High Holborn Residence summer school accommodation

Located near Covent Garden and Soho. Oxford Street and many of London's major landmarks are close by.

 

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High Holborn Residence

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Distance to campus: 0.5 km / 0.3 miles
Closest Underground stations: Holborn, Covent Garden

Travel to campus
Walk to campus in approximately 11 minutes. View full directions on Google Maps.

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General information

  • High Holborn Residence offers single, twin, and double rooms with shared facilities. 
  • Each room has its own washbasin, storage space, desk, and lamp.
  • Rooms are grouped in cluster flats for four to six people, sharing a kitchen and bathroom facilities. There are also a number of en suite bedrooms. 
  • Breakfast is included in the fees.

Notes: none of the rooms are air-conditioned; electrical sockets are UK three-pin sockets, you may need an adaptor for your electrical items, view more information about UK sockets.

Room types

Single Standard Shared Bathroom

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Single Standard Shared Bathroom

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  • 10m² approximate size, contains single bed, wardrobe, bedside table, wash basin, desk, and chair
  • showers and toilets available on the same floor, shared by approximately 5 rooms
  • free Wi-Fi
  • access to kitchen area with a two or four-ring hob, a microwave, fridge/freezer, oven, kettle, toaster, and basic cooking utensils
  • continental/vegetarian breakfast included
  • rooms serviced weekly; shared bathrooms cleaned daily
  • linen and towels provided
  • self-service laundry

Note: recently refurbished, light and airy with laminate wood flooring and modern decor.

prices
Single Standard Shared Bathroom
PeriodPrice
Prep English
15 to 22 June
Not available at this hall.
Session One
22 June to 12 July
Price per night: £100
Session price (20 nights): £2,000
Prep English
5 to 13 July
Not available at this hall.
Session Two
13 July to 2 August 
Price per night: £100
Session price (20 nights): £2,000
Prep English 
27 July to 3 August
Not available at this hall.
Session Three
3 to 23 August
Price per night: £100
Session price (20 nights): £2,000

Single Standard (queen size bed) Shared Bathroom

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Single Standard (queen size bed) Shared Bathroom

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  • 12m² approximate size, contains queen size bed, wardrobe, bedside table, wash basin, desk, and chair
  • showers and toilets available on the same floor, shared by approximately five rooms
  • free Wi-Fi
  • access to kitchen area with a two or four-ring hob, a microwave, fridge/freezer, oven, kettle, toaster, and basic cooking utensils
  • continental/vegetarian breakfast included
  • rooms serviced weekly; shared bathrooms cleaned daily
  • linen and towels provided
  • self-service laundry

Note: recently refurbished, light and airy with laminate wood flooring and modern decor.

prices
Single Standard (queen size bed) Shared Bathroom 
PeriodPrice
Prep English
15 to 22 June
Not available at this hall.
Session One
22 June to 12 July
Price per night: £105
Session price (20 nights): £2,100
Prep English
5 to 13 July
Not available at this hall.
Session Two
13 July to 2 August 
Price per night: £105
Session price (20 nights): £2,100
Prep English 
27 July to 3 August
Not available at this hall.
Session Three
3 to 23 August
Price per night: £105
Session price (20 nights): £2,100

Single Standard En Suite

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Single Standard En Suite

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  • 12m² approximate size, contains single bed, wardrobe, bedside table, desk, and chair
  • private bathroom with shower, sink, and toilet
  • free Wi-Fi
  • access to kitchen area with a two or four-ring hob, a microwave, fridge/freezer, oven, kettle, toaster, and basic cooking utensils
  • continental/vegetarian breakfast included
  • rooms serviced weekly
  • linen and towels provided
  • self-service laundry

Note: recently refurbished, light and airy with laminate wood flooring and modern decor.

prices
Single Standard En Suite
PeriodPrice
Prep English
15 to 22 June
Not available at this hall.
Session One
22 June to 12 July
Price per night: £110
Session price (20 nights): £2,200
Prep English
5 to 13 July
Not available at this hall.
Session Two
13 July to 2 August
Price per night: £110
Session price (20 nights): £2,200
Prep English 
27 July to 3 August
Not available at this hall.
Session Three
3 to 23 August
Price per night: £110
Session price (20 nights): £2,200

Twin Standard En Suite 

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Twin Standard En Suite

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Booking shared rooms
To share a room, all students must be attending the LSE Summer School. Each student needs to complete the booking process separately. If you would like us to allocate you with another student(s), all students must book the same room type, in the same hall, for the same dates.

To enable us to match roommates, both students must list each other as their preferred roommate at the time of booking. Please note that any roommate requests must be made at least 1 week prior to arrival.

  • 12m² approximate, contains two single beds, wardrobe, bedside table, desk, and chair
  • private bathroom with shower, sink, and toilet
  • free Wi-Fi
  • access to kitchen area with a two or four-ring hob, a microwave, fridge/freezer, oven, kettle, toaster, and basic cooking utensils
  • continental/vegetarian breakfast included
  • rooms serviced weekly
  • linen and towels provided
  • self-service laundry

Notes: 
Recently refurbished, light and airy with laminate wood flooring and modern decor.

prices
Twin Standard En Suite
PeriodPrice per room per person
Prep English
15 to 22 June
Not available at this hall.
Session One
22 June to 12 July
Price per night: £79
Session price (20 nights): £1,580
Prep English
5 to 13 July
Not available at this hall.
Session Two
13 July to 2 August 
Price per night: £79
Session price (20 nights): £1,580
Prep English
27 July to 3 August
Not available at this hall.
Session Three
3 to 23 August
Price per night: £79
Session price (20 nights): £1,580

Facilities and services

Breakfast and cooking facilities

Breakfast

Continental breakfast is included in the fees and served in the dining room from 8am to 11am on Monday to Sunday. 

Cooking facilities

Each floor has a kitchen area with a two or four-ring hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, oven, kettle, toaster. Cutlery and crockery is not provided, however some may be left behind in the kitchens by students as part of our environmental reuse scheme.

Reception times and luggage storage

Check-in and check-out

Check in from 3pm on the day of arrival (4pm if arriving on the Saturday before your main Summer School session).
Check out by 10.30am on the day of departure.

Reception opening hours

Reception is open from 8am to 10pm daily (security guards at desk overnight).

Luggage storage

Available for check-in and check-out. No overnight luggage storage.

Laundry costs

There are laundry facilities at High Holborn Residence. More information about the laundry services and current prices in the hall can be found here.

Communal areas and social spaces

 

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Dining room
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The residence also offers a large communal lounge, a pool table and a computer room.

Terms of LSE Summer School accommodation

How to make a booking

Book online using your LSE Summer School username and password 

You will receive those from the LSE Summer School Office. You'll need to log in with your LSE Summer School username and password to make a booking. Once you have those, we recommend you book your accommodation straight away. 

Booking shared rooms

To share a room, all students must be attending the LSE Summer School. Each student needs to complete the booking process separately. If you would like us to allocate you with another student(s), all students must book the same room type, in the same hall, for the same dates.

To enable us to match roommates, both students must list each other as their preferred roommate at the time of booking. Please note that any roommate requests must be made at least 1 week prior to arrival.

Prep English course accommodation

Our dedicated hall for Preparatory English course accommodation is Bankside House. Bankside House is only available for Prep English courses. That means that you will need to move from Bankside House to the hall that you've booked for the main session when the main session starts. All halls are in Central London, so you won't have to travel far. 

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Cancellations

You can receive a full refund of the accommodation fees if you cancel up to 21 days beforearrival. For full details, see the LSE Summer School accommodation terms and conditions [PDF]

The quickest way to submit a cancellation request is to use the 'Cancel' option online from within your LSE Accommodation Account. If you are not able to do this, please use our online contact form below to submit your cancellation request. Please note we only accept online cancellations via our contact form or online cancellation requests submitted within the LSE Accommodation portal. Cancellation of your study programme does not automatically mean that your accommodation is cancelled.

Your payment will be refunded as set out in the table. 

cancellation policy

Date of cancellationAccommodation fee refund

21+ calendar days before arrival

100% of the total

Ask us about accommodation

Your query about LSE Summer School accommodation

  • Name
  • Your privacy
  • Your right to privacy is important to us. The personal information that you submit in this form will be used to provide you with information about LSE Summer School accommodation. Please visit lse.ac.uk/privacy to read our Privacy Policy and learn more about how we collect and use information about you, so that you can make an informed choice about using our website.

 

Guest policy

Our halls operate a no-guest policy during LSE Summer School. No overnight guests are permitted. 

Full details are in the LSE Summer School accommodation terms and conditions [PDF]