Maple House is a Hello Student residence about a five-minute walk from the University of Liverpool and 0.6 miles from the city centre. It offers studios and apartments with all-inclusive rent, and it has something almost no other student building has: a small supermarket, a bakery and a coffee shop on the ground floor.
That sounds like a minor amenity. In practice, it changes how you live there. If you're still exploring your options, compare other Student Accommodation in Liverpool to see how different properties balance location, facilities, and student lifestyle.
Where is it?
Effectively on the University of Liverpool campus. Step outside and you are pretty much there.
| Destination | Distance |
| University of Liverpool | 5 minutes' walk |
| Liverpool John Moores University | About 5 minutes' walk towards the city |
| Liverpool city centre | 0.6 miles |
| Liverpool One shopping centre | Short bus ride |
| Concert Square nightlife | Short bus ride |
| The Docks restaurants | Short bus ride |
Maple House is also positioned for Liverpool Hope University and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, though those are further out.
Being five minutes from your faculty building is the sort of thing that sounds like marketing until you have done a year of it. It means you go home between a 10am and a 3pm rather than sitting in a library you did not choose. It means you are not budgeting for buses. Over a year, that walk being five minutes rather than twenty-five gives you back something like sixty hours.
The ground floor is the actual selling point
On the ground floor of Maple House there is a small supermarket, a bakery and a coffee shop.
Here is why that matters more than a cinema room. Student buildings compete on amenities that get used twice a term — the games room, the roof terrace, the private dining space. A supermarket in your building gets used every single day.
It removes the 11pm "we have no milk" problem. It removes the trip in the rain for one missing ingredient. It means you can shop in small amounts rather than doing a weekly haul you then have to carry, which for students without a car is genuinely how most food shopping works.
The counterpoint, and it is a real one: convenience-store prices are higher than supermarket prices. If you buy everything downstairs you will spend meaningfully more over a year than someone walking ten minutes to an Aldi. The sensible pattern is a proper shop for the bulk of it and the ground floor for top-ups.
What are the rooms like?
Maple House offers studios and apartments.
Rooms come with a fully equipped kitchen with modern appliances and stylish en-suite bathrooms. Resident feedback specifically highlights the bathrooms as larger than in comparable Liverpool accommodation, and reports continuous hot water, which is a low bar that a surprising number of buildings fail to clear.
Views from upper floors are reported as good.
For exact room dimensions, layouts and current rates, go to the provider directly. Published starting prices across listing sites for Liverpool student accommodation vary widely and are frequently out of date.
What else is in the building?
- On-site gym
- Study spaces
- All-inclusive rent
- Ground-floor supermarket, bakery and coffee shop
- Communal social areas
The gym is worth pricing into your comparison. A discounted PureGym student membership still runs a few hundred pounds a year. A gym included in your rent removes that line entirely, and the same logic applies to the study space if the alternative is buying coffee to sit in a café.
Add the gym, the study space and the convenience store together and Maple House's all-inclusive rent covers more of your actual weekly spending than the headline number suggests. That is the honest way to compare it against a cheaper building further out.
What do residents say?
Published reviews are positive and consistent on a few points: the accommodation is clean, the bathrooms are large relative to other Liverpool options, hot water is reliable, and the staff are friendly and helpful.
Hello Student operates several Liverpool properties including The Hahnemann Building, The Octagon and Art School Lofts, and reviews across the portfolio tend to praise staff responsiveness. That is a reasonable signal about the operator, though it is not a guarantee about any individual building in any individual year.
As always, weight recent reviews most heavily. Management teams change.
Is Liverpool good value?
Yes, and this is worth stating plainly because it affects whether Maple House is the right choice.
Liverpool consistently ranks among the more affordable major UK student cities. Rents are well below London, below Edinburgh, and generally below Manchester. That means a central, well-appointed building like Maple House is achievable on a normal maintenance loan in a way the equivalent building in London would not be.
The trade-off across the city is the usual one: purpose-built accommodation costs more per week than a shared house in Kensington or Wavertree, but includes bills, has no twelve-month joint tenancy, and puts you five minutes from campus rather than twenty-five.
Who is it right for?
Good fit: University of Liverpool students of any year, LJMU students who do not mind a short walk, international students who want everything included and no landlord to negotiate with, anyone who values a short commute, and students who want a gym without a separate membership.
Less good fit: students on the tightest budget, who will do better in a shared house further out. Anyone who wants a big-hall freshers experience with hundreds of first years, since Maple House skews towards studios and apartments rather than large shared flats.
Practical advice
Ask about the exact room type. "Studios and apartments" covers a range. Get floor area and layout before you commit.
Ask which floor and aspect. Reviews mention good views, which implies the upper floors are noticeably better.
Do the amenity maths. Add up what you would otherwise pay for a gym membership, study space and the convenience of a shop downstairs, then compare against a cheaper building. The gap is usually smaller than it looks.
Book early for September. Buildings this close to the University of Liverpool fill first.
FAQs
Q: Where is Maple House Liverpool?
A: About a five-minute walk from the University of Liverpool and 0.6 miles from Liverpool city centre, with Liverpool John Moores also within a short walk.
Q: Does Maple House have a shop?
A: Yes. There is a small supermarket, a bakery and a coffee shop on the ground floor of the building.
Q: Does Maple House have a gym?
A: Yes, there is an on-site gym for residents, alongside study spaces.
Q: Is rent at Maple House all-inclusive?
A: Yes. Maple House operates all-inclusive rent covering bills.
Q: Which universities is Maple House near?
A: University of Liverpool is closest at five minutes' walk. Liverpool John Moores is a short walk towards the city, and Liverpool Hope and LIPA are also served.
Q: Who runs Maple House Liverpool?
A: Hello Student, which also operates The Hahnemann Building, The Octagon and Art School Lofts in Liverpool.
Q: Are the rooms studios or shared flats?
A: Maple House offers both studios and apartments. Confirm the specific layout and floor area with the provider before booking.
