St Anne’s graduate students have the option to reside in one of its four graduate properties (RSH, EPH, 6 St John St and Castle Mill), or in private accommodation. First-year graduates are often allocated housing in RSH, and sometimes, in EPH. For more photos of rooms, visit the College Accommodation Website.
Continuing graduate students: Rooms are allocated through room ballot. You will be contacted by College towards the end of Hilary Term to indicate your accommodation preferences for the next academic year. Please note that only 1/3 of the rooms will be allocated to returning graduates.
For any college accommodation-related inquiries, email accommodation@st-annes.ox.ac.uk (during office hours). For any housing-related emergencies off hours, contact your respective wardens or the Porter’s Lodge at +44 (0) 1865 274844.
If you choose to live outside college, the university also provides central housing through the University Graduate Accommodation Office, and numerous private options are also available (for example check out this FB group).
Guests can also book accommodation at St Anne’s by visiting this website.
Robert Saunders House (RSH)
Robert Saunders House is located in Summertown at 45 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7LJ
Facilities
It is divided in 15 flats, each with its own bathroom, toilet, as well as a kitchen with an oven, a microwave, and a fridge/freezer. Each student gets a study bedroom, which comes with its own sink, wardrobe, desk, bookshelves, drawers, chair, bed, cabinet, heater and a free Ethernet & Wifi connection.
There is also a laundry room near the entrance to Flat L, a study room with a printer/scanner and computers (2nd floor of Flat A entrance), and a common room (top floor of Flat A entrance) complete with a TV, table football, and board games.
Life in Summertown
RSH is ideally placed for access to a wide array of shops. There are four small supermarkets: Tesco (good for last-minute buys), Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer (expensive); most shut early on Sundays, so make sure not to get caught out. There are also delicatessens, bakeries, sandwich shops, a pub (the Dew Drop Inn), about a dozen restaurants and takeaways, a laundrette, and an alarming number of blind and curtain shops.
Emergencies
Four student wardens look after RSH in the evenings and at weekends. If the fire alarm goes off, you have a medical emergency, or just need advice, the duty warden is there to help you out 25/7, just give them a ring at +44 7971 078890 – or the warden number can be found near the entrance of RSH.
Eleanor Plumer House (EPH)
Eleanor Plumer House is located on the main college site at 35 Banbury Road, Oxford
Facilities
It houses 13 students on the first and second floors of the building, above the MCR common and study room on the ground floor. For more information on MCR facilities in EPH, please visit our dedicated page.
Every room comes with wireless Internet as well as share of a large communal kitchen and bathrooms. The contents of the rooms themselves are similar to RSH.
Emergencies
Emergencies are dealt with by the lodge, which is staffed 24/7. The lodge can be reached at +44 (0) 1865 274844 (for urgent matters) or lodge@st-annes.ox.ac.uk.
6 St John St and Castle Mill
Some of our returning graduate students live on 6 St John St and Castle Mill, both of which are managed by the Graduate Accommodation Office. For more information on these properties, please visit their website.