Arch said:Yeah, but you stand a good chance of getting caught in the crossfire between Torchwood and the aliens....
Landslide said:I liked Sheffield so much that I never left after Uni. Upsides include the Peak District on your doorstep, a compact and easy to get around city (at least on the West/South side of the city where most of the students live), and the FACT that it's the real ale capital of the world.
Downsides aired by students tend to be along the lines of it's a bit lacking in nightclub action (at lease since the demise of Gatecrasher )
marinyork said:What's the point in doing a degree in accountancy if you mind me asking?
Mr Pig said:I've never understood why people want to live in cities at all. I have fields with sheep, cows and horses around me and it costs a fraction of the price of a tiny city flat over a bus stop!
Ok, if you're a student and have to but otherwise.
Landslide said:I liked Sheffield so much that I never left after Uni. Upsides include the Peak District on your doorstep, a compact and easy to get around city (at least on the West/South side of the city where most of the students live), and the FACT that it's the real ale capital of the world.
Downsides aired by students tend to be along the lines of it's a bit lacking in nightclub action (at lease since the demise of Gatecrasher ) and fancy shops (not that this ever bothered me).
Rent-wise, there's been an explosion in the number of self-catering flats for students (albeit at the expense of University-owned halls), and I suspect that there may have been a knock-on effect in the buy-to-let sector.
montage said:Dellzeqq, how easy was it to get into the city and into the countryside from cardiff uni? And what is the local road cycling like? (thinking of geography or history for a course....history would be preferable to the colouring in subject though )
(oh and when you say cardiff isn't so easy to get around, chance of you explaining how you mean? )
HelenD123 said:I'd definitely recommend Cardiff. It's a lovely city, good student union, and the uni is very close to the city centre. Rents were pretty reasonable but I'm not sure what they are like now. The good about Cardiff is that you are so close to some great countryside as well - Brecon Beacons, Wye Valley, Gower Peninsula. There are lots of quiet roads in the Vale of Glamorgan, or if you want hills put the bike on the train to Merthyr, Abergavenny etc and you're sorted.
dellzeqq said:I'm not the greatest expert but my impression was that the university was a bit out of the town centre, and the bus service a bit creaky. I should explain that there is little chance of The Kid riding a bike around town - indeed I imagine that there will be nights when a cab will arrive at our front door from Glasgow or wherever because she's gone into default getting home mode.
There is lots of cycling around Cardiff, but not much of it is flat. There are a couple of roads (other than the motorways) that bikes are banned from.
HelenD123 said:Are you sure this is the same Cardiff I lived in for nearly 9 years? Cardiff University is a 5-10 minute walk from the city centre and there are plenty of buses. But then I come from somewhere with one bus an hour so my experiences and expectations are a little diffferent to yours.
HelenD123 said:Are you sure this is the same Cardiff I lived in for nearly 9 years? Cardiff University is a 5-10 minute walk from the city centre and there are plenty of buses. But then I come from somewhere with one bus an hour so my experiences and expectations are a little diffferent to yours.