Our catered Meal Plan offer healthy, tasty, freshly cooked food for diverse dietary requirements. We use sustainable and quality-assured ingredients like free-range eggs, Red Tractor-assured meat and sustainably farmed fish. Halls with 39-week contracts get 35 weeks of catering, and 31-week contracts receive 31 weeks of catering. Both include 12 meals per week.

Your Meal Plan includes:

• Light breakfast is served Monday-Friday in hall dining rooms. Residents can access a hot breakfast at the following dining rooms, Atrium, Cripps, Derby, Nightingale, Cavendish and Florence Boot.
• A weekly allowance of £25 will be loaded onto your University card to spend on your lunchtime meal; this can be used at multiple cafes, restaurants and shops across our campuses.
• Dinner is served Monday - Friday in hall dining rooms.
• Weekend provision consists of Brunch and Dinner, of which you can attend 2 meals included in the catering package. You can pay for additional meals over the weekend via the dining rooms at the Atrium, Cripps, Derby, Nightingale, Cavendish and Florence Boot.

You can find all of our meal times across the year here.

*Please note no catering is provided over the winter vacation period and limited on-campus retail stores are open during this time.

*Halls with 39-week contracts get 35 weeks of catering, which includes 17 meals per week.

If you feel hungry outside of meal times, you will find pantries in each hall with a sink, kettle, toaster and microwave.

If you have specific dietary requirements contact our catering team, by emailing BH-Hallscatering@nottingham.ac.uk, before you accept your accommodation offer to confirm that we are able to meet your needs.

With 24-hour security, secure campuses and card-only access to your hall, we make sure your environment is always safe and secure.

Shared bathrooms are cleaned once a fortnight, communal areas (bathrooms, pantries/corridors/stairwells and public areas) cleaned daily Monday to Friday.

You will book your arrival date and time during your accommodation induction, this is normally completed before your arrival. You will be emailed when you need to complete this induction.

Arrivals for 2025/26 will be Friday 19 & Saturday 20 September 2025

Visit our Active Living pages for full details on what is included in your package.

Most of our catered halls and rooms do not have a fridge in the room.  You can access a shared fridge in the pantry on your floor. 

Some of our halls do provide small fridges in your room, these are;

• Cripps Hall
• Cavendish Hall
• Nightingale Hall
• Derby Hall

If you require a fridge in your room for the storage of medicine or for a specific need, you can make a request through our access and individual requirements page. 

Yes, you can bring your own fridge into your bedroom, however, there are some criteria you have to meet. 

• The fridge must be 45 litres or less
• The fridge must be new, with receipts to show this, or you must have an in-date PAT test if the fridge is more than a year old.
• Fridges must be declared on the electrical inventory form.
• The fridge must be removed from the room at the end of your contract or each term if 31 weeks. Halls do not offer fridge storage during the vacation periods. Any fridges left in 31-week rooms during the vacation period are left at your own risk.
• The fridge must be kept clean and maintained. You will be liable for any damage to the room caused by leaks, etc.
• If the fridge is not working/broken, it is your responsibility to fix/dispose of it.
• Returning students can have their fridge PAT tested rather than purchase a new one.