre.

Please note that all College residential accommodation is non-smoking

Accommodation Options
Room Occupancy	Single or Twin Please note that single rooms are in limited supply, and are offered on a first come first served basis. We advise you to book early
Room Category	Standard (sharing a bathroom with a number of other students) or Superior (with private shower and toilet)
Meals	"With meals included": Breakfast, dinner every day; lunch Monday - Friday only or "Self-catering": You have access to a fully equipped kitchen, so you can cook your own meals. If you prefer, you may eat meals in College, paying cash when you eat.

The College has a variety of residential properties, mostly in north Oxford. Houses are a short walk (up to ten minutes) or a short (5-15) minutes bus ride from the Bardwell Road Centre.

Most superior accommodation is in Logan House, a purpose-built block of high quality apartments opened in 1996. Logan House is about 2.5 km from the Bardwell Road Centre (25 minutes' walk; a few minutes by bus or cycle). Other superior accommodation is closer to the Bardwell Road Centre, in Staverton Road.

Most standard, self-catering accommodation is in Hampden Manor, a 17th century manor house 15 minutes by bus from the Bardwell Road Centre. A bus pass (included in the fees) is provided for students accommodated in Hampden Manor. Standard accommodation with meals included is available closer to the Bardwell Road Centre.

2 - Accommodation in private homes (homestay)
Homestay offers a good opportunity to practise English in an everyday context. Private homes are carefully selected for their quality and are regularly inspected by St. Clare's staff. See a selection of our homestays here.

Accommodation is clean and comfortable, and your host will make you welcome. You have a single room, unless you specifically request a twin or double room (for instance if you are coming with a friend or as a couple). Usually you share a bathroom with your host family.

You are provided with bed linen and towels, and you will be able to use a washing machine in the house for your personal laundry, at no extra charge.

Your family provides you with breakfast and dinner. Lunch on weekdays (Monday - Friday) is included in the fees, and is provided in the Bardwell Road Centre restaurant.

A few private homes are within walking distance of central buildings, but most are a short bus journey away (maximum 20 minutes). You will be provided with a bus pass for free bus transport, if your homestay accommodation is a longer distance from St. Clare's.

3 - Guesthouses and hotels
We can also assist with arrangements or give recommendations for hotels and guesthouses. A variety is available, from about £40 per night for bed and breakfast.

Meals
Breakfast and dinner are served every day in the restaurant at the Bardwell Road Centre. Lunch is served on weekdays (Monday to Friday). There is a choice of hot and cold food, including vegetarian options. Drinks and snacks are also served at meal times, and during breaks.

You may, if you wish, eat lunch or dinner in the dining room or Sugar House café/bar at the Banbury Road campus. If you opt for the "meals inlcuded" arrangement, you will have breakfast and dinner every day and lunch from Monday to Friday. If you are living in self-catering accommodation, you may purchase meals whenever you wish (cash payment). If you are living in a private home (homestay), you eat breakfast and dinner there. Lunches on Mondays to Fridays are included in the fees, and are provided in the Bardwell Road Centre restaurant.

Accommodation changes or moving out of College-arranged accommodation Please note that if you wish to move out of a College house or Homestay accommodation you must give us written notice as follows:

• four weeks for College Houses
• one week for Homestay

The same notice period is required for any changes of accommodation. A charge is made for changes or cancellations made without giving the notice period.