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Key facts

  • Meal Plan rooms: weekly rent includes a Platinum Meal Plan 
  • 1.1 km from central Whiteknights campus
  • Standard rooms with shared bathrooms, with or without a washbasin
  • Single bed, but some standard rooms available with a double bed
  • Upgraded rooms with a washbasin
  • Shared kitchens for preparing drinks and simple meals
  • Communal facilities include a basement bar, Junior Common Room, television room and laundry
  • One self-catered one-bedroom flat available
  • High-speed Wi-Fi
  • Utility bills and basic contents insurance included
  • 40-week residency period

Wantage Hall opened in 1908 and comprises two areas, Old Court and New Court. Old Court is a beautiful building in a traditional college style with a lawned quadrangle and a clock tower gateway. Other, more modern rooms are available in New Court.

All hall rooms come with a Platinum Meal Plan, which includes all your daily meals and means that you can dine in the impressive dining hall or choose from the many other food outlets around campus. 

Room costs

Room types available at Wantage Hall Weekly rent 2024–25  Weekly rent 2025–26 
Meal Plan standard room with shared bathroom  £181.72   £192.71
Meal Plan standard washbasin room with shared bathroom  £196.98  £208.74
Meal Plan upgraded washbasin room with shared bathroom  £204.54   £216.65
Self-catered one-bed flat  £284.97 (40 Week Contract) £284.97 (51 Week Contract)  £299.25

Meal plans

With our flexible Meal Plans, you can eat fresh, nutritious meals at 13 of our food outlets across our campuses, benefiting from discounts of up to 75% on food as well as free drinks.

Rooms in this hall come with a Platinum Meal Plan included in the weekly rent, which covers three meals a day.

Advertised prices are fixed for the respective academic year.

For more information, visit the Meal Plans page.

Students with specific requirements

Single-sex and quieter lifestyle rooms are not available in Wantage Hall. 

Accessibility

The University of Reading's Disability Advisory Service is available to support students who require adaptations or accessible rooms. Find out more on the accessible accommodation page.

Accommodation Guarantee

Prospective students are guaranteed a place in halls if they are:

  • A new full-time undergraduate who holds Reading as a Firm UCAS choice and applies for accommodation by 1 August** and satisfies any conditions of their academic offer by 3 September 2025.
  • A new full-time postgraduate who has accepted an offer from the University and applies for accommodation by 1 August** and satisfies any conditions of their academic offer by 3 September 2025.

*Subject to restrictions, please see:

**Please note, applications need to be received by 23:59 British Summer Time (UTC+1) on 1 August.

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