Fallowfield Campus is the main area of student accommodation for University of Manchester.
Allen Hall Allen Hall, situated on Wilmslow Road, was built as a
Roman Catholic halls of residence by the bishop
George Beck in 1961, and licensed to the university. As with the other halls, it encouraged diversity and allowed both Catholic and non-Catholic students. In 2012 the hall was subject to some problems including a failing boiler and the discovery of
asbestos and has remained closed since then.
Ashburne Hall The
Grade II listed Ashburne Hall was founded in 1900 by
Samuel Alexander, R. D. Darbishire,
C. P. Scott and Alice B. Cooke as a hall of residence for women students. (Two halls for men had already been founded in association with Owens College.) It was first located at Ashburne House in Victoria Park (donated by R. D. Darbishire for the purpose) and remained there until the removal to "The Oaks" (which was then renamed Ashburne Hall) in 1910. The new site was on Wilmslow Road at the corner of Old Hall Lane, Fallowfield. By 1930 the hall had been extended by new buildings and enriched by the bequest from
Lord Morley of his personal library. At a later date Sheavyn House was built in the grounds and commemorates Dr Sheavyn who had been warden of the hall.
Ladybarn House Ladybarn House is on the corner of Moseley Road and Wilmslow Road. It was bought from the University of Manchester, by Development Securities plc. and Accrue in 2011. It was purchased for around £7 million on a long lease from the university. It consists of 117 bedrooms situated on the floors above six retail units.
Oak House Oak House, on Moseley Road, has a total of 1085 rooms. This is largely made up of mixed sex flats which are each divided into 8 bedrooms and include shared facilities. The hall was built in 1973 on the site of the old Oak House Hotel, which has purchased by the university in 1955 for £9,000 (worth approximately £210,900 in 2016) In the 1960s, the halls could cater for approximately 480 students. Flats were arranged around central staircases, unlike the other halls on at the university which were generally arranged along long corridors. The halls also had a central amenities block, with rooms like a games room and laundry.
Owens Park Owens Park accommodation at 293 Wilmslow Road housed a total of 1,056 students. Plans for student accommodation started on the site in the 1950s, and was revolutionary in its approach of mixed gender accommodation. The first building to be constructed was the Owens Park Tower, which was designed by
Building Design Partnership and opened in 1964. and has a fibreglass relief,
Cosmos I, by
Mitzi Cunliffe, at the base. The site was used as part of the Commonwealth Games Athletes' village and included investment in a £750,000 security system Situated on Whitworth Lane it consists of eight blocks of eight flats each with eight bedrooms.
Unsworth Park Named in memory of Ron Unsworth, Unsworth Park opened in 2019 and provides accommodation for a total of 1122 students across 8 accommodation blocks named after bees (Bilberry, Bumble, Carder, Heath, Honey, Marsham, Mason and Tawny) and there is also The Meadow amenities and learning block.
Uttley House Named after writer
Alison Uttley,
Uttley House opened in 2021 in the former Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre. Featuring a bar, computer cluster and amenities room, half the rooms are allocated to postgraduates and is billed by the university as a quieter halls of residence.
Woolton Hall Woolton Hall is a mixed sex hall on Whitworth Lane It was founded in 1959 as male-only The halls were changed to mixed-sex accommodation in 1991.
Other halls • Linton House on Wellington Road has rooms for eleven single occupancy, nineteen double and five family room. • The Firs Villa, on Whitworth Lane next to Richmond Park, accommodates four students. ==Facilities==