John Lester and Eddie Colman Court

John Lester and Eddie Colman Court: accommodation for more than your average student. The folks at Jay-​Lec promise more than just a room and they really do deliver. The site can boast to being the only University of Salford accommodation to have its own gym and basketball court, as well as being only one of two to have Wi-​Fi in room as standard (the other being Bramall Court).
A perfunctory glance at the gallery on Jay-Lec’s website and you can see the social life seems to be pretty social. Their online calendar includes regular trips to places like Alton Towers, London and the Lake District and their annual Christmas Ball is well attended by most of the University fraternity.
If you fancy making your own fun however Jay-​Lec is ideally located to connect you to Manchester. There’s a transport hub at Salford Shopping City and Tesco Extra around the corner and Salford Crescent train station is within minimal walking distance. On top of all that you’re just a 10-​minute walk from the main campus on Peel Park, Allerton building is across the road and regular shuttle buses connect students to the up-​and-​coming Salford Quays and Media City.
The only reason this place doesn’t get ⁵⁄₅ for me is because the nearest pub, The Crescent, is a fifteen-​minute walk away (or two minutes on the free bus).

My oh my, there are some advantages to student living aren’t there. Your rent is low, your council tax is non-​existent, your water and electricity have a standard fee meaning you can use as much as you like throughout the year. But if you come to Salford University, we can throw a few more benefits in there. How about, oh, I dunno, getting your kitchen, bathroom and hallway cleaned thoroughly every week and your bins taken away for you? Maybe free parking? You fancy free gym membership including a pool, free student insurance worth £3,500, a free bus service and regular security patrols?
Pah. It’s nice to be a student isn’t it. Just enjoy it, you sods, before you have to face the real world. I lived at John Lester Court for three years and it was brilliant. I’ll advise that location-​wise it’s a bit isolated, not really a party block but perfect for the bookish likes of me who study their little socks off and wind up with a first, thank you very much. Plus, it means you get the best of both worlds — you can visit your Irwell or Horlock-​based friends, party with them and then come back to your nice quiet building in the middle of nowhere. Well, not the middle of nowhere actually. The transport links are great, there’s a bus stop just over the road, a train station a little further down and it’s easy to get from here to anywhere in the university.
Many choose this spot due to its proximity to the Health and Social Care faculty so expect to see lots of nurses, but as I’ve said, it’s within walking distance of everything and the free bus service is excellent so it doesn’t matter if you’re a music student, a literature student or a business student. It’s also one of the best options with regard to size — if you have a close friend or partner at the same university you can apply for a two bedroom place (less than £71 a week) with them, meaning you get an incredibly large flat. I spent many a night in that decent sized kitchen concocting recipes that have stuck to this day, and I’ve never had a bedroom as big as the one I had in John Lester. So if you’re the buckling down type, John Lester or Eddie Colman are the choices for you.