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Windsor Hall

Students sat talking in bedroomBedroom in Windsor HallsShower and bathroom facilities

Key facts

  • Meal Plan rooms: weekly rent includes a Platinum Meal Plan 
  • 0.6 km from central Whiteknights campus
  • Upgraded rooms
  • Single or double bed
  • With or without washbasin
  • Shared bathrooms
  • Shared kitchenettes for preparing drinks and light meals
  • High speed Wi-Fi
  • Utility bills and basic contents insurance included
  • 40-week residency period
  • Very close to Park Bar, 24-hour laundry facilities, bike sheds and post boxes

Windsor Hall offers comfortable student rooms arranged in a traditional corridor style. All hall rooms come with a Platinum Meal Plan included in the weekly rent, which provides all your daily meals and allows you to dine in the adjacent Park Eat or a number of other outlets around campus. 

  • View more photos on the Windsor Hall Flickr site
  • Windsor Hall – key facts (PDF 3.02MB)

Room costs

Room types at Windsor Hall Weekly rent 2024-25  Weekly rent 2025-26 
Upgraded room with Meal Plan with shared bathroom  £200.20  £230.00
Upgraded room with Meal Plan with double bed and shared bathroom  £203.42  £235.00
Upgraded washbasin room with Meal Plan with shared bathroom  £210.98  £244.00
Upgraded washbasin room with Meal Plan with double bed and shared bathroom  £216.30  £245.00

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  • Upgraded room with shared bathroom

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.

Windsor, Greenow and McCombie

Windsor Hall's location

Hall address: Shinfield Road, Reading, RG6 6HW.

Download a comparative map of all Whiteknights campus-based halls.

Students with specific requirements

Single-sex and quieter lifestyle accommodation

Due to the layout of the building, there is no single-sex or quieter lifestyle accommodation available at Windsor Hall.

Accessibility

Windsor Hall offers rooms arranged across six floors,  all of them accessible by lift.

We work closely with the University of Reading's Disability Advisory Service to support students who require adaptations or accessible rooms. Find out more on the accessible accommodation page.

More information

  • Accommodation guide 2024-25 (PDF, 3.95MB)
  • Accommodation guide 2025-26 (PDF, 5.12MB)
  • Families, couples and mature students accommodation guide 2024-25 (PDF, 35MB)
  • Families, couples and mature students accommodation guide 2025-26 (PDF, 1.08MB)
  • Accommodation charges for 2024-25 (PDF, 330KB)
  • Accommodation charges for 2025-26 (PDF, 227KB)

Contact us

If you have any questions about university accommodation, our team is happy to help:

+44 (0)118 200 5011
accommodationonline@reading.ac.uk

For information about private accommodation, visit the Students' Union's housing information 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:

  • 2024/25 Accommodation Policy (PDF, 130KB)
  • 2025/26 Accommodation Policy (PDF, 134KB)
  • 2024/25 Accommodation Application terms and conditions (PDF, 184KB)
  • 2025/26 Accommodation Application terms and conditions (PDF, 194KB)

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

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