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Arriving at your accommodation

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Find out when and how to travel to your accommodation and what you need to do to move in.

Moving into your accommodation

If you’ve booked university accommodation, check your accommodation contract. It’s important you arrive on or after the start date shown in your contract.

You must accept your contract before moving in. Once you’ve accepted it, you’ll receive an email with instructions on how to collect your keys.

If your accommodation doesn’t provide kitchen equipment, bedding, or other essential items, you can order these to be delivered directly to your accommodation before you arrive through UniKitOut.

Check what’s included with your accommodation and request what you need in advance to set you up for the best possible start.

Arriving before your contract starts

If you need to arrive before your contract start date to attend International Orientation or an early school induction, it’s important that you:

  • check whether you can move in early to your long-term accommodation. If this is not possible, you need to book temporary accommodation.
  • remember to budget for the extra cost of accommodation for any days you will be staying in Leeds before your accommodation contract starts.

If you’ve booked University accommodation, you can apply for early arrival accommodation from August. There are limited places in University accommodation for early arrivals, so this is not guaranteed.

If you’ve arranged to stay in private accommodation, ask your accommodation provider if you can move in early.

If your long-term accommodation provider is not able to offer you early arrival, book temporary accommodation in a hotel, guest house or bed and breakfast. Visit Leeds has information about temporary accommodation in Leeds.

Late arrivals

If your arrival is delayed check our late arrivals page for information on what you need to do to facilitate your arrival and inform the University of your plans.

Travelling to your accommodation

When you arrive in Leeds, take a taxi to help you get to your final destination. This is the easiest and quickest way to get to your accommodation.

If you arrive in Leeds by train, coach or bus, you will find permanent taxi ranks just outside Leeds train and coach/bus station where you can take a taxi without needing to pre-book. Have £10 or £20 notes ready to pay. Taxi drivers usually do not accept £50 notes.

You can also pre-book a taxi through Arrow Cars, Veezu or Uber and use your card to pay for your ride instead.

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