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Great Ancoats Street. Great Ancoats Street is a street in the inner suburb of Ancoats, Manchester, England. It forms one of the stretches of the city's inner ring road. [ 1] A number of cotton mills built in the early and mid-Victorian period are nearby, some of which have been converted into residential or office buildings, such as Albion Mill.
A busker in St Ann's Square. The Culture of Manchester is notable artistically, [1] architecturally, [2] [3] theatrically and musically. [4] Despite being the 5th largest city in the United Kingdom by population and the second largest conurbation, Manchester has been ranked as the second city of the United Kingdom in numerous polls since the 2000s (decade), [5] [6] with an influential culture ...
Manchester Chinatown. Chinatown in Manchester, England, is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. [1] Its archway was completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street in Manchester city centre, [2] which contains Chinese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets. [3] [4]
Route map. The Manchester Ship Canal is a 36 mi-long (58 km) inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the Mersey Estuary at Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire.
53.4603°N 2.287°W. / 53.4603; -2.287. Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford. It is located two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire. The area represents the north-eastern tip of the parliamentary constituency of ...
John Rylands Research Institute and Library. / 53.480321; -2.2487. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. It is part of the University of Manchester. [ 4] The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of ...
Collyhurst is an inner city area of Manchester, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of the city centre on Rochdale Road (A664) and Oldham Road (A62), bounded by Smedley, Harpurhey and Monsall to the north, Miles Platting to the east, Ancoats to the south, and the River Irk to the west. Prominent buildings include two Roman Catholic churches ...
Miles Platting is an inner city part of Manchester, England, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) northeast of Manchester city centre along the Rochdale Canal and A62 road, bounded by Monsall to the north, Collyhurst to the west, Newton Heath to the east, and Bradford, Holt Town and Ancoats to the south. Historically part of the township of Newton Heath ...