List of streets and roads in Manchester

The following is a list of notable streets and roads in Manchester, England.

Image Street name A/B roads Established Description/notes Landmarks
Canal StreetEarly 19th centuryHome to Manchester's vibrant Gay Village districtRochdale Canal which runs parallel.
Cheetham Hill RoadA665Roman PeriodConnects to Corporation Street to Whitefield becomes Bury Old Road in CrumpsallManchester Jewish Museum,
Peninsula Building
Corporation StreetCa. 1848[1]Partly pedestrianised. Scene of the 1996 Manchester bombing.Recognisable landmarks include Urbis, The Printworks, Corn Exchange (now The Triangle), Exchange Square, Corporation Street Bridge.
DeansgateA56Anglo-Saxon period[2]Cuts the city centre in two and runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre. It is one of the oldest thoroughfares through the city and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile long.[3]The Moon Under Water, listed in Guinness' as largest public house in Britain.[4]
Beetham Tower, John Rylands Library, 1 The Avenue, Great Northern Warehouse, Kendals and Manchester Cathedral.
King Street18th century[5]King Street forms an upmarket part of the city centre: its eastern part was once mainly the site of banks but now has shops as well; the western part is a long-established shopping streetconservation area for Listed Buildings (11 buildings listed Grade II, two listed Grade II* and one Grade I). Notable buildings include 100 King Street by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Ship Canal House and the Reform Club by Edward Salomons.
KingswayA341928Major thoroughfare into Manchester from southern suburbs such as Cheadle and BurnageParrs Wood Entertainment Centre
Market StreetBefore 1417[6]pedestrian zone end to end; Metrolink stop at High Street; Royal Exchange
Mosley StreetLate 18th century[7]A street only for Metrolink trams and previously buses which joined the street at Lower Mosley Street.

Since May 2011, buses were segregated and travel down Portland Street instead of Mosley Street to get to Piccadilly Gardens bus station		Recognisable buildings include the Midland Hotel, One St Peter's Square, Manchester Art Gallery, Portico Library, 38 and 42 Mosley Street, 1 New York Street, Mosley Street Metrolink station
New Cathedral Street1990sRebuilt since the 1996 IRA bombing of the city centre
Oldham StreetEarly 18th centuryForms part of the city's historic Northern Quarter districtAfflecks Palace[8]
Oxford RoadA34Late 18th century[9]
Portland StreetEarly 19th centuryWatts Warehouse
Princess StreetLate 18th centuryA 3-lane partially one-way street heading out of Manchester city centreThe Athenaeum & Asia House
Quay StreetEarly 18th century[10]Home of ITV Granada Television since 1956 at Granada Studios. Recognised landmarks include the Manchester Opera House and Art Deco Sunlight House
Sackville StreetSackville Street Building, University of Manchester including the Godlee Observatory
Spring GardensFormer centre of North West Banking IndustryFormer National Westminster Bank
Whitworth Street1899The Haçienda[11] Sackville Street Building, University of Manchester including the Godlee Observatory
Wilmslow Road18th centuryForms the Wilmslow Road bus corridor, reputed to be the busiest in Europe[12]

References

  1. ↑ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 18-20
  2. ↑ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; p. 20
  3. ↑ "Manchester Deansgate Bars". manchesterbars.com. Retrieved 4 August 2011. Located at the top end of Deansgate, the mile long road that runs through the city centre
  4. ↑ Parkinson-Bailey, John J. (2000). Manchester: an architectural history. Manchester University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-7190-5606-3.
  5. ↑ "Upper King Street Conservation Area History". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2010-08-23. Early 18th century development of the area took the form of fashionable residences to rival the Hanoverian houses in St. Ann's Square. Originally known as St. James's Square, the name was changed to King Street after the Jacobite defeat of 1745.
  6. ↑ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 30-31
  7. ↑ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 32-34
  8. ↑ Taylor, Ian R.; Evans, Karen; Fraser, Penny (1996). A Tale of Two Cities. Routledge. p. 125. ISBN 0-415-13828-0.
  9. ↑ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 24-25
  10. ↑ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 40-44
  11. ↑ In Whitworth Street West "Obituary: Tony Wilson", BBC News, 10 August 2007
  12. ↑ House of Commons Transport Committee, Great Britain (2006). Bus Services Across the UK. The Stationery Office. p. 213. ISBN 0-215-03092-3.
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