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.infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}</style><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">Manchester City Centre</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="category"><a href="/wiki/Central_Business_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Business District">Central Business District</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_View_of_Manchester_City_Centre_from_The_Beetham_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4060333.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/A_View_of_Manchester_City_Centre_from_The_Beetham_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4060333.jpg/240px-A_View_of_Manchester_City_Centre_from_The_Beetham_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4060333.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/A_View_of_Manchester_City_Centre_from_The_Beetham_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4060333.jpg/360px-A_View_of_Manchester_City_Centre_from_The_Beetham_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4060333.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/A_View_of_Manchester_City_Centre_from_The_Beetham_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4060333.jpg/480px-A_View_of_Manchester_City_Centre_from_The_Beetham_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4060333.jpg 2x" 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style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manchester City Centre is located in Greater Manchester"><img alt="Manchester City Centre is located in Greater Manchester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg/240px-Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg/360px-Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg/480px-Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="993" 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class="infobox-data">17,861 (2011)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=53.478476~-2.244054&lvl=13&sp=Point.53.478476_-2.244054_Manchester+City+Centre&sty=s&style=s">SJ839980</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">163 mi (262 km) <a href="/wiki/Boxing_the_compass" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxing the compass">SE</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Metropolitan borough</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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title="Greater Manchester Police">Greater Manchester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service">Greater Manchester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_West_Ambulance_Service" title="North West Ambulance Service">North West</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Greater_Manchester" title="List of places in Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Manchester_city_centre&params=53_28_51_N_2_14_33_W_region:GB_type:city(17861)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°28′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°14′33″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.48083°N 2.24250°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.48083; -2.24250</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Manchester City Centre</b> is the central business district of <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>, England, within the confines of <a href="/wiki/Great_Ancoats_Street" title="Great Ancoats Street">Great Ancoats Street</a>, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57(M) <a href="/wiki/Mancunian_Way" title="Mancunian Way">Mancunian Way</a>, which collectively form an <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Inner_Ring_Road" title="Manchester Inner Ring Road">inner ring road</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/City_Centre_(ward)" title="City Centre (ward)">City Centre ward</a> had a population of 17,861 at the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2011">2011 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Manchester city centre evolved from the civilian <i><a href="/wiki/Vicus_(Rome)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicus (Rome)">vicus</a></i> of the <a href="/wiki/Castra" title="Castra">Roman fort</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mamucium" title="Mamucium">Mamucium</a>, on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers <a href="/wiki/River_Medlock" title="River Medlock">Medlock</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Irwell" title="River Irwell">Irwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGregory20071–3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGregory20071–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Township_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Township (England)">township of Manchester</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, and was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre" title="Peterloo Massacre">Peterloo Massacre</a> of 1819.<sup id="cite_ref-ich_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ich-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manchester was granted <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city status</a> in 1853, after the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>, from which the city centre emerged as the global centre of the cotton trade which encouraged its "splendidly imposing commercial architecture" during the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Royal Exchange, Manchester">Royal Exchange</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Corn_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Corn Exchange, Manchester">Corn Exchange</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Hall" title="Free Trade Hall">Free Trade Hall</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Warehouse" title="Great Northern Warehouse">Great Northern Warehouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ich_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ich-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the decline of the cotton trade and the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Blitz" title="Manchester Blitz">Manchester Blitz</a>, the city centre suffered economic decline during the mid-20th century,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellie201026_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKellie201026-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the <a href="/wiki/CIS_Tower" title="CIS Tower">CIS Tower</a> ranked as the tallest building in the UK when completed in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city centre acts as the transport interchange for <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a> and over 7 million people live within an hour's drive of it. The <a href="/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing" title="1996 Manchester bombing">1996 Manchester bombing</a> provided the impetus for the redevelopment of the city centre<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellie201056–61_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKellie201056–61-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an upturn in retail, leisure, offices and urban living.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERavetz200050_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERavetz200050-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellie2010142,_153_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKellie2010142,_153-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economy of the city centre is built primarily on retail and services, accounting for nearly 40% of Grade-A city centre office space outside London.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester" title="History of Manchester">History of Manchester</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Township_of_Manchester.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Township_of_Manchester.JPG/100px-Township_of_Manchester.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Township_of_Manchester.JPG/150px-Township_of_Manchester.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Township_of_Manchester.JPG/200px-Township_of_Manchester.JPG 2x" data-file-width="801" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption>One of the boundary signs of the former <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Township_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Township (England)">township of Manchester</a> on the banks of the Medlock</figcaption></figure> <p>Manchester evolved from the civilian <i><a href="/wiki/Vicus_(Rome)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicus (Rome)">vicus</a></i> associated with the <a href="/wiki/Castra" title="Castra">Roman fort</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mamucium" title="Mamucium">Mamucium</a>, which was established c. AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers <a href="/wiki/River_Medlock" title="River Medlock">Medlock</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Irwell" title="River Irwell">Irwell</a>, in a position defensible from the <a href="/wiki/Brigantes" title="Brigantes">Brigantes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGregory20071–3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGregory20071–3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once the Romans had abandoned Britain, the focus of settlement shifted to the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the rivers <a href="/wiki/River_Irwell" title="River Irwell">Irwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Irk" title="River Irk">Irk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)" title="Dark Ages (historiography)">Dark Ages</a> which followed – and persisted until the <a href="/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman conquest of England">Norman Conquest</a> – the settlement was in the territory of several different petty kingdoms.<sup id="cite_ref-Hylton7_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hylton7-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, what is now the city centre was the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Township_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Township (England)">township of Manchester</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Castle" title="Manchester Castle">Manchester Castle</a> – a medieval fortification, probably taking the form of a <a href="/wiki/Ringwork" title="Ringwork">ringwork</a> – was located on a bluff where the rivers Irk and Irwell meet.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The castle was first mentioned in 1184 and recorded in 1215 as belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Baron" title="Baron">barons</a> of Manchester, the Grelley family.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been described as "of no political or military importance".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Grelleys replaced the castle with a fortified <a href="/wiki/Manor_house" title="Manor house">manor house</a>, which in turn was replaced by a college of priests (founded in 1421).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1547 the college was dissolved and the property acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Derby" title="Earl of Derby">Earl of Derby</a> and early in the reign of King Charles II it was sold to the governors who had been appointed in the will of <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Chetham" title="Humphrey Chetham">Humphrey Chetham</a>. By royal charter in 1665 <a href="/wiki/Chetham%27s_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Chetham's Hospital">Chetham's Hospital</a> was established and this became <a href="/wiki/Chetham%27s_School_of_Music" title="Chetham's School of Music">Chetham's School of Music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Manchester city centre is part of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Central</a> constituency, represented by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Powell" title="Lucy Powell">Lucy Powell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/City_Centre_(ward)" title="City Centre (ward)">City Centre</a> ward was divided in 2018 between two new wards, <a href="/wiki/Deansgate_(ward)" title="Deansgate (ward)">Deansgate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_(ward)" title="Piccadilly (ward)">Piccadilly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piccadilly_Gardens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Piccadilly_Gardens.jpg/220px-Piccadilly_Gardens.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Piccadilly_Gardens.jpg/330px-Piccadilly_Gardens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Piccadilly_Gardens.jpg/440px-Piccadilly_Gardens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Piccadilly Gardens, a green space in the city (view towards Market Street)</figcaption></figure> <p>The city centre has variously been defined as those parts of the city within the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Inner_Ring_Road" title="Manchester Inner Ring Road">Manchester Inner Ring Road</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-visit_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visit-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or else the entire area within Manchester's Inner Ring Road, thereby encompassing a part of the administratively separate <a href="/wiki/City_of_Salford" title="City of Salford">City of Salford</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellie20104–5,_243_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKellie20104–5,_243-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an area of <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Road,_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Road, Manchester">Oxford Road</a> to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-core_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-core-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Political and economic ties between the city centre and neighbouring Salford and <a href="/wiki/Trafford" title="Trafford">Trafford</a> have strengthened with the shift from town and district centres to metropolitan-level centres in England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKellie20104–5,_243_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKellie20104–5,_243-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unique_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unique-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manchester city centre is the commercial heart of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a><sup id="cite_ref-core_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-core-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERavetz200050_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERavetz200050-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gms_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gms-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with adjoining parts of Salford and Trafford is defined as its Regional Centre for <a href="/wiki/Urban_planning" title="Urban planning">urban planning</a> and public transport purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-core_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-core-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unique_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unique-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gms_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gms-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beetham_Tower,_Manchester_01639.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Beetham_Tower%2C_Manchester_01639.jpg/220px-Beetham_Tower%2C_Manchester_01639.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Beetham_Tower%2C_Manchester_01639.jpg/330px-Beetham_Tower%2C_Manchester_01639.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Beetham_Tower%2C_Manchester_01639.jpg/440px-Beetham_Tower%2C_Manchester_01639.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Castlefield retains much of its industrial character which is juxtaposed by modern buildings.</figcaption></figure> <p>There is little order due to the manner in which the city rapidly developed during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> nor much agreement on the differing areas in Manchester city centre. However many areas and streets in the city centre have a distinctive character with identifiable clusters of industrial warehouses, civic buildings and modern developments. Many of these distinctive areas are covered in 14 city centre conservation areas which are defined by <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council" title="Manchester City Council">Manchester City Council</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>These are essential ingredients to the City's sense of place, providing aesthetic quality and strong references to the City's past, which will always be a central part of Manchester's character. Development which fails to respond to the opportunities that this context affords should not be supported. Recent development, including <a href="/wiki/Urbis" title="Urbis">Urbis</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Civil_Justice_Centre" title="Manchester Civil Justice Centre">Courts of Justice</a>, has demonstrated how modern architecture of the highest standard can succeed alongside the established built fabric of the City Centre.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council" title="Manchester City Council">Manchester City Council</a> planning policy on conservation areas in the city centre, <sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Castlefield">Castlefield</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Castlefield"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Castlefield" title="Castlefield">Castlefield</a> is an area in the extreme southwest between Deansgate and the River Irwell with the sites of the Roman fort and Liverpool Road Railway Station. It retains much of its industrial character and is the only <a href="/wiki/Urban_Heritage_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban Heritage Park">Urban Heritage Park</a> in the United Kingdom, and is marked by its mercantile 19th warehouses and adjoining wharfs which were used to transport goods from Manchester during the Manchester's industrial era. Today, Castlefield is quiet and noted for its waterside bars and pubs. Notable structures include <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Liverpool_Road_railway_station" title="Manchester Liverpool Road railway station">Manchester Liverpool Road station</a> which was the first inter-city railway station on <a href="/wiki/Opening_of_the_Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway">the opening</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_and_Manchester_Railway" title="Liverpool and Manchester Railway">Liverpool and Manchester Railway</a> in 1830. Today the station frontage remains and is Grade I listed, as is the adjoining <a href="/wiki/1830_warehouse,_Liverpool_Road_railway_station" title="1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station">1830s warehouse</a>. The structure now forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)">Museum of Science and Industry</a> (MOSI). For many years Castlefield was on a tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage Status for its industrial past – particularly in regards to the development of the canal as a mode of transportation and the railway.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Quarter">Northern Quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Northern Quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:High_Street,_Manchester_Northern_Quarter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/High_Street%2C_Manchester_Northern_Quarter.jpg/220px-High_Street%2C_Manchester_Northern_Quarter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/High_Street%2C_Manchester_Northern_Quarter.jpg/330px-High_Street%2C_Manchester_Northern_Quarter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/High_Street%2C_Manchester_Northern_Quarter.jpg/440px-High_Street%2C_Manchester_Northern_Quarter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The Northern Quarter is known for its warehouses and considered a bohemian part of the city centre.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Quarter_(Manchester)" title="Northern Quarter (Manchester)">Northern Quarter</a> is in the north east and is known as a hub for alternate and bohemian culture in Manchester. Previously the area was the retail heart of the city centre but with the opening of the Manchester Arndale in the 1970s patronage gradually dwindled and vacant buildings were commonplace. In the late 1980s the area was renamed as the Northern Quarter in the hope that the area would be reincarnated from the ground up. Following the boom of the late 90s and early 2000s the area has become a popular destination for shops, bars, restaurants and nightclub – many of which have an independent ethos.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Retail_District">Central Retail District</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Central Retail District"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Market_St,_Manchester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Market_St%2C_Manchester.jpg/220px-Market_St%2C_Manchester.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Market_St%2C_Manchester.jpg/330px-Market_St%2C_Manchester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Market_St%2C_Manchester.jpg/440px-Market_St%2C_Manchester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>Market Street</figcaption></figure> <p>The opening of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arndale" title="Manchester Arndale">Manchester Arndale</a> in 1975 shifted the retail focus towards the area bounded by Market Street, Corporation Street, Withy Grove and High Street. Despite the Arndale's unpopularity with many critics, it has been described as an outstandingly successful shopping centre by visitor numbers and spending. Today the Arndale attracts 41 million visitors a year and is the largest city centre shopping centre in the United Kingdom. </p><p>The area has been extensively redeveloped after the IRA bomb of 1996 and contains <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Cathedral" title="Manchester Cathedral">Manchester Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shambles_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Shambles Square">Shambles Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exchange_Square_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exchange Square (Manchester)">Exchange Square</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Gardens" title="Cathedral Gardens">Cathedral Gardens</a>, as well as shopping streets <a href="/wiki/Market_Street_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Market Street (Manchester)">Market Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/King_Street_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="King Street (Manchester)">King Street</a>. Since the bomb, Selfridges, Marks & Spencer and NEXT have opened dedicated large stores in the area. Not all shops are strictly in the retail area with many in Deansgate and King Street – a short walk from the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spinningfields">Spinningfields</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Spinningfields"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spinningfields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1639624.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Spinningfields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1639624.jpg/220px-Spinningfields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1639624.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Spinningfields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1639624.jpg/330px-Spinningfields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1639624.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Spinningfields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1639624.jpg/440px-Spinningfields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1639624.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>Spinningfields is the designated business district in the city centre.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Spinningfields" title="Spinningfields">Spinningfields</a> is an area in the west adjoining the middle part of Deansgate and the main business district of the city centre. The proposal to create a designated central business district originated in 1997 when <a href="/wiki/Allied_London" title="Allied London">Allied London</a> purchased a number of buildings around the <a href="/wiki/John_Rylands_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="John Rylands Library">John Rylands Library</a>. Allied London executive <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ingall" title="Michael Ingall">Mike Ingall</a> was convinced of the site's regeneration potential and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_Council" title="Manchester City Council">Manchester City Council</a> was keen to redevelop the city centre after the <a href="/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing" title="1996 Manchester bombing">1996 Manchester bombing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, <a href="/wiki/Quay_Street" title="Quay Street">Quay Street</a> to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area is noted for glazed, modern buildings – many of which are offices. In 2010, Spinningfields accounted for 35% of the city centre prime office space with 44 commercial organisation employing nearly 20,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable buildings in the area include <a href="/wiki/1_The_Avenue" title="1 The Avenue">1 The Avenue</a>, <a href="/wiki/3_Hardman_Street" title="3 Hardman Street">3 Hardman Street</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Justice_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Justice Centre">Civil Justice Centre</a> – short-listed for the <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Prize" title="Stirling Prize">Stirling Prize</a> and noted as a landmark building for its distinctive cantilevers. Future buildings include the Cotton Building and construction commenced in summer 2014 and will be completed by 2016. Construction on a new 90 metre office tower, <a href="/wiki/1_Spinningfields" title="1 Spinningfields">1 Spinningfields</a> could also commence in 2015 after securing a pre-let in late 2014. </p><p>Aside from offices, Spinningfields was home to a number of high end retail units such as Armani and Mulberry. However, with the main retail district being on the opposite side of the city centre, these units struggled.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent years the district has cultivated a far more successful image in the food and drink offering with a number of popular restaurants and bars in the area. Footfall, particularly in the evening after work hours, has increased, and revenue from retail and leisure in Spinningfields has risen from £10 million in 2008 to £50 million in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Piccadilly">Piccadilly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Piccadilly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens" title="Piccadilly Gardens">Piccadilly Gardens</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piccadilly_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1462705.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Piccadilly_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1462705.jpg/220px-Piccadilly_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1462705.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Piccadilly_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1462705.jpg/330px-Piccadilly_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1462705.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Piccadilly_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1462705.jpg/440px-Piccadilly_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1462705.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="416" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens" title="Piccadilly Gardens">Piccadilly Gardens</a> from City Tower</figcaption></figure> <p>Piccadilly is the transport interchange of the city centre with rail, tram and bus services all within a five-minute walk. The area is typically busy with pedestrians commuting to and from the city centre. The area is dominated by <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens" title="Piccadilly Gardens">Piccadilly Gardens</a>. It is the largest public square in the centre which was redeveloped in the early 2000s but not to a universally positive reception. For over 150 years Manchester Royal Infirmary was located on the site but closed in 1914. A few years after closure the hospital was demolished and public space was created with a landscaped garden set into the ground – hence the name. The area has a dedicated <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens_tram_stop" title="Piccadilly Gardens tram stop">tram station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_Gardens_bus_station" title="Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station">bus station</a> which has over 20 stands. Most of the stands are located on the south-west side of the square with the rest on the north side. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peter's_Fields_(Civic_Quarter)"><span id="Peter.27s_Fields_.28Civic_Quarter.29"></span>Peter's Fields (Civic Quarter)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Peter's Fields (Civic Quarter)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Square,_Manchester" title="St Peter's Square, Manchester">St Peter's Square, Manchester</a></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Peter's Fields (Civic Quarter)</b></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Central_Library,_March_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manchester Central Library"><img alt="Manchester Central Library" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Manchester_Central_Library%2C_March_2010.jpg/120px-Manchester_Central_Library%2C_March_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Manchester_Central_Library%2C_March_2010.jpg/180px-Manchester_Central_Library%2C_March_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Manchester_Central_Library%2C_March_2010.jpg/240px-Manchester_Central_Library%2C_March_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_Library" title="Manchester Central Library">Manchester Central Library</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Town_Hall_from_Lloyd_St.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manchester Town Hall"><img alt="Manchester Town Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Manchester_Town_Hall_from_Lloyd_St.jpg/120px-Manchester_Town_Hall_from_Lloyd_St.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Manchester_Town_Hall_from_Lloyd_St.jpg/180px-Manchester_Town_Hall_from_Lloyd_St.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Manchester_Town_Hall_from_Lloyd_St.jpg/240px-Manchester_Town_Hall_from_Lloyd_St.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1095" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Town_Hall" title="Manchester Town Hall">Manchester Town Hall</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Cenotaph_November_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Cenotaph"><img alt="The Cenotaph" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Manchester_Cenotaph_November_2014.jpg/120px-Manchester_Cenotaph_November_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Manchester_Cenotaph_November_2014.jpg/180px-Manchester_Cenotaph_November_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Manchester_Cenotaph_November_2014.jpg/240px-Manchester_Cenotaph_November_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Cenotaph" title="Manchester Cenotaph">The Cenotaph</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Albert Square, Manchester"><img alt="Albert Square, Manchester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg/80px-Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg/120px-Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg/160px-Albert-Square-MainStatue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Square,_Manchester" title="Albert Square, Manchester">Albert Square</a>, Manchester</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Hotel_west,_Manchester.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Midland Hotel"><img alt="Midland Hotel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Midland_Hotel_west%2C_Manchester.jpg/120px-Midland_Hotel_west%2C_Manchester.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Midland_Hotel_west%2C_Manchester.jpg/180px-Midland_Hotel_west%2C_Manchester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Midland_Hotel_west%2C_Manchester.jpg/240px-Midland_Hotel_west%2C_Manchester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2149" data-file-height="1821" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Midland_Hotel,_Manchester" title="Midland Hotel, Manchester">Midland Hotel</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Free_Trade_Hall_(Radisson_Edwardian_Hotel).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Free Trade Hall"><img alt="The Free Trade Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Manchester_Free_Trade_Hall_%28Radisson_Edwardian_Hotel%29.jpg/120px-Manchester_Free_Trade_Hall_%28Radisson_Edwardian_Hotel%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Manchester_Free_Trade_Hall_%28Radisson_Edwardian_Hotel%29.jpg/180px-Manchester_Free_Trade_Hall_%28Radisson_Edwardian_Hotel%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Manchester_Free_Trade_Hall_%28Radisson_Edwardian_Hotel%29.jpg/240px-Manchester_Free_Trade_Hall_%28Radisson_Edwardian_Hotel%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Hall" title="Free Trade Hall">Free Trade Hall</a></div> </li> </ul> <p>Peter's Fields, now known as St Peter's Square sits at the top of Oxford Road and Peter Street and extends east towards <a href="/wiki/Princess_Street,_Manchester" title="Princess Street, Manchester">Princess Street</a>. It is noted for its purpose as a civic area and includes important buildings and monuments such as Central Library, Midland Hotel, YMCA Building, Manchester Town Hall and Town Hall Extension – all of which are listed. It is described by Manchester City Council as "perhaps the greatest collective accolade to Manchester's original modern heritage".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Square is famous for the <a href="/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre" title="Peterloo Massacre">Peterloo Massacre</a> in 1819 when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000–80,000 that had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation on what was previously fields – hence the name Peter's Fields. A monument to commemorate the nationally importantly event in the struggle for suffrage is expected to be commissioned for 2019 to mark the 200th anniversary of the massacre.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent years, the square has been redeveloped with new high-rise office buildings, <a href="/wiki/One_St_Peter%27s_Square" title="One St Peter's Square">One St Peter's Square</a> and <a href="/wiki/Two_St_Peter%27s_Square" title="Two St Peter's Square">Two St Peter's Square</a> with further buildings approved for the derelict Odeon site and London Scottish House adjacent to the Midland Hotel.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the redevelopment, the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Cenotaph" title="Manchester Cenotaph">Cenotaph</a> was relocated outside Manchester Town Hall in 2014 and <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Square_tram_stop" title="St Peter's Square tram stop">St Peter's Square tram stop</a> was redeveloped with an additional platform and new configuration in 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinatown">Chinatown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Chinatown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:China_Town,_Manchester_2012.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/China_Town%2C_Manchester_2012.JPG/200px-China_Town%2C_Manchester_2012.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/China_Town%2C_Manchester_2012.JPG/300px-China_Town%2C_Manchester_2012.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/China_Town%2C_Manchester_2012.JPG/400px-China_Town%2C_Manchester_2012.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Paifang" title="Paifang">paifang</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Manchester" title="Chinatown, Manchester">Chinatown</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Manchester" title="Chinatown, Manchester">Chinatown</a> is an area to the south of Piccadilly Gardens with many oriental restaurants and other facilities of a far eastern character. It is the second largest <a href="/wiki/Chinatown" title="Chinatown">Chinatown</a> in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first settlers to arrive in the city came in the early 20th century; according to the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, "Many arrived alone and were engaged in what was seen as the traditional trade of <a href="/wiki/Laundry" title="Laundry">laundries</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_History_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_History-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manchester's first <a href="/wiki/Chinese_cuisine" title="Chinese cuisine">Chinese restaurant</a>, Ping Hong, opened on <a href="/wiki/Mosley_Street" title="Mosley Street">Mosley Street</a> in 1948,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_History_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_History-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the eve of a Chinese immigration wave that would commence during the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-Sandy_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandy-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manchester did not have a significant Chinese population, reaching only about 2,000.<sup id="cite_ref-archive_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archive-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, there were severe labour shortages, and in response, the government passed the <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1948" title="British Nationality Act 1948">British Nationality Act 1948</a>, which allowed easier access into the country.<sup id="cite_ref-archive_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archive-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, Hong Kong's rapid urbanisation meant that many farmers and traditional residents' homes were being destroyed by the <a href="/wiki/Urban_sprawl" title="Urban sprawl">urban sprawl</a>, so many decided to migrate.<sup id="cite_ref-Sandy_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandy-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-archive_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archive-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area's beginnings are rooted in the restaurant business, as many Chinese restaurants surfaced soon after the immigration boom. By the 1970s other Chinese businesses began to emerge, such as medicine shops, Chinese supermarkets, as well as financial and legal services, all serving the employees of the expanding number of Chinese restaurants in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Sandy_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sandy-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-archive_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archive-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area has retained a far eastern character ever since and in 1987 a paifang archway was installed to as a gift to the Chinese community and to reflect the far eastern heritage of the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canal_Street">Canal Street</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Canal Street"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canal_street_manchester.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Canal_street_manchester.jpg/220px-Canal_street_manchester.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Canal_street_manchester.jpg/330px-Canal_street_manchester.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Canal_street_manchester.jpg/440px-Canal_street_manchester.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2336" /></a><figcaption>Canal Street</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(Manchester)" title="Canal Street (Manchester)">Canal Street</a>, known as the <b>Gay Village</b>, is a part of the centre east of Portland Street and west of Whitworth Street through which runs the Rochdale Canal; it contains many bars, clubs and other facilities – many of which are focused towards the <a href="/wiki/LGBT_community" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community">LGBT community</a>. The area has long been associated with the gay community with links going back to the early 20th century when homosexuality was still illegal. 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margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Salford" title="Salford">Salford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheetham,_Manchester" title="Cheetham, Manchester">Cheetham Hill</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Collyhurst" title="Collyhurst">Collyhurst</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Salford_Quays" title="Salford Quays">Salford Quays</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Manchester city centre</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Beswick,_Manchester" title="Beswick, Manchester">Beswick</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hulme" title="Hulme">Hulme</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Greater_Manchester" title="Demographics of Greater Manchester">Demographics of Greater Manchester</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin-left: 2em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="3"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4"><b>Central compared</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>2001 UK census</b></td> <td><b>Central</b><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><b>City of Manchester</b><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><b>England</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total population</td> <td>11,689</td> <td>392,819</td> <td>49,138,831 </td></tr> <tr> <td>White</td> <td>82.0%</td> <td>81.0%</td> <td>91.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian</td> <td>4.3%</td> <td>9.1%</td> <td>4.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black</td> <td>2.8%</td> <td>4.5%</td> <td>2.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chinese or other</td> <td>8.0%</td> <td>2.7%</td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed</td> <td>2.8%</td> <td>3.2%</td> <td>1.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2001">2001 UK census</a>, the political ward of "Central", which covers an area of 2.14 square miles (5.54 km<sup>2</sup>), had a population of 11,689 with a population density of 5,460 inhabitants per square mile (2,108/km<sup>2</sup>). While this was lower than the population density for the whole city (8,798 inhabitants per square mile (3,397/km<sup>2</sup>)), the proportion of land dedicated to domestic buildings was lower in the ward than in the whole city (6.7% compared to 8.0%).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was a female-to-male ratio of 100 to 113, much higher than the 100 to 95 ratio for all England.<sup id="cite_ref-central_key_stats_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-central_key_stats-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of those over 16 years old, 65.7% were single (never married), 13.7% married, and 8.7% divorced; this was significantly different from the national figures of 30.2% single, 43.5% married, and 8.2% divorced.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ward's 6,188 households included 61.1% one-person, 8.6% married couples living together, 9.0% were <a href="/wiki/Cohabitation" title="Cohabitation">co-habiting</a> couples, and 12.4% single parents with their children; compared to national figures, there was a high proportion of single person households, and a low proportion of married couples living together.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of those aged 16–74, 30.5% had no <a href="/wiki/National_Qualifications_Framework" class="mw-redirect" title="National Qualifications Framework">academic qualifications</a>, lower than the figure for the City of Manchester (34.0%) but slightly above that of the whole of England (28.9%).<sup id="cite_ref-central_key_stats_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-central_key_stats-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ward had a significantly higher percentage of adults with a diploma or degree than the city or England as a whole. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 26.3% had an educational qualification such as first degree, higher degree, qualified teacher status, qualified medical doctor, qualified dentist, qualified nurse, midwife, or health visitor, compared to 21.4% in Manchester and 19.9% nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-central_key_stats_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-central_key_stats-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Manchester" title="Economy of Manchester">Economy of Manchester</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_City_Centre_Skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Manchester_City_Centre_Skyline.jpg/1000px-Manchester_City_Centre_Skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Manchester_City_Centre_Skyline.jpg/1500px-Manchester_City_Centre_Skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Manchester_City_Centre_Skyline.jpg/2000px-Manchester_City_Centre_Skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4568" data-file-height="1142" /></a><figcaption>Manchester City Centre skyline from <a href="/wiki/Werneth_Low" title="Werneth Low">Werneth Low</a> in 2020.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Deansgate" title="Deansgate">Deansgate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Market_Street_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Market Street (Manchester)">Market Street</a> are the centre's principal retail streets and King Street (with high-class shops) and St Ann's Square are known for their specialist fashion and other shops. There is also a large indoor shopping mall called the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arndale_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Arndale Centre">Manchester Arndale Centre</a>. Manchester city centre has several large department stores including <a href="/wiki/Marks_and_Spencer" class="mw-redirect" title="Marks and Spencer">Marks and Spencer</a> on Market Street, <a href="/wiki/Kendals" title="Kendals">House of Fraser</a> on Deansgate, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Nichols" title="Harvey Nichols">Harvey Nichols</a> on New Cathedral Street and <a href="/wiki/Selfridges" title="Selfridges">Selfridges</a> in Exchange Square. There are many leisure facilities in the city centre including <a href="/wiki/The_Printworks_(Manchester)" title="The Printworks (Manchester)">the Printworks</a>, a large facility containing a cinema (including an <a href="/wiki/IMAX" title="IMAX">IMAX</a> screen), numerous bars, clubs and restaurants and also Manchester's first <a href="/wiki/Hard_Rock_Cafe" title="Hard Rock Cafe">Hard Rock Cafe</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Quarter_(Manchester)" title="Northern Quarter (Manchester)">Northern Quarter</a>, centred on Oldham Street, is known for its <a href="/wiki/Bohemian_style" title="Bohemian style">Bohemian</a> atmosphere and independent shops and cafes. The landscaping of the city centre has provided several public spaces including <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens" title="Piccadilly Gardens">Piccadilly Gardens</a>, which incorporates fountains, green spaces, a concrete pavilion designed by <a href="/wiki/Tadao_Ando" title="Tadao Ando">Tadao Ando</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Metrolink</a> station. <a href="/wiki/Exchange_Square_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exchange Square (Manchester)">Exchange Square</a> is located near <a href="/wiki/Urbis" title="Urbis">Urbis</a>, formerly an exhibition centre focusing on city life but closed and re-opened in mid-2011 as the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Museum" title="National Football Museum">National Football Museum</a>. Both Piccadilly and Exchange Square are used for screening public events. Two of the city centre's oldest buildings, <i>The Old Wellington Inn</i> and <i>Sinclair's Oyster Bar</i>, were dismantled, moved 300 yards and re-erected in 1999 to create the new <a href="/wiki/Shambles_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Shambles Square">Shambles Square</a> adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Cathedral" title="Manchester Cathedral">Manchester Cathedral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are a great variety of restaurants in the city centre. There are also a good stock of hotels in the city centre which include the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Hotel,_Manchester" title="Midland Hotel, Manchester">Midland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Hotels_%26_Resorts" title="Hilton Hotels & Resorts">Hilton</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Beetham_Tower,_Manchester" title="Beetham Tower, Manchester">Beetham Tower</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kimpton_Clocktower_Hotel" title="Kimpton Clocktower Hotel">Kimpton Clocktower</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leisure">Leisure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Leisure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Exchange_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Royal_Exchange_Building.jpg/220px-Royal_Exchange_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Royal_Exchange_Building.jpg/330px-Royal_Exchange_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Royal_Exchange_Building.jpg/440px-Royal_Exchange_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Royal Exchange, Manchester">Royal Exchange Building</a> which is home to the Royal Exchange theatre.</figcaption></figure> <p>Manchester city centre has many nightclubs, many of which follow in the footsteps of the <a href="/wiki/The_Ha%C3%A7ienda" title="The Haçienda">Haçienda</a> nightclub which has now closed; the site has been redeveloped as a housing complex. There is a <a href="/wiki/Gay_village" title="Gay village">gay village</a> around the <a href="/wiki/Canal_Street,_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal Street, Manchester">Canal Street</a> area in the east of the city centre, which plays host to an annual Gay Pride Festival, and a large <a href="/wiki/Chinatown,_Manchester" title="Chinatown, Manchester">Chinatown</a> with numerous <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">far eastern style</a> restaurants. The area to the west which is bisected by Deansgate and crossed by Peter Street is also well-provided with bars and some clubs (e.g. The Moon under Water and Ampersand). <a href="/wiki/Rafters_(nightclub)" title="Rafters (nightclub)">Rafters</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">nightclub</a> located in <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Buildings" class="mw-redirect" title="St James's Buildings">St James's Buildings</a>. A number of bands played concerts at Rafters in the 1970s and 1980s. Rafters closed in 1983. In its final years the DJ was <a href="/wiki/Mike_Shaft" title="Mike Shaft">Mike Shaft</a> who appeared on <a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Piccadilly Radio">Piccadilly Radio</a> with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takin%27_Care_of_Business_(show)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takin' Care of Business (show) (page does not exist)">Takin' Care of Business</a>. After that the club was renamed as Jilly's which existed to 1993, after which the club was called MusicBox.<sup id="cite_ref-Jilly's_Rockworld_history_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jilly's_Rockworld_history-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city centre also has many bars, mostly located in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Quarter_(Manchester)" title="Northern Quarter (Manchester)">Northern Quarter</a>, regarded by some as the central district's creative hub. The quarter is well-provided with bars of various sizes; these include TV 21, Bar Fringe, the cocktail bar Apotheca and Trof. Live music venues may also be found here, including the Night & Day Cafe, MOHO Live and jazz bar Matt & Phred's. </p><p>There are two major theatres in the city centre, the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Theatre,_Manchester" title="Palace Theatre, Manchester">Palace Theatre</a> (opened 1891) and the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Opera_House" title="Manchester Opera House">Manchester Opera House</a> (opened 1912).<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, plans emerged to redevelop the Palace Theatre as a northern base for the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet however these plans were shelved and both theatres were purchased by the <a href="/wiki/Ambassador_Theatre_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambassador Theatre Group">Ambassador Theatre Group</a> for £90m.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent years the Group have launched the 'Manchester Gets It First' campaign and a number of high-profile musicals have premiered in Manchester such as <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_the_Musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghost the Musical">Ghost</a></i> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Royal Exchange, Manchester">Royal Exchange</a>, a nationally known theatre company which specialising in new productions of the classics and is known for its '<a href="/wiki/Theatre_in_the_round" title="Theatre in the round">the round</a>' layout. The <a href="/wiki/Cornerhouse" title="Cornerhouse">Cornerhouse</a>, at the top of Oxford Road and opposite the Palace, is a venue for the visual arts and contains several cinemas which show mainly <a href="/wiki/Art_film" title="Art film">art house</a> films. A new Cornerhouse and Library Theatre building will open at First Street in 2015 providing a larger home for both companies.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Art_Gallery" title="Manchester Art Gallery">Manchester Art Gallery</a>, opened in 1824, welcomes over half a million visitors every year and is one of the largest galleries outside London.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Museum of Science and Industry">Manchester Museum of Science and Industry</a> in Castlefield explores the industrial heritage of the United Kingdom with emphasis on Manchester. The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_History_Museum" title="People's History Museum">People's History Museum</a> explores the social history of Manchester and the United Kingdom. Many galleries and museum exist outside the city centre in Manchester and Greater Manchester such as the <a href="/wiki/Whitworth_Art_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitworth Art Gallery">Whitworth Art Gallery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum_North" title="Imperial War Museum North">Imperial War Museum North</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Lowry" title="The Lowry">The Lowry</a>. </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Galleries and museums in Manchester city centre</b></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="float:left; margin:0em 0.5em 0em 0em;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Art_Gallery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1748756.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manchester Art Gallery"><img alt="Manchester Art Gallery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Manchester_Art_Gallery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1748756.jpg/200px-Manchester_Art_Gallery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1748756.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Manchester_Art_Gallery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1748756.jpg/300px-Manchester_Art_Gallery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1748756.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Manchester_Art_Gallery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1748756.jpg/400px-Manchester_Art_Gallery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1748756.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2638" data-file-height="1979" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Art_Gallery" title="Manchester Art Gallery">Manchester Art Gallery</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="float:left; margin:0em 0.5em 0em 0em;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PeoplesHistoryMuseum.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="People's History Museum"><img alt="People's History Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/PeoplesHistoryMuseum.JPG/200px-PeoplesHistoryMuseum.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/PeoplesHistoryMuseum.JPG/300px-PeoplesHistoryMuseum.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/PeoplesHistoryMuseum.JPG/400px-PeoplesHistoryMuseum.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_History_Museum" title="People's History Museum">People's History Museum</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="float:left; margin:0em 0.5em 0em 0em;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Entrance_of_the_Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Museum of Science and Industry"><img alt="Museum of Science and Industry" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Entrance_of_the_Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry.jpg/96px-Entrance_of_the_Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Entrance_of_the_Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry.jpg/145px-Entrance_of_the_Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Entrance_of_the_Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry.jpg/193px-Entrance_of_the_Manchester_Museum_of_Science_and_Industry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1734" data-file-height="2873" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)">Museum of Science and Industry</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="float:left; margin:0em 0.5em 0em 0em;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Urbis_Olympics.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Football Museum at Urbis"><img alt="National Football Museum at Urbis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Urbis_Olympics.jpg/120px-Urbis_Olympics.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Urbis_Olympics.jpg/180px-Urbis_Olympics.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Urbis_Olympics.jpg/240px-Urbis_Olympics.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/National_Football_Museum" title="National Football Museum">National Football Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Urbis" title="Urbis">Urbis</a></div> </li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tram_leaves_Victoria_2014_during_re-construction_works.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tram_leaves_Victoria_2014_during_re-construction_works.jpg/220px-Tram_leaves_Victoria_2014_during_re-construction_works.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tram_leaves_Victoria_2014_during_re-construction_works.jpg/330px-Tram_leaves_Victoria_2014_during_re-construction_works.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tram_leaves_Victoria_2014_during_re-construction_works.jpg/440px-Tram_leaves_Victoria_2014_during_re-construction_works.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Construction continues on Victoria station and 2CC as a tram departs the station in 2014.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Manchester City Centre has four railway stations in the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_station_group" title="Manchester station group">Manchester station group</a>: Piccadilly, Victoria, Oxford Road and Deansgate. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_station" title="Manchester Piccadilly station">Manchester Piccadilly station</a> is the largest station in the City with 14 platforms plus 2 <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Metrolink</a> tram platforms, located on the southeast side of the city centre not far from Piccadilly Gardens, the Gay Village, and the Northern Quarter. The main access is from Piccadilly, which continues towards Ardwick as London Road.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Victoria_station" title="Manchester Victoria station">Manchester Victoria station</a> is the main terminus for services from the north and west of Greater Manchester and includes both rail and Metrolink platforms. Victoria is located in the northwest of the city centre near the northern end of Deansgate, Corporation Street and Exchange Square and is connected to the Manchester Arena. It underwent a £44m renovation, completed in August 2015.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Oxford_Road_railway_station" title="Manchester Oxford Road railway station">Manchester Oxford Road</a> station serves the southern corridor of the city centre, where both the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University are located, as well as the Central Manchester Hospitals, Palace Theatre, and Cornerhouse.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_railway_station" title="Deansgate railway station">Deansgate</a> station is located in the southwest, between Deansgate locks and nearby Castlefield at the southern end of Deansgate (which is over a mile long). It is also a short walk away from Beetham Tower, as well as the Great Northern complex, housing an AMC Cinema, bars and leisure attractions. 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typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBS2r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/BSicon_uBS2r.svg/20px-BSicon_uBS2r.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/BSicon_uBS2r.svg/30px-BSicon_uBS2r.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/BSicon_uBS2r.svg/40px-BSicon_uBS2r.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Zone_1_(Manchester_Metrolink)" title="Zone 1 (Manchester Metrolink)">Zone 1</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HUBrg-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/BSicon_HUBrg-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBrg-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/20px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/30px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/40px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HUBlg-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUBlg-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBlg-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUBlg-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUBlg-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUBlg-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUBlg-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria tram stop">Victoria</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTRc2; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTRc2; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_uSTRc2.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTRc2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_uSTRc2.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTRc2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_uSTRc2.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTRc2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uABZg3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_uABZg3.svg/20px-BSicon_uABZg3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_uABZg3.svg/30px-BSicon_uABZg3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_uABZg3.svg/40px-BSicon_uABZg3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HUB-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTR+1; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTR+1; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_uSTR%2B1.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTR%2B1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_uSTR%2B1.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTR%2B1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_uSTR%2B1.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTR%2B1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; uSTRc4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_uSTRc4.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTRc4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_uSTRc4.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTRc4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_uSTRc4.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTRc4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; uSTRc4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/20px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/30px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/40px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HUB-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shudehill_Interchange" title="Shudehill Interchange">Shudehill</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_BUS.svg/18px-BSicon_BUS.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_BUS.svg/27px-BSicon_BUS.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_BUS.svg/36px-BSicon_BUS.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Exchange_Square_tram_stop" title="Exchange Square tram stop">Exchange Square</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBHF; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBHF; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/30px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/40px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/30px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/40px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HUB-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Market_Street_tram_stop" title="Market Street tram stop">Market Street</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTR2; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTR2; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BSicon_uSTR2.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTR2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BSicon_uSTR2.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTR2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BSicon_uSTR2.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTR2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uABZgl+l; uSTRc3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_uSTRc3.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTRc3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_uSTRc3.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTRc3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_uSTRc3.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTRc3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uABZgl+l; uSTRc3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BSicon_uABZgl%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_uABZgl%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BSicon_uABZgl%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_uABZgl%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/BSicon_uABZgl%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_uABZgl%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTR+r; HUB-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTR+r; HUB-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_uSTR%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTR%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_uSTR%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTR%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/BSicon_uSTR%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTR%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTRc1; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTRc1; HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_uSTRc1.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTRc1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_uSTRc1.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTRc1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_uSTRc1.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTRc1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uABZg+4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/BSicon_uABZg%2B4.svg/20px-BSicon_uABZg%2B4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/BSicon_uABZg%2B4.svg/30px-BSicon_uABZg%2B4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/BSicon_uABZg%2B4.svg/40px-BSicon_uABZg%2B4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUB-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUB-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/20px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/30px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/40px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens_tram_stop" title="Piccadilly Gardens tram stop">Piccadilly</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens_tram_stop" title="Piccadilly Gardens tram stop">Gardens</a></td></tr></tbody></table>  <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_BUS.svg/18px-BSicon_BUS.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_BUS.svg/27px-BSicon_BUS.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_BUS.svg/36px-BSicon_BUS.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="http://cycling.tfgm.com/Pages/join-a-hub.aspx" rel="nofollow"><img alt="http://cycling.tfgm.com/Pages/join-a-hub.aspx" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/BSicon_BICYCLE.svg/17px-BSicon_BICYCLE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/BSicon_BICYCLE.svg/26px-BSicon_BICYCLE.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/BSicon_BICYCLE.svg/34px-BSicon_BICYCLE.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Square_tram_stop" title="St Peter's Square tram stop">St Peter's Square</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HUB-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_HUB-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/30px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/40px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUB-L; exBLc3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/BSicon_HUB-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUB-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUB-L; exBLc3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/BSicon_exBLc3.svg/20px-BSicon_exBLc3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/BSicon_exBLc3.svg/30px-BSicon_exBLc3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/BSicon_exBLc3.svg/40px-BSicon_exBLc3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUB-L; exBLc3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/20px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/30px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/40px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Piccadilly tram stop">Piccadilly</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Deansgate-Castlefield_tram_stop" title="Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop">Deansgate-Castlefield</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">(<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> Deansgate)</td></tr></tbody></table>  </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HUBlf-R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/BSicon_HUBlf-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBlf-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/BSicon_HUBlf-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUBlf-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/BSicon_HUBlf-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUBlf-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUBrg-L; HUBlg-R; HUBa@f"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_HUBrg-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBrg-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_HUBrg-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUBrg-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_HUBrg-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUBrg-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUBrg-L; HUBlg-R; HUBa@f"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/BSicon_HUBlg-R.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBlg-R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/BSicon_HUBlg-R.svg/30px-BSicon_HUBlg-R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/BSicon_HUBlg-R.svg/40px-BSicon_HUBlg-R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUBrg-L; HUBlg-R; HUBa@f"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_HUBa%40f.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBa%40f.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_HUBa%40f.svg/30px-BSicon_HUBa%40f.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/BSicon_HUBa%40f.svg/40px-BSicon_HUBa%40f.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uINT; HUBrg-L; HUBlg-R; HUBa@f"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/20px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/30px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_uINT.svg/40px-BSicon_uINT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uHST; HUBrf-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BSicon_HUBrf-L.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBrf-L.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BSicon_HUBrf-L.svg/30px-BSicon_HUBrf-L.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BSicon_HUBrf-L.svg/40px-BSicon_HUBrf-L.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uHST; HUBrf-L"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/BSicon_uHST.svg/20px-BSicon_uHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/BSicon_uHST.svg/30px-BSicon_uHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/BSicon_uHST.svg/40px-BSicon_uHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Islington_tram_stop" title="New Islington tram stop">New Islington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Cornbrook_tram_stop" title="Cornbrook tram stop">Cornbrook</a> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBHF; HUBe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/BSicon_HUBe.svg/20px-BSicon_HUBe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/BSicon_HUBe.svg/30px-BSicon_HUBe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/BSicon_HUBe.svg/40px-BSicon_HUBe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBHF; HUBe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/30px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/BSicon_uBHF.svg/40px-BSicon_uBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uCONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i>to</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop" title="Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop">Ashton-</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne_tram_stop" title="Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop">under-Lyne</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">stop in both <a href="/wiki/Zone_1_(Manchester_Metrolink)" title="Zone 1 (Manchester Metrolink)">Zone 1</a> and 2</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uSTRc2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_uSTRc2.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTRc2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_uSTRc2.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTRc2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_uSTRc2.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTRc2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uABZg3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_uABZg3.svg/20px-BSicon_uABZg3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_uABZg3.svg/30px-BSicon_uABZg3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_uABZg3.svg/40px-BSicon_uABZg3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i>to</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/MediaCityUK_tram_stop" title="MediaCityUK tram stop">MediaCityUK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eccles_Interchange" title="Eccles Interchange">Eccles</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">& <a href="/wiki/The_Trafford_Centre_tram_stop" title="The Trafford Centre tram stop">The Trafford Centre</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uCONT1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/BSicon_uCONT1.svg/20px-BSicon_uCONT1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/BSicon_uCONT1.svg/30px-BSicon_uCONT1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/BSicon_uCONT1.svg/40px-BSicon_uCONT1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uHST; uSTRc4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_uSTRc4.svg/20px-BSicon_uSTRc4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_uSTRc4.svg/30px-BSicon_uSTRc4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_uSTRc4.svg/40px-BSicon_uSTRc4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uHST; uSTRc4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/BSicon_uHST.svg/20px-BSicon_uHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/BSicon_uHST.svg/30px-BSicon_uHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/BSicon_uHST.svg/40px-BSicon_uHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Trafford_Bar_tram_stop" title="Trafford Bar tram stop">Trafford Bar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBS2+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_uBS2%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_uBS2%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_uBS2%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_uBS2%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/BSicon_uBS2%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_uBS2%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uBS2+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/BSicon_uBS2%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_uBS2%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/BSicon_uBS2%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_uBS2%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/BSicon_uBS2%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_uBS2%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i>to <a href="/wiki/Altrincham_Interchange" title="Altrincham Interchange">Altrincham</a></i></div> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uCONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uCONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/BSicon_uCONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_uCONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i>to</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit"><a href="/wiki/East_Didsbury_tram_stop" title="East Didsbury tram stop">East Didsbury</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">& <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport_tram_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Airport tram stop">Manchester Airport</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="line-height:normal;padding:0px 5px 3px;text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><span>This diagram: </span><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Manchester_Central_Metrolink_lines" title="Template:Manchester Central Metrolink lines"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Manchester_Central_Metrolink_lines" title="Template talk:Manchester Central Metrolink lines"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Manchester_Central_Metrolink_lines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Manchester Central Metrolink lines"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Zone_1_(Manchester_Metrolink)" title="Zone 1 (Manchester Metrolink)">Zone 1 (Manchester Metrolink)</a></div> <p>Metrolink is the light rail tram service that operates in Central Manchester. The services are usually 6 mins in the peak and 12 mins off-peak to most destinations, all of which are within Greater Manchester. As of 2021 there are eight lines operating, connecting the city centre with termini at <a href="/wiki/Altrincham" title="Altrincham">Altrincham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne">Ashton-under-Lyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bury,_Greater_Manchester" title="Bury, Greater Manchester">Bury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">East Didsbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eccles,_Greater_Manchester" title="Eccles, Greater Manchester">Eccles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/MediaCityUK" title="MediaCityUK">MediaCityUK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Trafford_Centre" title="Trafford Centre">Trafford Centre</a>. A new line through the city centre was recently constructed. </p><p>Metrolink stops in the city centre currently are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate-Castlefield_tram_stop" title="Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop">Deansgate-Castlefield</a> – services to Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Eccles, East Didsbury, MediaCityUK and Rochdale, and a service to Manchester Airport</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exchange_Square_tram_stop" title="Exchange Square tram stop">Exchange Square</a> – located in <a href="/wiki/Exchange_Square_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exchange Square (Manchester)">Exchange Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Market_Street_tram_stop" title="Market Street tram stop">Market Street</a> – located in one of the main shopping streets and close the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arndale" title="Manchester Arndale">Arndale Centre</a>, serving passengers on the Altrincham, Bury, East Didsbury and Rochdale lines.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_station" title="Manchester Piccadilly station">Piccadilly</a> – located beneath the main concourse, with services to Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Eccles and MediaCityUK as well as city centre stations/stops.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Gardens_tram_stop" title="Piccadilly Gardens tram stop">Piccadilly Gardens</a> – located in the busiest bus/tram interchange in the city centre with services to Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bury, Eccles and MediaCityUK as well as other city stations including Victoria and Piccadilly.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shudehill_Interchange" title="Shudehill Interchange">Shudehill</a> – an interchange station similar to Piccadilly Gardens located near the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Quarter_(Manchester)" title="Northern Quarter (Manchester)">Northern Quarter</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Printworks_(Manchester)" title="The Printworks (Manchester)">The Printworks</a> and Shudehill bus station. Services to Altrincham, Bury, East Didsbury and Rochdale operate from this interchange.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Square_tram_stop" title="St Peter's Square tram stop">St Peter's Square</a> – it serves the Altrincham, Bury, Eccles, East Didsbury, Manchester Airport, MediaCityUK and Rochdale lines. It is located close to the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_Library" title="Manchester Central Library">central library</a>, town hall and <a href="/wiki/Wilmslow_Road" title="Wilmslow Road">Oxford Street</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Victoria_station" title="Manchester Victoria station">Victoria</a> – services to Altrincham, Bury, East Didsbury and Rochdale currently operate from this station, however once expansion of the network is complete it will see a new service to Manchester Airport.</li></ul> <p>Two stations used to serve the city centre but have been closed: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Street_tram_stop" title="High Street tram stop">High Street</a> – closed in 1998, unidirectional platform closed after extension of Market Street stop.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosley_Street_tram_stop" title="Mosley Street tram stop">Mosley Street</a> – closed in 2013, unidirectional.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_City_Crossing_(2CC)"><span id="Second_City_Crossing_.282CC.29"></span>Second City Crossing (2CC)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Second City Crossing (2CC)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To facilitate the Metrolink expansion and increased tram frequency an alternative route through the city centre was required. The 2CC runs from Victoria station to St Peter's Square via Exchange Square, Corporation Street, Cross Street and Princess Street. Utility works on re-routing gas and water supplies began in January 2014 and lasted for over a year. The works impacted heavily on parts of the city centre with streets and pavements closed off and awkward diversions introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bus/Coach"><span id="Bus.2FCoach"></span>Bus/Coach</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Bus/Coach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are also 2 major bus interchanges located in the city centre; <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_bus_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Piccadilly bus station">Manchester Piccadilly bus station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shudehill_Interchange" title="Shudehill Interchange">Shudehill Interchange</a> which all serve local bus services to areas in the 10 Greater Manchester boroughs, as well as some from the surrounding counties of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, Lancashire, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_bus_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Piccadilly bus station">Piccadilly Gardens bus station</a></b> provides services mainly to the south and east of Greater Manchester and parts of Cheshire. Most services are operated by <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Manchester" title="Stagecoach Manchester">Stagecoach Manchester</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Shudehill_Interchange" title="Shudehill Interchange">Shudehill Interchange</a></b> provides services mainly to the north and west of Greater Manchester and parts of Lancashire. Most services are operated by either <a href="/wiki/Go_North_West" title="Go North West">Go North West</a> or <a href="/wiki/Diamond_North_West" title="Diamond North West">Diamond Bus</a>.</li></ul> <p>Chorlton Street coach station provides long-distance coach services operated by <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express</a> to cities across Great Britain. Shudehill was opened so the bus system was directional. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest buildings in Manchester">List of tallest buildings in Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081221064705/http://www.gvagrimley.co.uk/PreBuilt/Research%20web/Add%20on/ManchesterOfficeReportSpring08.pdf">"Manchester City Centre Office Market Report"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86077-240-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-86077-240-4"><bdi>1-86077-240-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Manchester&rft.place=Chichester&rft.pub=Phillimore+and+co.+Ltd.&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1-86077-240-4&rft.aulast=Hylton&rft.aufirst=Stuart&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKellie2010" class="citation book cs1">Kellie, Euan (2010). <i>Rebuilding Manchester</i>. Derby: Derby Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85983-786-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85983-786-3"><bdi>978-1-85983-786-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rebuilding+Manchester&rft.place=Derby&rft.pub=Derby+Books&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-85983-786-3&rft.aulast=Kellie&rft.aufirst=Euan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKidd1996" class="citation book cs1">Kidd, Alan (1996) [1993]. <i>Manchester</i>. Keele: Keele University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85331-028-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-85331-028-X"><bdi>1-85331-028-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manchester&rft.place=Keele&rft.pub=Keele+University+Press&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=1-85331-028-X&rft.aulast=Kidd&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcKechnie1915" class="citation book cs1">McKechnie, H. M., ed. (1915). <i>Manchester in Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen</i>. Manchester: University of Manchester Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manchester+in+Nineteen+Hundred+and+Fifteen&rft.place=Manchester&rft.pub=University+of+Manchester+Press&rft.date=1915&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNevell2008" class="citation book cs1">Nevell, Mike (2008). <i>Manchester: The Hidden History</i>. The History Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-4704-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-4704-9"><bdi>978-0-7524-4704-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manchester%3A+The+Hidden+History&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7524-4704-9&rft.aulast=Nevell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNewman2006" class="citation journal cs1">Newman, Caron (2006). "Medieval Period Resource Assessment". <i>Archaeology North West</i>. <b>8</b>: 115–144. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0962-4201">0962-4201</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Archaeology+North+West&rft.atitle=Medieval+Period+Resource+Assessment&rft.volume=8&rft.pages=115-144&rft.date=2006&rft.issn=0962-4201&rft.aulast=Newman&rft.aufirst=Caron&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRavetz2000" class="citation book cs1">Ravetz, Joe (2000). <i>City-Region 2020</i>. Earthscan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85383-606-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85383-606-0"><bdi>978-1-85383-606-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=City-Region+2020&rft.pub=Earthscan&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-85383-606-0&rft.aulast=Ravetz&rft.aufirst=Joe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAtkins1976" class="citation book cs1">Atkins, Philip (1976). <i>Guide Across Manchester</i>. Manchester: Civic Trust for the North West. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-901347-29-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-901347-29-9"><bdi>0-901347-29-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Guide+Across+Manchester&rft.place=Manchester&rft.pub=Civic+Trust+for+the+North+West&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-901347-29-9&rft.aulast=Atkins&rft.aufirst=Philip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBradshaw1985" class="citation book cs1">Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). <i>Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester</i>. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-907511-87-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-907511-87-2"><bdi>0-907511-87-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Origins+of+Street+Names+in+the+City+of+Manchester&rft.place=Radcliffe&rft.pub=Neil+Richardson&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-907511-87-2&rft.aulast=Bradshaw&rft.aufirst=L.+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+city+centre" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_city_centre&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Blackley_and_Broughton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackley and<br />Broughton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Manchester" title="Charlestown, Manchester">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheetham,_Manchester" title="Cheetham, Manchester">Cheetham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crumpsall" title="Crumpsall">Crumpsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpurhey" title="Harpurhey">Harpurhey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higher_Blackley" title="Higher Blackley">Higher Blackley</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Park" title="Heaton Park">Heaton Park</a></li> <li><i>This constituency also contains <a href="/wiki/Broughton,_Salford" title="Broughton, Salford">Broughton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kersal" title="Kersal">Kersal</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Salford_City_Council" title="Salford City Council">Salford City Council</a>.</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester<br />Central</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancoats_and_Beswick_(ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancoats and Beswick (ward)">Ancoats & Beswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick" title="Ardwick">Ardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_and_Openshaw_(ward)" title="Clayton and Openshaw (ward)">Clayton & Openshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_(ward)" title="Deansgate (ward)">Deansgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulme" title="Hulme">Hulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Platting_and_Newton_Heath" title="Miles Platting and Newton Heath">Miles Platting & Newton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Side" title="Moss Side">Moss Side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moston,_Manchester" title="Moston, Manchester">Moston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_(ward)" title="Piccadilly (ward)">Piccadilly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Gorton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester<br />Gorton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fallowfield" title="Fallowfield">Fallowfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorton_and_Abbey_Hey_(ward)" title="Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward)">Gorton & Abbey Hey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levenshulme" title="Levenshulme">Levenshulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longsight" title="Longsight">Longsight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusholme" title="Rusholme">Rusholme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whalley_Range,_Manchester" title="Whalley Range, Manchester">Whalley Range</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Withington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester<br />Withington</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burnage_(ward)" title="Burnage (ward)">Burnage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_(ward)" title="Chorlton (ward)">Chorlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_Park_(ward)" title="Chorlton Park (ward)">Chorlton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_East_(ward)" title="Didsbury East (ward)">Didsbury East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_West_(ward)" title="Didsbury West (ward)">Didsbury West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Moat_(ward)" title="Old Moat (ward)">Old Moat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withington_(ward)" title="Withington (ward)">Withington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_and_Sale_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)">Wythenshawe<br />and Sale East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baguley" title="Baguley">Baguley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklands_(Manchester_ward)" title="Brooklands (Manchester ward)">Brooklands (Manchester)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northenden" title="Northenden">Northenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharston" title="Sharston">Sharston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodhouse_Park" title="Woodhouse Park">Woodhouse Park</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></li> <li><i>This constituency also contains <a href="/wiki/Brooklands_(Trafford_ward)" title="Brooklands (Trafford ward)">Brooklands (Trafford)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priory_(Trafford_ward)" title="Priory (Trafford ward)">Priory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sale_Moor_(ward)" title="Sale Moor (ward)">Sale Moor</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Trafford_Council" title="Trafford Council">Trafford Council</a>.</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geographic areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick" title="Ardwick">Ardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick_Green" title="Ardwick Green">Ardwick Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baguley" title="Baguley">Baguley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Vue,_Manchester" title="Belle Vue, Manchester">Belle Vue</a></li> 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