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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=The_Towers_(Manchester)&params=53.4081_N_2.2261_W_region:GB-MAN_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°24′29″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°13′34″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.4081°N 2.2261°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.4081; -2.2261</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">1868</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1872</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cost</th><td class="infobox-data">£50,000</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Worthington_(architect)" title="Thomas Worthington (architect)">Thomas Worthington</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #87CEEB; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/Listed_building#England_and_Wales" title="Listed building">Listed Building</a> – Grade II*</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">The Towers<br />(Shirley Institute)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">4 March 1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270516?section=official-list-entry">1270516</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Towers</b> (later known as the <b>Shirley Institute</b>, and then the <b>BTTG</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-research_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-research-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a research establishment for new technologies in cotton production. The Shirley Institute was established in 1920 at a cost of <a href="/wiki/GBP" class="mw-redirect" title="GBP">£</a>10,000 to accommodate the newly formed <i>British Cotton Industry Research Association</i>.<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> It is a <a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Greater_Manchester#Manchester" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester">Grade II*</a> <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a> in the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">Didsbury</a>, located 6 miles (10 km) south of the centre of <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-research_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-research-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<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=The_Towers_(Manchester)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The building was constructed in the period 1868–72, for an estimated cost of £50,000.<sup id="cite_ref-research_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-research-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The house was designed by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Worthington_(architect)" title="Thomas Worthington (architect)">Thomas Worthington</a>, for the editor and proprietor of the <i><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Guardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Guardian">Manchester Guardian</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Taylor" title="John Edward Taylor">John Edward Taylor</a>. The building was described by <a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Pevsner" title="Nikolaus Pevsner">Pevsner</a> as "grossly picturesque in red brick and red terra cotta."<sup id="cite_ref-unk_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_Ship_Canal">Manchester Ship Canal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Towers_(Manchester)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Manchester Ship Canal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lodge_of_the_Towers_Blue_Plaque,_Didsbury.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lodge_of_the_Towers_Blue_Plaque%2C_Didsbury.JPG/220px-Lodge_of_the_Towers_Blue_Plaque%2C_Didsbury.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lodge_of_the_Towers_Blue_Plaque%2C_Didsbury.JPG/330px-Lodge_of_the_Towers_Blue_Plaque%2C_Didsbury.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Lodge_of_the_Towers_Blue_Plaque%2C_Didsbury.JPG/440px-Lodge_of_the_Towers_Blue_Plaque%2C_Didsbury.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Blue plaque on the Lodge of the Towers commemorating the conception of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1882</figcaption></figure> <p>The Towers was once the home of the notable engineer <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Adamson" title="Daniel Adamson">Daniel Adamson</a> – whose idea for the canalisation of the Rivers <a href="/wiki/River_Irwell" title="River Irwell">Irwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/River_Mersey" title="River Mersey">Mersey</a> resulted in the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Ship_Canal" title="Manchester Ship Canal">Manchester Ship Canal</a> project which made the rivers into <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> navigable for sea-going ships. He invited representatives of several <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> towns, local businessmen and politicians, and two civil engineers, <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Fulton" title="Hamilton Fulton">Hamilton Fulton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Leader_Williams" title="Edward Leader Williams">Edward Leader Williams</a>. Fulton proposed a tidal canal, with no <a href="/wiki/Canal_locks" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal locks">locks</a> and a deepened channel into Manchester; Williams was in favour of a series of locks. Both engineers were invited to submit proposals, and Williams' plans were selected to form the basis of a bill submitted to Parliament in November 1882.<sup id="cite_ref-OwenP31_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OwenP31-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the intense opposition by <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> and the railway companies, the necessary enabling <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act of Parliament</a> was not passed until 6 August 1885. Certain conditions were attached: £5 million had to be raised, and the ship canal company had to buy both the <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Canal" title="Bridgewater Canal">Bridgewater Canal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mersey_%26_Irwell_Navigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mersey & Irwell Navigation">Mersey & Irwell Navigation</a> within two years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shirley_Institute">Shirley Institute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Towers_(Manchester)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shirley Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1920 it became the base of the <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Institute" title="Shirley Institute">Shirley Institute</a> of the British Cotton Industry Research Association as a research centre dedicated to cotton production technologies.<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> A significant contribution to the purchase price of £10,000 was made by William Greenwood, the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Stockport" title="Stockport">Stockport</a>, who asked that the building be named after his daughter, Shirley.<sup id="cite_ref-unk_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Business_Park">Business Park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Towers_(Manchester)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Business Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Towers_Didsbury_entrance11_25_09_681000.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/The_Towers_Didsbury_entrance11_25_09_681000.jpeg/220px-The_Towers_Didsbury_entrance11_25_09_681000.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/The_Towers_Didsbury_entrance11_25_09_681000.jpeg/330px-The_Towers_Didsbury_entrance11_25_09_681000.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/The_Towers_Didsbury_entrance11_25_09_681000.jpeg/440px-The_Towers_Didsbury_entrance11_25_09_681000.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The entrance to the Towers business park</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 21st century, the estate land of the Shirley Institute was redeveloped and a new <a href="/wiki/Business_park" title="Business park">business park</a> was constructed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=The_Towers_(Manchester)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest buildings and structures in Manchester">Skyscrapers (over 100 metres)</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/Deansgate_Square" title="Deansgate Square">Deansgate Square South Tower</a> (201m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beetham_Tower,_Manchester" title="Beetham Tower, Manchester">Beetham Tower</a> (169m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_Square" title="Deansgate Square">Deansgate Square East Tower</a> (158m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Blade,_Manchester" title="The Blade, Manchester">The Blade</a> (154m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three60,_Manchester" title="Three60, Manchester">Three60</a> (154m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Tower,_Manchester" title="Elizabeth Tower, Manchester">Elizabeth Tower</a> (153m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_Square" title="Deansgate Square">Deansgate Square West Tower</a> (141m)</li> <li><a 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Arndale">Arndale House</a> (90m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Town_Hall" title="Manchester Town Hall">Manchester Town Hall Clock Tower</a> (87m)</li> <li><i>Cambridge Street Block A</i> (83m)</li> <li><i>One Regent</i> (82m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Civil_Justice_Centre" title="Manchester Civil Justice Centre">Civil Justice Centre</a> (81m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_One" title="Manchester One">Manchester One</a> (80m)</li> <li><i>1 Circle Square</i> (76m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Hardman_Street" title="3 Hardman Street">3 Hardman Street</a> (75m)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Tower" title="Great Northern Tower">Great Northern Tower</a> (72m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Angel_Square" title="One Angel Square">One Angel Square</a> (72m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_St_Peter%27s_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="3 St Peter's Square">3 St Peter's Square</a> (72m)</li> <li><i>The Gate, Angel Meadow</i> (68m)</li> <li><i>The Light House</i> (67m)</li> <li><i>Victoria Residence</i> (67m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Principal_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="The Principal Manchester">The Principal Manchester</a> (66m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Mill" title="Victoria Mill">Victoria Mill</a> (65m)</li> <li><i>Albert Bridge House</i> (64m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/111_Piccadilly" title="111 Piccadilly">111 Piccadilly</a> (64m)</li> <li><i>Islington Wharf</i> (64m)</li> <li><i>The Slate Yard Flint Building</i> (64m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Properties" title="West Properties">Skyline Central</a> (63m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peninsula_Building" title="Peninsula Building">The Peninsula</a> (63m)</li> <li><i>Cambridge Street Block B</i> (63m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Deansgate" title="No. 1 Deansgate">No. 1 Deansgate</a> (62m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owens_Park" title="Owens Park">Owens Park Tower</a> (61m)</li> <li><i>Brooklyn Hotel</i> (61m)</li> <li><i>One Castle Wharf</i> (61m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Business_School#Buildings" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Business School">Manchester Business School Hotel</a> (60m)</li> <li><i>St James's Buildings</i> (60m)</li> <li><i>2 Leftbank Apartments</i> (60m)</li> <li><i>3 Leftbank Apartments</i> (60m)</li> <li><i>3 Piccadilly Place</i> (60m)</li> <li><i>Chancery Place</i> (60m)</li> <li><i>The Lume</i> (60m)</li> <li><i>Affinity Living Circle Square Tower 2</i> (60m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_St_Peter%27s_Square" title="One St Peter's Square">One St Peter's Square</a> (59m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_St_Peter%27s_Square" title="Two St Peter's Square">Two St Peter's Square</a> (59m)</li> <li><i>Landmark, St. Peter's Square</i> (59m)</li> <li><i>2 Circle Square</i> (59m)</li> <li><i>Hotel and MSCP, Circle Square</i> (59m)</li> <li><i>Lowry House</i> (58m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Police_Courts,_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="City Police Courts, Manchester">Minshull Street Courts</a> (57m)</li> <li><i>UNITE Tower</i> (57m)</li> <li><i>Cornbrook Works Tower 1</i> (57m)</li> <li><i>Ramada Renaissance Hotel</i> (56m)</li> <li><i>Parkway Gate Block 1</i> (56m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Exchange Theatre">Royal Exchange Theatre</a> (55m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_New_York_Street" title="1 New York Street">1 New York Street</a> (55m)</li> <li><i>St James's House</i> (55m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_Chambers" title="Bank Chambers">Bank Chambers</a> (55m)</li> <li><i>Vita Circle Square Tower 1</i> (54m)</li> <li><i>Kampus Tower 1</i> (54m)</li> <li><i>Kampus Tower 2</i> (54m)</li> <li><i>Affinity Living Circle Square Tower 3</i> (54m)</li> <li><i>No. 1 Marsden Street</i> (53m)</li> <li><i>The Stile, Angel Meadow</i> (53m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Street,_Manchester" title="King Street, Manchester">82 King Street</a> (52m)</li> <li><i>Oxygen Tower 2</i> (52m)</li> <li><i>Vox Tower 1</i> (51m)</li> <li><i>Kampus Tower 3</i> (51m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Century_House" title="New Century House">New Century House</a> (50m)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexagon_Tower" title="Hexagon Tower">Hexagon Tower</a> (50m)</li> <li><i>Parkway Gate Block 2</i> (50m)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable low-rises<br />(<a href="/wiki/Manchester_city_centre" title="Manchester city centre">city centre</a> or Grade II* listed)</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/1_The_Avenue" title="1 The Avenue">1 The Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Former_National_Westminster_Bank,_Spring_Gardens,_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Former National Westminster Bank, Spring Gardens, Manchester">1–3 York Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25_St_Ann_Street" title="25 St Ann Street">25 St Ann Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38_and_42_Mosley_Street" title="38 and 42 Mosley Street">38 and 42 Mosley Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46%E2%80%9348_Brown_Street" title="46–48 Brown Street">46–48 Brown Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50_Newton_Street" title="50 Newton Street">50 Newton Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53_King_Street" title="53 King Street">53 King Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84_Plymouth_Grove" title="84 Plymouth Grove">84 Plymouth Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100_King_Street" title="100 King Street">100 King Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afflecks" title="Afflecks">Afflecks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing_Building" title="Alan Turing Building">Alan Turing Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hall,_Manchester" title="Albert Hall, Manchester">Albert Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancoats_Hospital" title="Ancoats Hospital">Ancoats Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkwright_House,_Manchester" title="Arkwright House, Manchester">Arkwright House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Athenaeum" title="Manchester Athenaeum">Athenaeum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baguley_Hall" title="Baguley Hall">Baguley Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_Chambers" title="Bank Chambers">Bank Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barlow_Hall" title="Barlow Hall">Barlow Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Arcade" title="Barton Arcade">Barton Arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_Library" title="Manchester Central Library">Central Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetham%27s_Library" title="Chetham's Library">Chetham's Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chips,_Manchester" title="Chips, Manchester">Chips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Hall" title="Clayton Hall">Clayton Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Corn Exchange, Manchester">Corn Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Court,_Manchester" title="County Court, Manchester">County Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daily_Express_Building,_Manchester" title="Daily Express Building, Manchester">Daily Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalton-Ellis_Hall" title="Dalton-Ellis Hall">Dalton-Ellis Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_Campus" title="Didsbury Campus">Didsbury Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estate_Exchange" title="Estate Exchange">Estate Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Former_Bank_of_England,_Manchester" title="Former Bank of England, Manchester">Former Bank of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Hall" title="Free Trade Hall">Free Trade Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateway_House,_Manchester" title="Gateway House, Manchester">Gateway House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_Studios" title="Granada Studios">Old Granada Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Building" title="The Green Building">The Green Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grove_House,_Manchester" title="Grove House, Manchester">Grove House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ha%C3%A7ienda" title="The Haçienda">The Haçienda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_Building" title="Hanover Building">Hanover Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Park" title="Heaton Park">Heaton Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyoake_House" title="Holyoake House">Holyoake House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hough_End_Hall" title="Hough End Hall">Hough End Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulme_Hall,_Manchester" title="Hulme Hall, Manchester">Hulme Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulme_Hippodrome" title="Hulme Hippodrome">Hulme Hippodrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Institute_of_Biotechnology" title="Manchester Institute of Biotechnology">Institute of Biotechnology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rylands_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="John Rylands Library">John Rylands Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester_Library" title="University of Manchester Library">John Rylands University Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendals" title="Kendals">Kendals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Buildings" title="Lawrence Buildings">Lawrence Buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Law_Library" title="Manchester Law Library">Law Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_House,_Manchester" title="Lincoln House, Manchester">Lincoln House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Road_Fire_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Road Fire Station">London Road Fire Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Art_Gallery" title="Manchester Art Gallery">Manchester Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Museum" title="Manchester Museum">Manchester Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanics%27_Institute,_Manchester" title="Mechanics' Institute, Manchester">Mechanics' Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Hall,_Manchester" title="Memorial Hall, Manchester">Memorial Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Hotel,_Manchester" title="Midland Hotel, Manchester">Midland Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Police_Courts,_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="City Police Courts, Manchester">Minshull Street Crown Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_Industry_Museum" title="Science and Industry Museum">Science and Industry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Graphene_Institute" title="National Graphene Institute">National Graphene Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Wilkinson_High_School" title="Ellen Wilkinson High School">Nicholls Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odeon_Cinema,_Manchester" title="Odeon Cinema, Manchester">Odeon Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Wellington_Inn" title="The Old Wellington Inn">Old Wellington Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Piccadilly_Gardens" title="One Piccadilly Gardens">One Piccadilly Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankhurst_Centre" title="Pankhurst Centre">Pankhurst Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_History_Museum" title="People's History Museum">People's History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Police_Museum" title="Greater Manchester Police Museum">Police Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Portico_Library" title="The Portico Library">Portico Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_Theatre,_Manchester" title="Playhouse Theatre, Manchester">Playhouse Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfern_Building" title="Redfern Building">Redfern Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Reform_Club" title="Manchester Reform Club">Reform Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Hill,_Northenden" title="Rose Hill, Northenden">Rose Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Royal_Eye_Hospital" title="Manchester Royal Eye Hospital">Royal Eye Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Building" title="Rylands Building">Rylands Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sackville_Street_Building" title="Sackville Street Building">Sackville Street Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharston_Hall" title="Sharston Hall">Sharston Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_Canal_House" title="Ship Canal House">Ship Canal House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slade_Hall" title="Slade Hall">Slade Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield_Market_Hall" title="Smithfield Market Hall">Smithfield Market Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Anselm_Hall" title="St Anselm Hall">St Anselm Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Hospital,_Manchester" title="Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester">Saint Mary's Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s,_Manchester" title="St Michael's, Manchester">St Michael's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Manchester" title="HM Prison Manchester">Strangeways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunlight_House" title="Sunlight House">Sunlight House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Manchester" title="Theatre Royal, Manchester">Theatre Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toast_Rack_(building)" title="Toast Rack (building)">Toast Rack</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Towers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Transport,_Greater_Manchester" title="Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester">Transport Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbis" title="Urbis">Urbis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttley_House" title="Uttley House">Uttley House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Baths" title="Victoria Baths">Victoria Baths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitworth_Art_Gallery" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitworth Art Gallery">Whitworth Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitworth_Building" title="Whitworth Building">Whitworth Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_Bus_Garage" title="Wythenshawe Bus Garage">Wythenshawe Bus Garage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_Hall" title="Wythenshawe Hall">Wythenshawe Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mills_in_Manchester" title="List of mills in Manchester">Mills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_cotton_warehouses" title="Manchester cotton warehouses">warehouses</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/107_Piccadilly" title="107 Piccadilly">107 Piccadilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_warehouse,_Liverpool_Road_railway_station" title="1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station">1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albion_Mill,_Ancoats" title="Albion Mill, Ancoats">Albion Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_House,_Manchester" title="Asia House, Manchester">Asia House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beehive_Mill" title="Beehive Mill">Beehive Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_House,_Manchester" title="Bridgewater House, Manchester">Bridgewater House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsfield_Mill" title="Brownsfield Mill">Brownsfield Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Mill,_Ancoats" title="Brunswick Mill, Ancoats">Brunswick Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_House,_Manchester" title="Canada House, Manchester">Canada House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_New_Mills" title="Chorlton New Mills">Chorlton New Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tootal,_Broadhurst_and_Lee_Building,_Manchester" title="Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Building, Manchester">Churchgate House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Street_Warehouse" title="Dale Street Warehouse">Dale Street Warehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havelock_Mills" title="Havelock Mills">Havelock Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_House,_Manchester" title="India House, Manchester">India House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson%27s_Warehouse" title="Jackson's Warehouse">Jackson's Warehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_House,_Manchester" title="Lancaster House, Manchester">Lancaster House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnel_%26_Kennedy_Mills" title="McConnel & Kennedy Mills">McConnel & Kennedy Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrays%27_Mills" title="Murrays' Mills">Murrays' Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Mill,_Manchester" title="Old Mill, Manchester">Old Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Mill" title="Piccadilly Mill">Piccadilly Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Mill" title="Royal Mill">Royal Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shudehill_Mill" title="Shudehill Mill">Shudehill Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watts_Warehouse" title="Watts Warehouse">Watts Warehouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religious<br />(Grade I or II* listed)</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/British_Muslim_Heritage_Centre" title="British Muslim Heritage Centre">British Muslim Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookfield_Unitarian_Church" title="Brookfield Unitarian Church">Brookfield Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlefield_Congregational_Chapel" title="Castlefield Congregational Chapel">Castlefield Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Moss_Side,_Manchester" title="Christ Church, Moss Side, Manchester">Christ Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Street_Chapel" title="Cross Street Chapel">Cross Street Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Name_of_Jesus,_Manchester" title="Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester">Holy Name of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Wood_Centre" title="Edgar Wood Centre">Edgar Wood Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorton_Monastery" title="Gorton Monastery">Gorton Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Platt_Church" title="Holy Trinity Platt Church">Holy Trinity Platt Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hidden_Gem" title="The Hidden Gem">The Hidden Gem</a> (Church of St Mary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Jewish_Museum" title="Manchester Jewish Museum">Jewish Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Cathedral" title="Manchester Cathedral">Manchester Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Reform_Synagogue" title="Manchester Reform Synagogue">Manchester Reform Synagogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Ann%27s_Church,_Manchester" title="St Ann's Church, Manchester">St Ann's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Chrysostom%27s_Church,_Victoria_Park" title="St Chrysostom's Church, Victoria Park">St Chrysostom's Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Cross,_Clayton" title="Church of St Cross, Clayton">Church of St Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_George,_Chester_Road,_Hulme" title="Church of St George, Chester Road, Hulme">St George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_James,_Didsbury" title="Church of St James, Didsbury">St James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Cheetham_Hill" title="Church of St John the Evangelist, Cheetham Hill">St John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Mary,_Hulme" title="Church of St Mary, Hulme">St Mary</a> (Hulme)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Michael_and_All_Angels,_Northenden" title="Church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden">Church of St Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Burnage" title="Church of St Nicholas, Burnage">St Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter,_Blackley" title="Church of St Peter, Blackley">St Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Brook_Street_Chapel,_Manchester" title="Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester">Upper Brook Street Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Wilfrid,_Northenden" title="Church of St Wilfrid, Northenden">St Wilfrid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</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/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Airport railway station">Airport station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_railway_station" title="Deansgate railway station">Deansgate station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Piccadilly railway station">Piccadilly station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Victoria_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Victoria railway station">Victoria station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Oxford_Road_railway_station" title="Manchester Oxford Road railway station">Oxford Road station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_Gardens_bus_station" title="Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station">Piccadilly bus station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shudehill_Interchange" title="Shudehill Interchange">Shudehill Interchange</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Entertainment</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/O2_Apollo_Manchester" title="O2 Apollo Manchester">O<sub>2</sub> Apollo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arndale" title="Manchester Arndale">Arndale Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_Hall" title="Bridgewater Hall">Bridgewater Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlefield_Bowl" title="Castlefield Bowl">Castlefield Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_Convention_Complex" title="Manchester Central Convention Complex">Central</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Co-op_Live" title="Co-op Live">Co-op Live</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contact_Theatre" title="Contact Theatre">Contact Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornerhouse" title="Cornerhouse">Cornerhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Factory_(Manchester)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Factory (Manchester)">The Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Warehouse" title="Great Northern Warehouse">Great Northern Warehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HOME_(Manchester)" title="HOME (Manchester)">HOME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_Theatre,_Manchester" title="Palace Theatre, Manchester">Palace Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parrs_Wood" title="Parrs Wood">Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Opera_House" title="Manchester Opera House">Opera House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Printworks_(Manchester)" title="The Printworks (Manchester)">The Printworks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Arena" title="Manchester Arena">Manchester Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Academy" title="Manchester Academy">Manchester Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ritz_(Manchester)" title="The Ritz (Manchester)">O<sub>2</sub> Ritz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Royal Exchange, Manchester">Royal Exchange Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O2_Victoria_Warehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="O2 Victoria Warehouse">Victoria Warehouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports venues</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/Manchester_Aquatics_Centre" title="Manchester Aquatics Centre">Aquatics Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Vue_Stadium" title="Belle Vue Stadium">Belle Vue Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadhurst_Park" title="Broadhurst Park">Broadhurst Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Cycling_Centre" title="National Cycling Centre">National Cycling Centre</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_BMX_Arena" title="National Indoor BMX Arena">BMX Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Velodrome" title="Manchester Velodrome">Velodrome</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Etihad_Campus" title="Etihad Campus">Etihad Campus</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Manchester_Stadium" title="City of Manchester Stadium">City of Manchester Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_Stadium" title="Academy Stadium">Manchester City Academy Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Regional_Arena" title="Manchester Regional Arena">Manchester Regional Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Speedway_Stadium" title="National Speedway Stadium">National Speedway Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Squash_Centre" title="National Squash Centre">National Squash Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Memorials and sculptures</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/Alan_Turing_Memorial" title="Alan Turing Memorial">Alan Turing Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Square,_Manchester#The_Albert_Memorial" title="Albert Square, Manchester">Albert 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