Hulme Hall

CHRISTIE BLOCK — HULME HALL
Christie is one of the worst accommodation blocks available to students in the Hulme Hall campus of the University of Manchester. The halls are dated, dirty and mismanaged, and I feel sorry for my friends who live there.
Ok, maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but in order to keep attracting students, Christie needs to considerably up its game. The rooms are of a fair size, but are dark, dirty (when a friend of mine moved in, her room was filthy) and haven’t been updated since the late 1970’s. Each room has a sink fitted in the corner, and the residents share communal bathroom facilities.
In each block, there is a small kitchenette, which is supposedly meant to serve upwards of 20 people, which features long-​broken or out of date appliances. For example — the toaster in my friend’s kitchen is too small to fit bread in. Slight problem there, methinks.
Still — halls are only for a year, and Christie offers a roof over your head, and provides you with sustenance to see you through the day. It just doesn’t do it with much, if any style. ]

Hulme Hall is one of the better university housing blocks in on the Victoria Park campus. The campus has its advantages, most notably its close proximity to the university, but on the whole its nowhere near as lively as the fallowfield area.
Hulme Hall though, is probably the principle centre of this small student community. With four main blocks it holds 323 students, who often frequent the on-​campus bar.
It offers catered accomodtation with shared barthrooms and a little ‘tea room’ for making the odd snack. Its got wireless internet and a squash court, as well as a small gym!
Basically its almost a little self-​contained community, and one could happily live for some time without ever leaving here!
Grassy surroundings and old buildings make the place anything but an eyesore too. Overall its well worth considering as possible housing if you’re thinking of The University of Manchester.

I really enjoyed the year I spent in Hulme Hall. There is a main old building with the main facilities (dining room, bar) and some rooms which are big but fairly souless. The other rooms are in 60s style blocks around a quadrant. They are fairly basic, but have everything you need and are clean and well-​kept. Hulme Hall is mainly catered, two meals per day, and the food is ok. There are communal kitchens on each corridor for lunch and snacks. Each block has its own common room. The bar is very good, holds special nights and quizzes, and is extremely cheap compared to pub prices. It also has a pool table and table football table. There are around 20 rooms on each corridor so it is great for making friends. Also has a gym, tennis courts and football teams.

I spent a few very happy years at Hulme Hall.
Hulme Hall is basically a fully-​catered student hall of residence for Manchester University students. There are a few self-​catered rooms available, but that’s the exception, not the rule. When I say fully catered, what I mean is two meals per day, breakfast (8 til 9am) and dinner at about 5pm. On Sundays breakfast was moved back to be a brunch at midday.
There is a student bar, with pool table and table football. There are tennis and squash courts, a small gym and a snooker room, with two full size tables and above that there is a table tennis room.
There is an on-​site church/​chapel which is also attended by various non-​students. Hulme Hall also has a theatre which is used by students to put on a number of plays each year as well as for visiting conferences year round. Oh, and there is also an ATM machine, which came in very handy (at one stage there were two).