At a glance
- 454 bed spaces
- £186 - £346 per week
- Located in South Kensington
Prices shown are for 2024-25 academic year.
Eastside Halls are located within Prince's Gardens, just across the road from the main South Kensington campus. They are sited adjacent to Southside Halls of Residence.
The modern Eastside-Southside residential complex provides a convenience store, two common rooms and an on-site student bar and restaurant. It is also located next to our flagship sports centre, Ethos, offering student memberships.
Eastside is comprised of three adjoining halls:
- Gabor Hall was named after Dennis Gabor, a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist who fled to the UK from Nazi Germany in 1933 and later became the inventor of holography, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1971. Gabor joined Imperial College in 1948 and remained here until his retirement in 1967.
- Linstead Hall was named in honour of Sir Patrick Linstead, a prominent English chemist who later became the 7th Rector of Imperial College.
- Wilkinson Hall is named in honour of Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, Nobel Laureate of Chemistry in 1973 and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Imperial College.
Eastside in more detail
Eastside provides self-catered accommodation for 454 undergraduate students. All rooms, including single and twin study bedrooms, are en-suite. Rent includes utility bills, internet access, basic contents insurance, maintenance, communal cleaning and a contribution to the halls activity fund.
The rents for 2024-25 are:
Type of room | Number of bed spaces | Weekly rent per person |
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Premium en-suite single |
134 | £346 |
En-suite single (bed size: 0.91m x 1.91m or 0.91m x 1.98m) |
228 | £298 |
En-suite twin (bed size: 0.91m x 1.91m or 0.91m x 1.98m) |
40 | £195 |
En-suite twin- RV* (bed size: 0.91m x 1.91m or 0.91m x 1.98m) |
52 | £186 |
*RV indicates rooms which have restricted views. These rooms look into the basement wells and enjoy less natural light.
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Hall features and facilities:
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Please note: if you have been allocated to a premium room then please make sure that you bring linen suitable for a double bed.
Addresses:
Gabor Hall Eastside Halls of Residence Prince's Gardens London, SW7 1AZ View location on map |
Linstead Hall Eastside Halls of Residence Prince's Gardens London, SW7 1BU View location on map |
Wilkinson Hall Eastside Halls of Residence Prince's Gardens London, SW7 1AW View location on map |
Eastside Halls of Residence are located in Prince’s Gardens just off Exhibition Road – the heart of cultural South Kensington. It is a short 2-3 minute walk to the main South Kensington campus.
Within Prince’s Gardens is a convenience store, to purchase all your day-to-day necessities, a café/restaurant/bar, and the College’s main sports centre, Ethos.
Eastside is ideally placed for easy access to the galleries and museums of Exhibition Road (5 minute walk), the shops of High Street Kensington (10 minute bus ride) and the restaurants of Brompton Road including the famous Harrods shopping mall (10 minute bus ride).