What is Rusholme?
[[File:Rusholme (Manchester City Council ward) 2018.png|thumb]] '''Rusholme''' is an area of [[Manchester]] and a [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]] of the [[Manchester City Council|city council]], two miles south of the city centre. 13,643 people lived there at the 2011 census. Rusholme is next to [[Chorlton-on-Medlock]] to the north, [[Longsight]] to the east, [[Fallowfield]] to the south and [[Moss Side]] to the west. There are several student halls and many students renting terraced houses. Platt Fields Park is a large public park in the south-west with a lake. It opened in 1910. Wilmslow Road runs through the area. It is said to be the busiest bus route in Europe, going to the universities and the city centre.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2007-03-06|title=Where cyclists dare|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/mar/06/healthandwellbeing.features11|access-date=2023-07-24|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Part of the road is called the Curry Mile. There are at least 70 restaurants, takeaways and [[kebab]] houses mostly from South Asia and the Middle East. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Bamford|first=Thom|date=2023-07-12|title=How Manchester's multinational neighbourhood Curry Mile has changed over the last decade|url=https://ilovemanchester.com/manchester-curry-mile-decade-transformation|access-date=2023-07-24|website=I Love Manchester|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Richard Cobden]] lived there. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Districts of Manchester]]