Rusholme

Rusholme, located in South Manchester, is the home to the infamous Curry Mile, It is also a residential area starting from as far north as St. Mary's Hospital south to Platt Fields Park; East from the former Manchester City Football Ground west to Anson Road.

Get in

There are two main roads between the centre of Manchester and Rusholme. Wilmslow Road and Anson Road (Oxford Road and Upper Brook Street towards the centre). There is a main rail station on Oxford Road, walking due south from from it for 30 minutes will find you at the top of Rusholme. Buses serve the area, generally any bus numbered forty-something and a few others run along the Oxford Road, the number 50 runs along Anson Road. Busses from Piccadilly Gardens travelling down Oxford Road are generally the cheapest, a (brown, white and orange) Finglands bus will cost you 50p, a (blue and yellow) Magic Bus 60p; others range from 60p - £1.00 depending on whether the bus driver thinks you are a student or not.

A Black Cab Taxi from Piccadilly station should cost around £6.00; from Oxford Road Station around £5.00; from the airport 17 pounds (although the 43A and 45A buses both travel between the airport and the centre of Manchester through Rusholme for about £2.50 - £3.00).

See

• The Curry Mile
• The Gallery of Costume (In Platt Fields)
• Platt Fields Park (Junction of Platt Lane and Wilmslow Road)
• The Whitworth Art Gallery Opposite St Mary's Hospital.

Do

• Boating on the Platt Fields' lake.

Buy

• World Foods, (there is a healthy range of Middle Eastern Asian food markets and shops)
• Asian (Middle Eastern) Clothes
• Asian (Middle Eastern) Jewelleries
• Asian (Middle Eastern) Gifts

Eat

• Did someone mention that Rusholme is the home to the the Curry Mile (along Wilmslow Road)? See e.g. http://www.rusholmecurry.co.uk/ or http://www.restaurantsofmanchester.com/rusholme.htm.
• Many kebab shops (Along Wilmslow Road)
• Mandarin Chinese TakeAway (Junction of Banff Road and Wilmslow Road. Closed on Mondays)
• A Jamaican Restaurant (Junction of Wilmslow Road and Moss Lane East)
• A Nigerian Restaurant (At The Nigeria Centre, Appleby House, Platt Lane)
• A Kurdistani Restaurant (Grandale Road)
• The Greenhouse (Veggie Restaurant on Gt Western Street).

Drink

• The Whitworth (Wilmslow Rd. and Moss Lane East). See beerintheevening.com.
• The Clarance (Wilmslow Rd. between Denison Street and Walmer Street East). See beerintheevening.com.
• Hardy's Well (Wilmslow Rd and Dickenson Road). See beerintheevening.com.
• The Rampant Lion (Anson Road Hope Road). See beerintheevening.com.
• The Osborne (Victory Street) - The Osborne is a quiet Hydes pub hidden away from the main streets in Rusholme. See beerintheevening.com.

Contact

There are a number of internet cafes on Wilmslow Road: One called "Link Up" located between Banff Road and Gt. Western Street and a handful of others in a row of converted terrace houses between Gt. Western Street and Dagenham Road. There is also a British Telecom Broadband Telephone box further south between Thurloe Street and Grandale Street.

Telegeneration provides wireless access at a number of near-by pubs and B&Bs on and around Oxford Road/Wilmslow Road, the closest being at Luther King House.

Further Reading

• Manchester University Students' Union Wikispectus Rusholme Page

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