For human, eating is a necessity. For Muslim, eating halal food is the necessity.

First, bear in mind that Muslim is minority in UK. So don't expect to find halal food everywhere. But don't think it's really hard to get halal food here.

Around London
There are quite a number of halal store that sells halal chicken and meat. And there is a lot of fried chicken shop around London. Sometimes they don't put 'halal' word in front of their restaurant but you can try to ask them or notice some sign showing that they are Muslim.

I live in Yiewsley, UB7. The halal fast food restaurant in here put '4 Qul' sticker on the mirror. I just notice after 2 months and half living here.

There's lot of Muslim people in East London, so you can easily find halal shop there.

Birmingham
Went there once. Just stop by to eat. There is a street full of halal restaurant.

Elsewhere
From the hypermarket such as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Iceland, they sell fish in fillet form. Usually UK Muslim people (from my observation) take a look whether the food is suitable for vegetarian or not. So that it is much easier to determine whether it is halal or not.

And don't think that everything with 'chicken' on its name is non-halal when you are in the hypermarket. Because there is instant noodle of chicken flavour, but it is suitable for vegetarian (due to the flavour made by soy milk).

Note: Some restaurant put a note saying that they sell halal food, but on the same time they are using the same cooking utensil to cook non-halal thing. According to my lecturer in USM, we can't consume food being cooked that way. So, take a sneak peek for the menu.

Place to pray

For daily prayer, home-sweet-home is the easiest place. But if you have to attend lecture or class, find a place to pray. In Brunel University, there is a prayer room. So, no trouble there. Consult with the university you are studying about this matter.

Friday prayer - There is a lot of mosque around London. Not sure about UK itself. But in major city, there's no problem about the mosque. But if you are a full time student, it might be a major case if you have a class around Friday prayer time.

But usually they will start Friday prayer at 1, regardless what time Zohor is. That is because, most of office/lecture take a break at 1pm - 2pm. Another Brunel University example, we are having Friday Prayer in Boiler Room. Consult the university student regarding this matter.

Central London Mosque