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Get a number and data
Cover your immediate needs for maps and contacting your university or accommodation. Check payment, activation and renewal settings.
ETO365 · Your guide to life in the UK
Understand your options. Settle into UK life.
Practical guides, useful services and official sources to help you decide what to do next.
New to the UK? Start here
Set up the essentials for your first month — from your phone and address to healthcare, money and transport.
Your first practical steps
Start with what you need now, and work at your own pace.
Essential
Save your UK address
Keep the full address, postcode, room details and check-in instructions handy for arrival and deliveries.
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Banking and payments
Gather your identity, university and address information, then check your chosen bank's own requirements.
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Find your GP registration route
Find the route for where you live. This NHS link covers England; ask your university for other UK nations.
Visit NHS (England) ↗
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Plan your regular journeys
Work out the route between your accommodation and campus. For rail travel in Great Britain, explore journey information on National Rail.
Visit National Rail (Great Britain) ↗
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Wi-Fi and deliveries
Ask what internet access is included and whether parcels go to your room or reception.
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Practical guides
Choosing a PAYG SIM when you arrive in the UK
Get connected for your first days, then decide what you need longer term. Use your priorities to check prepaid and short-term options on providers' own websites.
Understand your UK address
Make sense of postcodes, flat numbers, rooms and billing addresses before ordering a SIM, completing forms or arranging a delivery.