Facilities are good though there are all the distractions of city life. Cost of living for me was £500/month including rent, bills and travelcard. The aviation groundschool is opposite the Tower of London at Tower Hill tube station, the main library and student union are a short walk to the north at Aldgate East tube station, which is all within walking distance of London Bridge and Liverpool St train stations... the nearest GA airfields depending in which quadrant of London you stay might be Stapleford, Elstree, Biggin Hill, Redhill, Southend, North Weald, etc.