Oak House is the largest Halls of Residence in the Fallowfield Campus and the second largest of all the residences owned by The University of Manchester.
The halls consists of 1083 rooms, divided into 136 self-catered flats and then subdivided into five courts of varying sizes, the largest being Beech, then Sycamore, Maple, Chestnut (the only court offering washbasins in bedrooms) and finally Holly.
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