List of streets and roads in Manchester

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

Image Street name A/B roads Established Description/notes Landmarks
Canal Street - geograph.org.uk - 1353765.jpg
Canal Street Early 19th century Home to Manchester's vibrant Gay Village district Rochdale Canal which runs parallel.
Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham Hill.jpg
Cheetham Hill Road A665 Roman Period Connects to Corporation Street to Whitefield becomes Bury Old Road in Crumpsall Manchester Jewish Museum,
Peninsula Building
The printworks taken from Wheel of Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 355737.jpg
Corporation Street Ca. 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.
Manchester Deansgate.jpg
Deansgate A56 Anglo-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 Street 3.jpg
King Street 18th 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 street conservation 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.
Parrs Wood Centre - geograph.org.uk - 56714.jpg
Kingsway A34 1928 Major thoroughfare into Manchester from southern suburbs such as Cheadle and Burnage Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre
Market St From Foodchain.jpg
Market Street Before 1417[6] pedestrian zone end to end; Metrolink stop at High Street; Royal Exchange
Mosley Street Manchester.jpg
Mosley Street Late 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 St.jpg
New Cathedral Street 1990s Rebuilt since the 1996 IRA bombing of the city centre
Oldham Street, Manchester.jpg
Oldham Street Early 18th century Forms part of the city's historic Northern Quarter district Afflecks Palace[8]
Oxford Road Manchester 2014.jpg
Oxford Road A34 Late 18th century[9]
View along Portland Street, Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 1450713.jpg
Portland Street Early 19th century Watts Warehouse
Princess Street Manchester.jpg
Princess Street Late 18th century A 3-lane one-way street heading out of Manchester city centre The Athenaeum & Asia House
Quay Street, Manchester.jpg
Quay Street Early 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
Manchester Sackville Street towards city centre.jpg
Sackville Street Sackville Street Building, University of Manchester including the Godlee Observatory
Manchester Parr's Bank 1229pc.JPG
Spring Gardens Former centre of North West Banking Industry Former National Westminster Bank
Whitworth Street, Manchester.jpg
Whitworth Street 1899 The Haçienda[11] Sackville Street Building, University of Manchester including the Godlee Observatory
Wilmslow Road 18th century Forms 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
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  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
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  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
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