Parrswood Campus
Our Parrswood Campus is situated in the South Manchester suburb of Didsbury, close to the city centre and also to Stockport and the M60 and M56.
ACCOMMODATION
The Manchester Didsbury Travelodge Hotel is a comfortable, modern hotel in South Manchester, conveniently situated adjacent to our Parrswood Campus.
It is ideally located 4.9 miles from Manchester International Airport and just 6 miles south of Manchester City centre.
The Manchester Didsbury Travelodge Hotel is a 4-storey modern building
The rooms are twin or triple with modern facilities. Every room has its own en-suite bathroom housing a bath and showering facilities. There is a remote controlled TV in every room (a channel restriction will be in operation during the Residential) Also for older players there will be complimentary tea and coffee making facilities. Towels will be provided.
Road: Easy access to Manchester's motorway ring road (M60).
Trains: East Didsbury train station has a service into Manchester Piccadilly and to Manchester Airport.
Bus: Excellent local bus service, particularly along Wilmslow Road which is one of Europe's busiest bus routes.
Air: Manchester International Airport is only 10 minutes' drive away.
Facilities at the Parrswood Campus
The Parrswood Campus has full CCTV coverage and 24 hr security staff.
Bobby Charlton Soccer & Sports Academy offers outstanding facilities including state of the art sports facilities
- Hotel quality Accommodation with ensuite facilities.
- A modern campus boasting 8 grassed full sized pitches.
- A large Sports Hall.
- Gymnasium.
- Dance/Fitness Studios.
- A Fitness room.
- A full size flood lit Astro-turf facility.
- A brand new purpose built Main School Building.
- Each classroom is carpeted and equipped with window blinds and has a computer which is connected to the intranet and internet, a whiteboard, a TV and DVD player. There will also be a literacy area for displaying key words for our English Language students.
- A fully supervised ICT suite equipped the latest technology.
History
Didsbury was built by wealthy merchants in the 1800's and a number of large houses and buildings remain with some of the highest priced houses in the city.
With its many historical structures, as well as its more contemporary buildings, Didsbury is where old meets new in a wonderful mix of traditional values.
Historically, the land that comprises Parrswood was the estate of many families including the Farringtons, but was bought by Manchester City Council in 1926, to enable the A34 (Kingsway) to be built. The house - Parrswood House - survives as a Grade I* listed building, and lies within the grounds of the modern Parrswood High School Campus and the Parrswood Rural Studies Centre which is part of the school Campus
Present day
Parrswood is home to Parrswood High School and Parrswood Entertainment Centre. Parrswood House, now the Music Department of the school, and the Parrswood Rural Studies Centre remain, but the land on which the old Parrswood High School stood was leased to the company who built the Entertainment Centre who, in exchange, built the new premises for the £12 million High School at no cost to the local authority. The Parrswood Entertainment Complex is a short stroll from the Parrswood Campus.
Facilities within the Parrswood Entertainment Complex include:
- Tenpin which houses Tenpin Bowling, with 26 bowling lanes and 17 pool tables including 14 American pool.
- Ten Pin is also home of the new Lazer Adventure - the ultimate Sci-Fi action Adventure.
- Cineworld Cinema at Parrswood is one of the most modern cinemas around. With digital screen showing the latest films in the highest quality available with 3D screenings.
- Burger King.
- Frankie & Benny's American Italian restaurant.
- Nando's.
- Chiquito.
- Pizza Hut.
