Blackfriars

The Merchant City is the oldest part of Glasgow and the eighteenth century buildings are booming back to life as luxury shops, international restaurants and exclusive nightclubs. Here you’ll find Versace, Armani, Bose and Escada as well as the city’s more imaginative restaurants. Set slightly apart from the designer boutiques and shopping malls, Blackfriars is a purpose-built property that provides practical, secure and refreshingly quiet accommodation.

Access from Blackfriars to your university campus could hardly be better. Strathclyde University and City of Glasgow College are just five minutes away while Glasgow Caledonian University is only fifteen minutes by foot. There are plenty of buses you can hop on, and Central and Queen Street stations are within easy reach.

You’ll be living at the heart of Glasgow’s cultural quarter, Merchant City, which has seen the magnificent commercial buildings of the British Empire refurbished for the modern age.

Blackfriars itself is a purpose-built haven designed to make your life easy. All the small details are taken into account. Bills, TV license and insurance are all included. The high-speed 25mb Wi-Fi throughout the building comes in handy too - when you’re not out wandering amongst the golden sandstone buildings of the Merchant City.

When you’ve found your way home past buskers, boutiques and restaurants you’ll enjoy either an en-suite room, studio flat or a one-bedroom apartment. All rooms have study tables and chairs and each resident has full use of the communal kitchen, common room - with pool table - and laundry.

Blackfriars is also perfect if you want to get active at the gym or play football - or if your idea of getting active is a whizz round the shops then the Argyle street shopping centre can be reached in five minutes too. Everything is really handy living in Blackfriars.