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The Student's Guide to Manchester The student's guide to Manchester Top picks from around Manchester Manchester is a great city to live in as a student - it's very diverse and has lots of options to suit everyone's needs. Th is guide offers a brief overview of so me of the best places to visit, along with some top tips to help you out! City Centre Food and Drink Entertainment £ This and That CULTURE AND EDUCATION £ Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza John Rylands Library, People's History £ Earth Cafe [V/Vg] Museum, Museum of Science and £ Northern Soul Grilled Cheese Industry, National Football Museum £ Buffet City [all free, except the Football Museum £ Habesha which is free for City of Manchester £ Pho residents only] ££ Yard & Coop ££ Dusk Til Pawn CINEMA/THEATRE ££ Chapter One Books HOME Manchester, Vue [at the ££ NQ64 Printworks], Palace Theatre, ££ The Night and Day Cafe Manchester Opera House ££ Matt and Phreds Jazz Club ££ V-Rev [V/Vg] SHOPPING ££ Black Dog Ballroom Afflecks, Arndale, Northern Quarter ££ Alabama All American Eatery ££-£££ Bundobust CLUBBING/NIGHTS OUT ££-£££ Almost Famous Deansgate Locks, Soup Kitchen, ££££ The Washhouse Hidden, White Hotel, Fifth, FAC251, ££££ 20 Stories 42s ££££ Cloud 23 ££££ Tattu OTHER Top tip: c heck out places online Junkyard golf, Dog Bowl/Black Dog before visiting - some of these places Ballroom, Breakout Manchester offer cheaper lunch menus and Escape Rooms, Bongo's Bingo [at discounts for students on certain Albert Hall], Virtual Hideout, Roxy days! Ballroom Oxford Road & Rusholme Food and Drink Entertainment £ Thirsty Scholar CULTURE AND EDUCATION ££ The Eight Day Cafe [V/Vg] Whitworth Art Gallery, The ££ Turing Tap Manchester Museum, The Pankhurst ££ Big Hands Centre ££ Gorilla ££ The Temple OUTSIDE SPACES ££-£££ Mughli Whitworth Park ££-£££ Red Chilli Fallowfield, Withington & Didsbury Food and Drink Entertainment £ The Friendship Inn OUTSIDE SPACES £ Squirrels Fletcher Moss Gardens, Platt Fields £ Fuel Cafe Bar [V/Vg] Park £ Tzatziki's £ 256 Wilmslow Road CLUBBING/NIGHTS OUT £ Ice Shack [V/Vg] Indigo, 256 Wilmslow Road £-££ The Bar ££ Expo Lounge ££ Solomons Cafe Bar Top tip: Check out our discount Bored of the library? Try a scheme on the Student different study space... Support website for some City great offers on food, drink, - John Rylands Library entertainment and more! - Central Library http://www.studentsupport. Main campus manchester.ac.uk/ - The Atrium Key: - Ali G £ cheap ££ quite cheap Fallowfield/Withington £££ moderately expensive - Owens Park computer cluster ££££ expensive - Withington Library Transport Buses Trains 42,43, 142, 143 & 147 The main stations are Piccadilly, Oxford Road and Victoria Fares: - The 'Magic Bus' (142, 143 and 147) costs £1.50 for a single Coach Station - Unirider: you can buy a paper ticket or a Manchester Coach Station Stagecoach Smart student card Chorlton Street M1 3JF Top Tip: The Stagecoach Smart card can Taxis be replaced more easily if lost or stolen, Uber, Street Cars so is a better option than a paper ticket! If you've run out of money and need to get home, the Student's Union has a deal with Street Cars - https://www.stagecoachbus.com/plan-a- simply give the driver your student ID, ask for a journey receipt and go to the SU the next day to pay your fare https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/safetaxi Events Manchester Food and Drink Manchester Film Festival Festival September-October Mar ch Oktoberfest Parklife Festival October June Fallowfield Bonfire Night Manchester Day 5th November June Chinese New Year Manches ter Pride celebration August (late summer bank February holiday) Visit https://www.visitmanchester.com/whats-on for more! .
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