Portobello Garrow House, London W10 5BN

Portobello Garrow House sits at 190 Kensal Road, right on the water in West London's Kensal Green, postcode W10 5BN. As a student accommodation in London, it offers a distinctive canalside setting that combines modern student living with the character of one of West London's most interesting neighbourhoods. The building runs directly alongside the canal, and this genuinely canalside position sets it apart from most student accommodation in the capital, where a park view or a busy road outside the window is usually the best on offer. Several rooms here come with private balconies looking straight out over the water, giving residents a properly scenic start and end to the day rather than the concrete outlook typical of city centre blocks.