Guidebook for Firswood
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This is the Metrolink (tram station) closest to our home. Trams run approx every 12 mins to the city centre and cost around £2.80 return. Bargain!
6 locals recommend
Firswood station
Rye Bank RoadThis is the Metrolink (tram station) closest to our home. Trams run approx every 12 mins to the city centre and cost around £2.80 return. Bargain!
Old Trafford
Sir Matt Busby WayFootball's Theatre of Dreams. Also hosts big concerts etc.
Drinks & Nightlife
Really nice relaxed place for a beer. Also serve snacks and a great cheese board. Stu and I love it here. You can sit outside when the weather's nice which is great.
15 locals recommend
The Hillary Step
199 Upper Chorlton RdReally nice relaxed place for a beer. Also serve snacks and a great cheese board. Stu and I love it here. You can sit outside when the weather's nice which is great.
Great selection of interesting beers from around the world plus a hearty menu of pies, mash, minty peas & gravy. Good value, too.
9 locals recommend
Pi (Chorlton)
99 Manchester RdGreat selection of interesting beers from around the world plus a hearty menu of pies, mash, minty peas & gravy. Good value, too.
Really good traditional pub. Good pub grub too. Looks out onto Chorlton Green which give it a nice village-y feel. You could forget you're in a city at all!
13 locals recommend
Horse & Jockey
9 Chorlton GrnReally good traditional pub. Good pub grub too. Looks out onto Chorlton Green which give it a nice village-y feel. You could forget you're in a city at all!
Quirky bar - great for a cosy drink and a chat during the day, more lively at night.
8 locals recommend
Oddest Bar
414-416 Wilbraham RdQuirky bar - great for a cosy drink and a chat during the day, more lively at night.
Our favourite Northern Quarter bar. Chilled out during the day, good food & drinks. Gets a bit busy at night but lots of buzz and good tunes.
16 locals recommend
Common
39-41 Edge StOur favourite Northern Quarter bar. Chilled out during the day, good food & drinks. Gets a bit busy at night but lots of buzz and good tunes.
Shopping
Our nearest corner shop and the chattiest shopkeeper in Manchester. Good for papers or a bottle of wine.
Tanzam
94 Warwick Rd SOur nearest corner shop and the chattiest shopkeeper in Manchester. Good for papers or a bottle of wine.
Pad
105 Manchester RdLovely gifts and cards
Very cute road of independent, boutique shops, bars and cafes. We recommend On the Corner, Epicerie Ludo, Loop! and the Lead Station. Also the Horse & Jockey at the far end.
12 locals recommend
Beech Road
Beech RoadVery cute road of independent, boutique shops, bars and cafes. We recommend On the Corner, Epicerie Ludo, Loop! and the Lead Station. Also the Horse & Jockey at the far end.
A beautiful old building housing lots of little studios inhabited by craftspeople & artists. You can buy wonderful jewellery, cards, textiles, art etc. Cute cafe too.
27 locals recommend
Manchester Craft and Design Centre
17 Oak StA beautiful old building housing lots of little studios inhabited by craftspeople & artists. You can buy wonderful jewellery, cards, textiles, art etc. Cute cafe too.
Arts & Culture
Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Talbot RoadConcerts and cricket!
Our nearest cinema but not v easy to get to if you're not driving. By public transport we'd recommend going into the city to the Cornerhouse (arthouse/indie) or the Odeon Printworks (blockbusters)
19 locals recommend
Vue Cinemas
The QuaysOur nearest cinema but not v easy to get to if you're not driving. By public transport we'd recommend going into the city to the Cornerhouse (arthouse/indie) or the Odeon Printworks (blockbusters)
Awesome arthouse cinema. Also has exhibitions and a great (but fiendishly difficult) movie quiz. Plus a restaurant with pretty good pizzas.
28 locals recommend
Cornerhouse
Awesome arthouse cinema. Also has exhibitions and a great (but fiendishly difficult) movie quiz. Plus a restaurant with pretty good pizzas.
Food Scene
Azad Manzil Village Tandoori
139 Beech RdGood Indian takeaway
Gorgeous but reasonably pricey restaurant house in an stunning old building that (I think) was a bank or financial exchange. We go here for special occasions and can't fault it.
Room Restaurant
81 King StGorgeous but reasonably pricey restaurant house in an stunning old building that (I think) was a bank or financial exchange. We go here for special occasions and can't fault it.
Incredible Chinese restaurant. Expensive compared with your average Chinese place but delicious. That said we've heard some good things about some of the places in Chinatown - ask us for details.
7 locals recommend
Sweet Mandarin Cookery School
19 Copperas StIncredible Chinese restaurant. Expensive compared with your average Chinese place but delicious. That said we've heard some good things about some of the places in Chinatown - ask us for details.
Another lovely place to eat and drink. Serves amazing milkshakes as well as alcoholic drinks and lots of comfort food - burgers, mac & cheese, pulled pork. And their famous cheeseburger toastie- yum!
54 locals recommend
Home Sweet Home
49-51 Edge StAnother lovely place to eat and drink. Serves amazing milkshakes as well as alcoholic drinks and lots of comfort food - burgers, mac & cheese, pulled pork. And their famous cheeseburger toastie- yum!