Original: It lies roughly 3 m south of Manchester city center and is bisected north -- south by Wilmslow Road and east -- west by Moseley Road and Wilbraham Road . The former Fallowfield Loop railway line , now a cycle path , follows a route nearly parallel with the east -- west main road .
Simplified: It lies two miles south of Manchester City Centre and is bisected east\/west by the Wilmslow Road and north\/south by the former Fallowfield Loop railway line , now a cycle path .