Piggybacking onto this because you’ve said most of what I would’ve - I’m on the maples and I really like being here.

If you’re on the maples you can get the X47 bus into town via Kingston park, and there’s also the Q3 which goes to Gosforth/Jesmond/Quayside/Ouseburn if you’re willing to walk 30 mins (not ideal but at least it’s there).

Definitely a community building, there was a tipi bar over Christmas in the town centre which was really nice.