Situated slap bang in the middle of student country, and fashioned out of an old church, Fallowfield’s legendary 256 has been a part of the undergraduate furniture for as long as anyone can remember.
Before it was cleverly named after its address, it was the Queen of Hearts, the site of many a conversation about Nietzsche over six pints of reasonably-priced lager by the residents of nearby Owens Park halls.
Then in 2011, it became 256, stylishly refurbed with its mezzanine floor, a huge bar running the length of the venue and heaps of fun stuff, including its pool table, table tennis and darts areas for the pub sports aficionado.
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Of course, if that’s not your thing, there’s entertainment on tap. This includes making your own, with its own soundproofed ‘karaoke snug’ room, which you and a bunch of pals can hire out.
Regular club and promotion nights happen all through the week – with free pool, table tennis, X Box, Playstation and board games on a Monday, it’s massive student nights on a Tuesday and a Wednesday, bingo on Thursdays, 90s Vs 00s on Fridays, the Antics club night on a Saturday and a weekend wind-down quiz night on Sundays.
It has a sprawling outside area too for the summer months, and all major sports are televised too, from the Six Nations to Saturday afternoon Premier League action.
On the menu, there’s a solid range of sharing plates, pub grub, giant breakfasts for those in ‘recovery’, not to mention a wildly reasonable Sunday roast, or for those too busy for such things, a roast wrapped up in a giant Yorkshire Pudding.
An absolute institution.