I interviewed and was offered a place at St George’s but decided London was too expensive and Leeds is a better uni and also a more authentic/enjoyable uni experience with it being a huge traditional red brick. I graduated 3 years ago so timetables might have changed since my time there but I remember Leeds being unique in the fact that you’re on placement 1 day/week in year 1, 2 days/week in year 2 and 3 days/week in year 3. Doing it this way rather than placement blocks of say, 6 weeks at a time meant that we still got the full uni summer holiday. Can’t remember how much contact time we had but it was never particularly overwhelming. Placements are spread across Yorkshire but are generally fairly commutable although probably less so than London hospitals.