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Fallowfield is a suburb in south Manchester, offering a mix of urban and suburban living. It has a village-like atmosphere, with a range of local amenities and easy access to the city centre.
What stands out
Leafy residential areas
Bustling local shopping centre
Proximity to university campuses
Trade-offs
Vibrant nightlife versus potential noise disturbance
Variety of housing types versus busy local roads
Green spaces versus limited parking options
What is already known about Fallowfield
Live geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.
Live postcodes
1,041 in M14
Localities
Ardwick, Fallowfield, Hulme, Moss Side
Local authority
Manchester
Country
England
Centre postcode
M14 5NF
Postcode-point mapFallowfield
The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.
Point sources need one coordinate, so these are anchored on M14 6JX — the live postcode nearest the centre of the area. They describe that point, not every street. Crime is counted across the whole Old Moat policing neighbourhood, which is the Police.uk boundary containing M14 6JX — a named area can span several of them, so this is the one covering the centre of Fallowfield, not all of it. Each keeps its source, its geography and its limits. Counts are counts: an incident total is not a safety measure, and an empty planning result is not a completed search.
Police.uk · Old Moat neighbourhood
Recorded incidents
Connected
0records in July 2026
One month of records for the Old Moat policing neighbourhood — the boundary police.uk itself shows, so this figure should match theirs. Not a year. Locations are anonymised to a nearby street, not an address. Counts are not adjusted for population, visitors or reporting differences and must not be treated as a neighbourhood quality score.
This means only that the postcode point did not intersect the selected Planning Data datasets. It does not mean the property has no planning constraints.
Screened at the postcode point, not a title boundary. Coverage varies by dataset and local planning authority; absence is not a clear result.
Application-level planning data comes from the Planning London Datahub, which covers the 35 London planning authorities. No other authority publishes an equivalent feed, so nothing has been substituted.
Daily essentials
Supermarkets, pharmacies, healthcare, gyms and libraries mapped near M14 6JX, ordered by straight-line distance. OpenStreetMap is contributed data: a place missing here is not proof it does not exist, and nothing here confirms opening hours or that a business is still trading.
24everyday places mapped within 1.2 km of the postcode point
978 mBirch Community CentreBrighton Grove, Victoria ParkMap ↗
Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within this distance of the postcode point, measured straight-line, and kept only where the map tags them as the kind of place the heading claims. OpenStreetMap is volunteer-maintained and this search returns the closest matches rather than every one: a short list is not proof that nothing else is there. Distances are not walking routes, and nothing here checks opening hours, whether a surgery is accepting patients, or whether a place is still trading.
Parks and green space
Parks, playgrounds, nature and outdoor sport mapped within 1.5 km of M14 6JX, ordered by straight-line distance. Distance is not a walking route, and OpenStreetMap says nothing about whether a space is open to the public, its hours or its condition.
8open spaces mapped within 1.5 km of the postcode point
Parks and commons
5
Named parks, commons and village greens open to the public.
938 mHeald Place Primary School Playing FieldsVictoria Park, RusholmeMap ↗
1.1 kmThe Manchester Grammar School Playing FieldsFallowfield, ManchesterMap ↗
1.1 km1st team pitchOld Hall Lane, FallowfieldMap ↗
Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within this distance of the postcode point, measured straight-line, and kept only where the map tags them as the kind of place the heading claims. OpenStreetMap is volunteer-maintained and this search returns the closest matches rather than every one: a short list is not proof that nothing else is there. Distances are not walking routes, and nothing here checks opening hours, whether a surgery is accepting patients, or whether a place is still trading.
Local authorityManchesterCurrent · ONS Postcode Directory via Postcodes.io
Everyday life
Residents can enjoy a range of local shops, cafes, and restaurants, as well as regular community events. The suburb has a lively atmosphere, with a mix of students, young professionals, and families. Local parks and open spaces provide opportunities for outdoor activities and relaxation.
Housing character
Fallowfield offers a diverse range of housing, from period homes to modern apartments and student accommodation. The suburb has a mix of spacious family homes, compact city living, and everything in between. Housing styles vary, with some areas featuring grand Victorian houses and others having more modest, interwar semis.
Getting around
The suburb has good transport links, with regular bus services connecting residents to the city centre and surrounding areas. A major railway line runs nearby, providing easy access to Manchester and other local destinations. Cycling is also popular, with several bike routes and lanes in the area.
Things to investigate
Visitors may want to explore the local parks and green spaces, such as those along the River Mersey. The suburb is also home to several community facilities, including leisure centres and libraries. Those interested in history may want to look into the suburb's heritage, dating back to the nineteenth century, and its connections to the nearby university.
Schools
Measured by distance from the area centre, straight line. Primary is a walk and secondary is a journey, so they are counted on different radii. Ofsted's published judgements, not a Greathome rating.
Primarystate-funded, within 2 km
17 schools
Judged by Ofsted
16
At least Good
15
Outstanding or equivalent
3
Below Good
1
Secondarystate-funded, within 5 km
19 schools
Judged by Ofsted
19
At least Good
14
Outstanding or equivalent
3
Below Good
5
27 open schools of every phase sit within 2 km, 4 of them independent. Independent schools carry no Ofsted judgement in this release, so they appear in the total and never in the judged figures. Nothing here establishes catchment, admissions eligibility or available places.
The nearest 6 schools, with their published judgement
£251,250average house price across Manchester, June 2026
A year earlier the same measure was £244,141, a change of +2.9%.
Average price across the whole local authority for one month, from the ONS series built on HM Land Registry UK House Price Index data. It is not a neighbourhood median and not a valuation of any property. Two guides in the same borough share this figure while their streets differ. House-price data is revised, and recent months are the most likely to move.
neighbourhood median sale price (not_available): Only a local-authority average is connected, from ONS. A neighbourhood median needs enough geocoded transactions inside the guide boundary, which the per-postcode HMLR queries cannot supply.
rents (not_available): No rent series is connected. Advertised rents and official all-tenancy measures are different things and neither is available here yet.
journey times (not_available): No journey planner is connected. Transport is measured as nearby stops, not as time to anywhere. TfL PTAL and journey-time APIs would replace it for London.
school admissions history (not_available): Admission arrangements are held by each admission authority and are not in the GIAS or Ofsted snapshots.
licensed premises and venues (not_available): No licensing register or venue dataset is connected. Food-hygiene categories are not a pub register.
image rights (not_yet_verified): No licensed image library is connected. Return an image brief rather than an asset.
approved boundary polygon (not_yet_verified): Boundaries are postcode-district proxies. Counts describe the districts named, not a town-centre polygon.
Boundary
Fallowfield, taken as the M14 postcode district. A postcode-district proxy, not an approved polygon. These are postcode districts standing in for an approved polygon. Present every count as "in these postcode districts", never as a neighbourhood or town-centre figure.