Here’s why Fallowfield is the best student area in the country

As one of the largest and wildest student areas in the country it is undeniable that Fallowfield has the character to keep pulling you back year after year to its warm-boozy bosom. The cheap terraced houses, countless off-licences and edgy bars make it a Mecca for Manchester students and will have your friends from other unis longing to own their own little slice of heaven, just off of Egerton.

We may not be posh or well-maintained, but the endless sesh and our unique style are reasons enough for why Fallow should be recognised as the best place to live as a student. Why else would all of MMU move here in second year?

There’s a bar or pub for every day of the week

I don’t care how many bistros or artisanal burger joints your student area has, I just want to know where can I get a drink and at what price. In Fallowfield, the answer is everywhere, and for not much.  We have the Friendship Inn, The Ram, The Great Central, Beer Studio, Revs, Font and Koh Tao to name but a few. On my tight budget I don’t want to blow my student loan on a quiet Monday night pint. Thankfully in Fallowfield you’re never far from a cheap drink with the mighty Squirrels Bar on your doorstep. Ask yourself one question, can you get a pint for £1.90?

The true meaning of Friendship

The houses

While we may not have the largest or even the cheapest student homes in the country, it is in the variety of student gaffs where Fallowfield really stands out. Whether you have a palatial pad down near Withington with a home projector and a real garden, or a proper Mancunian terrace off Moseley Road, you’ll be spoilt for choice when you and your friends spend all of December arguing about the perfect crib.

Can you get any more Mancunian?

House parties

Epic house parties and Fallowfield are synonymous, hosting your own hedonistic house warming is a rite of passage. The parties are that good that fresher’s can’t wait to move out of their halls and invite 1,000 of their closest mates round for a banger.

I mean who doesn’t love a good house party, where else is it acceptable to smoke inside, shag in someone else’s bed and do lines of class As off of banal household objects? In fact our house parties are so large and so rowdy that they’ve been debated in Parliament.

The endless string of takeaways

Anyone who has taken a drunken stroll through our lovely Fallow must have noticed the sheer variety of greasy kebab merchants, cheesy chip vendors and chicken shops. But the attraction doesn’t end there, these shops are as much institutions as they are mere parts of the capital system, the owners become local celebrities and their shops become a key part of any Fallow fresher’s first year.

Saino’s

While other student areas have a poncy Waitrose or tiny Tesco Expresses as their main source of sustenance we have the giant and convenient Sainsbury’s. Acting both as a life saver and a meeting point you’ll never run out of food here with Sainsbury’s literally 10 minutes walk from pretty much anywhere in the suburb. Get your weekly shop without the need to break the bank or a workout akin to arm day. May your fridge never be without pot-noodle or Holsteins.

That ‘fallow vibe’

No other student area has a whole look, nay, a whole subculture associated with it. Pills and puffa jackets dominate the streets of this edgy community. You can wear what you want, as long as its vintage and a bit quirky.

While your mates at Newcastle and Lincoln think you look like a crack addict they really wouldn’t get the feeling of reaching peak edge – with that three hours you spent on Asos marketplace made worth it, just to find the windbreaker with just the right shade of 90s purple.

Check those garms

The Magic Bus

Your friends at other unis probably live a 15 minute walk out of their boring provincial city and can’t understand why you’d want to live 40 minutes by bus from the centre of Manc but they definitely haven’t given the Magic Bus a shot. This luxurious chariot is the only thing standing between you and the delights of the Arndale. It runs through Fallowfield every five minutes and links you with one of the most diverse, cultural and fast growing cities in the UK. 40 minutes on a bus is a small price to pay for the privilege.

Fallowfield <3 Magic Buses

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Sure, you may have heard that it was designed by a prison architect? Actually that was Oak House, but don’t let its grim exterior put you off. It’s actually a hot bed of live flat parties and nefarious student activity. Whenever you get 4,000 students together you are bound to produce something special. At the end of your first year a part of you will be sad to leave. The Chemical Brothers met in tower so it can’t be all bad.

Like a Fallow fairy tale

Despite its outwardly grungy aesthetic Fallowfield is a riot and definitely better than other student homes.