Grosvenor Place

Grosvenor Place should really be the perfect location for a student of The University of Manchester. Located literally a three minute walk from the Manchester Student’s Union and amongst the university buildings themselves, Grosvenor should be the perfect studentville. However, its just not.
For some reason the student population of Manchester University have made Fallowfield, rather than the actual university area, their real home. Its basically the unofficial students union, in whole village form.
This leaves the non-​Fallowfield residences somewhat struggling. Its remarkable how little there is going on in and around the Union in the hours after 6pm. Everyone packs up their bags, and goes elsewhere for fun. The tendency of the Union and Manchester Academy to play host to gigs aimed at young depressed teenage emos in pink and black clothes with nose piercings, probably does contribute to the centripetal forces operating on the area.
Having said that, Grosvenor themselves are a lovely little halls community. And apparently they are in high demand so if you want to go there you need to register your interest early. The flats contain eight students with a shared kitchen and bathroom, and are spacious with nice big round kitchen tables for sitting around on the long nights in that are forced upon you by the fact that there is nothing going on outside.