Manchester/Rusholme

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Manchester's Curry Mile
Manchester's Curry Mile

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.

[edit] 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. Buses 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).

[edit][add listing] See

  • The Curry Mile, Wilmslow Road. A one mile long, neon light illuminated, stretch of Wilmslow Road with wall to wall curryhouses, kebab shops, sari shops and jewellery stores. The best curry in Manchester can be had here, but the community is an attraction in itself. Avoid during Eid celebrations as the whole place is gridlocked.  edit

  • Gallery of Costume, Wilmslow Road (in the western part of Platt Fields), [1].  edit

  • Platt Fields Park, Junction of Platt Lane and Wilmslow Road, [2].  edit

  • Whitworth Art Gallery, Opposite St Mary's Hospital., [3]. Decent art gallery run by the University of Manchester. Currently running a gallery on the colour indigo. edit

[edit][add listing] Do

  • Boating on the Platt Fields' lake.

[edit][add listing] 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

[edit][add listing] Eat

Greenhouse Veggie Restaurant
Greenhouse Veggie Restaurant
  • 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)
  • Greenhouse, 331 Gt Western Street, Rusholme, Manchester M14 4AN, ☎ +44 (0) 161 224 0730 (, fax: +44 (0) 161 256 0943), [4]. Vegetarian and vegan Restaurant  edit

[edit] Curry Mile

Did someone mention that Rusholme is the home to the the Curry Mile (along Wilmslow Road)? Supposedly this is the high concentration of curry restaurants in the country. Most curryhouses do early bird discounts of around 10-20% before 6PM, and most do student discounts of around 10%. Be warned, waiters will come out of their restaurants to try and lure you in, but it's a good opportunity to try and barter a decent sized discount! The pick of the curry restaurants are

  • Shere Khan.  edit

[edit][add listing] Drink

  • The Clarance, Wilmslow Rd. between Denison Street and Walmer Street East.  edit

  • Hardy's Well, on the corner of Wilmslow Rd and Dickenson Road.  edit

  • The Osborne, Victory Street. The Osborne is a quiet Hydes pub hidden away from the main streets in Rusholme edit

  • The Rampant Lion, Anson Road Hope Road.  edit

  • The Whitworth, Wilmslow Rd. and Moss Lane East.  edit

[edit][add listing] Sleep

  • Luther King House, Brighton Grove. B&B edit

[edit] 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.

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