Fallowfield
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Fallowfield is an area of the City of Manchester, England. It lies two miles south of Manchester City Centre and is bisected by the Wilmslow Road.
The area has a very large student population due to the main accommodation centre of the University of Manchester lying right at its centre - the Fallowfield Campus, including the Owens Park complex. Of course, the area has many cafes and bars and also kebab houses.
Wilbraham Road is the site of the stylistically eclectic and, for its time, structurally innovative South Manchester Synagogue (1913).
There are two high-achieving private schools in the area: Manchester Grammar School and Manchester High School for Girls.
[edit] Fallowfield Politics
Fallowfield ward is represented on Manchester City Council by three councillors, David Royle, Peter Morrison and Mike Amesbury. Included in the Fallowfield ward is the Platt Fields Park and the Hindu Temple in Whalley Range, as well as Whalley Range High School.
Fallowfield is in the Manchester Gorton constituency.
[edit] Fallowfield Stadium
On 26 March 1893, the FA Cup final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Everton was staged at Fallowfield Stadium. This marked the first time that the initial match for the cup final had been held outside London (The Racecourse Ground, Derby held the 1886 replay). Sadly the stadium is no more, as it was demolished to make way for student housing despite widespread opposition. The Stadium also included a cycle track built in 1892 of shale (but later resurfaced with concrete), 509 yards in circumference with thirty degree bankings, used for the annual Manchester Wheelers' Club meeting on the second Saturday each July. In 1950 this was purchased by star sprint cyclist Reg Harris and renamed the Harris Stadium.
