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What to buy when you move into UK halls

A first-week shopping guide for UK halls: bed sizes, choosing a duvet cover and pillows, and comparing IKEA and other home shops so you buy the right thing once.

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How should you buy bedding when you move in?

TUF walked round the usual shops and wrote up what we found.

UK student halls come with a mattress (and so do most private rentals), so that is one thing you do not have to buy. What we compared was:

1Duvet cover, 2Duvet, 3Fitted sheet, 4Pillowcase, 5Pillow

  • The prices and ratings are our own impressions from walking round the shops and handling the fabric, written for anyone stuck choosing a bedding set.