Universities

The Curry Mile

A one mile long, neon light illuminated, stretch of Wilmslow Road with wall to wall curry houses, kebab shops, sari shops, and jewelery stores. The best curry in Manchester can be had here, but the community is an attraction in itself. Supposedly, this is the highest concentration of curry restaurants in the country. Most curry houses have 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! Avoid during Eid celebrations, as the whole place is gridlocked.

Cornerhouse

Oxford Road, 0161 200 1500 email: [email protected], (http://www.cornerhouse.org). Open daily. Manchester's contemporary arts and film centre. Daily showings of independent films and 3 floors of gallery space. The centre also houses a cafe bar and a restaurant.

The main theatre in Manchester.

Manchester Museum

Oxford Road, 0161 275 2634 email: [email protected]; fax: 0161 275 2676, (http://museum.man.ac.uk/). Tue-Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun-Mon and bank holidays 11AM-4PM. Manchester University's own museum is like a mini version of London's Natural History Museum and boasts real dinosaur skeletons including Stan the T-Rex, Egyptian mummies, and architect Alfred Waterhouse's huge taxidermy collection, begun in 1888. Especially interesting is the Manchester Vivarium, the only legal zoo in Manchester, with the largest and most important collection of tree frogs in the world. Free; except for temporary exhibits - prices vary.

Manchester University's art gallery combines more modern art than the Manchester Art Gallery with displays of watercolors, prints, textiles and wallpapers.