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Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)

The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to the development of science, technology and industry with emphasis on the city's achievements in these fields. The museum is part of the Science Museum Group, a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, having merged with the National Science Museum in 2012.

Located at 53.4769, -2.25556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Museums in Manchester, European Route of Industrial Heritage Anchor Points, Museums sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, History museums in Greater Manchester

The Haçienda

Fac 51 Haçienda (better known simply as The Haçienda) was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England. It became most famous during the "Madchester" years of the late 1980s and early 1990s; during the 1990s it was labelled the most famous club in the world by Newsweek magazine. The Haçienda opened in 1982, and despite considerable and persistent financial troubles survived until 1997 – during much of this time the club was mainly supported by record sales from New Order.

Located at 53.4743, -2.24768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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1997 disestablishments, Defunct nightclubs, Event venues established in 1982, History of Manchester, Madchester, Music in Manchester, Nightclubs in Manchester

Castlefield Gallery

The Castlefield Gallery is an art gallery in Manchester, England, located at 2 Hewitt Street, Knott Mill, Manchester. The gallery, a resource for contemporary visual artists, was founded by Manchester Artists Studio Association in 1984. The gallery has an exhibition and events programme, provides a professional development scheme for artists in its Project Space and PureScreen screens film and video works.

Located at 53.4741, -2.25146 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Manchester, 1984 establishments in England, Art galleries established in 1984

Manchester Central Convention Complex

Manchester Central, is an exhibition and conference centre converted from the former Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England. Designed by Sir John Fowler, the station, the northern terminus for services to London St Pancras, was opened in July 1880 by the Cheshire Lines Committee. The structure has a distinctive arched roof with a 64-metre span - the second-largest roof span in the United Kingdom, and was granted Grade II* listed building status in 1963.

Located at 53.4761, -2.24737 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Infrastructure completed in 1880, Music venues in Manchester, Buildings and structures in Manchester, Exhibition and conference centres in England, Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Visitor attractions in Manchester

Boardwalk (music club)

The Boardwalk nightclub was located on Little Peter Street in Manchester, England. This medium sized club and rehearsal studios, owned by Colin Sinclair, was a popular live music venue in the late 1980s and early 1990s where bands such as Oasis and Northside made their live debuts. Along with other clubs like the Haçienda, and the International, the Boardwalk provided an important live venue for many local bands.

Located at 53.474, -2.251 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Nightclubs in Manchester, Music venues in Manchester, Madchester

Granada Studios Tour

Granada Studios Tour was an entertainment theme park at the Granada Studios complex in Castlefield, Manchester which operated from 1988 to 1999. The park was located in the heart of Manchester city centre adjacent to the Granada House building. The tour attracted over 5 million visitors, but visitor numbers were waning by the late 1990s and Granada Television had to prioritise other economic problems such as the failure of ONdigital.

Located at 53.4783, -2.2575 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Manchester, 1988 establishments in the United Kingdom, 1999 disestablishments in the United Kingdom, Visitor attractions in Manchester, History of Manchester, ITV offices, studios and buildings, Defunct amusement parks in the United Kingdom, Amusement parks in England

Sunlight House

Sunlight House is a Grade II* listed building in the art deco style on Quay Street in Manchester, England. Built in 1932 by Joseph Sunlight, it is constructed of steel and concrete and clad in Portland stone under a three-tier mansard slate roof with glazed centre. The building is square in plan with central light-well and 14 storeys high including the attic storeys.

Located at 53.4786, -2.25056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Art Deco architecture in England

Beetham Tower, Manchester

Beetham Tower (also known as the Hilton Tower) is a landmark 47-storey mixed-use skyscraper in Manchester, England. Completed in 2006, it is named after its developers, the Beetham Organisation, and was designed by Ian Simpson. Occupying a narrow plot of land at the top of Deansgate, the development was proposed in July 2003 and construction started a year later.

Located at 53.4754, -2.25025 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Manchester, Skyscrapers in Manchester, Residential skyscrapers in England, Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters, Apartment buildings in England, History of Manchester, Commercial buildings completed in 2007, Residential buildings completed in 2007

Great Northern Warehouse

The Great Northern Warehouse is the former railway goods warehouse of the Great Northern Railway in Manchester city centre, England. It has been redeveloped as a car park and leisure complex. The building is located at the junction of Deansgate and Peter Street in the city centre. It was granted Grade II* listed building status on 3 October 1974. The warehouse is "a hugely impressive block, of blue brick below (and) red brick with blue brick dressings above.

Located at 53.4772, -2.24917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Buildings and structures in Manchester, Warehouses in the United Kingdom, Visitor attractions in Manchester

Manchester Opera House

The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre which plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed building.

Located at 53.4789, -2.25139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Theatres in Manchester, Theatres completed in 1912, Grade II listed buildings in Manchester

Coronation Street sets

The sets of the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street have changed since first broadcast in December 1960. The current set is based at Granada Studios backlot in Manchester city centre. As of 2013, it consists of early 20th century terraced houses, with a public house, The Rovers Return, at one end, and a corner shop at the other.

Located at 53.4777, -2.2552 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Coronation Street

Quay Bar

Quay Bar was a building situated next to the Bridgewater Canal basin in Castlefield, Manchester. It was designed by architects Stephenson Bell for their client Wolverhampton & Dudley Brewery (better known as Banks). Shortly after completion in 1998 the building won a number of awards, including an MSA Design Award, RIBA Award and the Manchester Civic Society Award. It was also shortlisted for the prestigious Stirling Prize.

Located at 53.4737, -2.2535 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Manchester

North Pennine Ring

The North Pennine Ring is a canal ring which crosses the Pennines between Manchester, Leeds and Castleford. It follows parts of five canals, and shares much of its route with the Outer Pennine Ring, which uses a different route for the southern crossing of the Pennines.

Located at 53.4744, -2.25667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Canals in England, Canal rings in the United Kingdom

Owen Street, Manchester

Owen Street is a major proposed development on the southern edge of Manchester City Centre, Manchester, England. The site is just south of Deansgate railway station and north of the Mancunian Way, bounded by Old Deansgate, Pond Street, Owen Street and the River Medlock. Planned are five buildings containing nearly 1100 residential units, 100 serviced apartments, a hotel, parking, office and retail space, and community facilities.

Located at 53.473, -2.253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Manchester, Proposed buildings and structures in the United Kingdom

Quay Street

Quay Street is a street in Manchester city centre, in Greater Manchester, England. The street, designated the A34, continues Peter Street westwards towards the River Irwell and Salford. It is the northern boundary of Spinningfields, the city's business district and Castlefield, the historical area of the city lies to the south. Quay Street was created in the 18th century for access to a quay on the river and is lined by several listed buildings.

Located at 53.4788, -2.2523 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Streets in Manchester, Shopping streets in Manchester, Visitor attractions in Manchester

Hulme Locks Branch Canal

The Hulme Locks Branch Canal was a canal in the city of Manchester. It was 200m (one furlong) in length and was built to provide a direct waterway between the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and the Bridgewater Canal. The canal opened in 1838 and was superseded in 1995 by a new lock at Pomona Dock 3.

Located at 53.47, -2.26 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Canals in Manchester

Isaac Perrins

Isaac Perrins was an English bareknuckle prizefighter and 18th-century engineer. A man reputed to possess prodigious strength but a mild manner, he fought and lost one of the most notorious boxing matches of the era, a physically mismatched contest against the English Champion Tom Johnson. Such was the mismatch that Perrins was described as Hercules fighting a boy.

Located at 53.4779, -2.25287 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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1801 deaths, 1751 births, Bare-knuckle boxers, English boxers, English mechanical engineers, Steam engine engineers, People from Manchester, People from Birmingham, West Midlands

County Court, Manchester

The County Court in Quay Street, Manchester, England, a Georgian townhouse. It was the home of the politician and reformer Richard Cobden and subsequently the site of Owen's College, the forerunner of the University of Manchester. It was used in Victorian times as a courthouse. In origin it is a townhouse of the 1770s, "the best preserved Georgian house in the [city city] centre". {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} The house is of "brick with a late nineteenth century doorcase".

Located at 53.4786, -2.2521 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Buildings with blue plaques

Church of St George, Chester Road, Hulme

The Church of St George, Chester Road, Hulme, Manchester, is an early Gothic Revival church by Francis Goodwin, built in 1826-8. It was restored in 1884 by J. S. Crowther. It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 3 October 1974. The church was a Commissioners' church, (built to celebrate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo) who allotted the sum of £15,000 for construction.

Located at 53.4721, -2.2593 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester, Grade II* listed churches, Church of England churches in Greater Manchester, Churches in Manchester, Gothic Revival architecture in Cheshire, Commissioners' churches

1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station

The 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road, Manchester, is a 19th-century warehouse that forms part of the Liverpool Road railway station complex. It was built in five months between April and September 1830, "almost certainly [to the designs of] the Liverpool architect Thomas Haigh". The British Listed Buildings survey attributes the work to George Stephenson and his son, Robert. It is a Grade I listed building as of 8 May 1972.

Located at 53.4774, -2.2578 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Grade I listed buildings in Manchester, Commercial buildings completed in 1830, Grade I listed warehouses

Granada Studios

Granada Studios (or alternatively The Manchester Studios) is a television studio on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and film drama programmes and was for several decades the base for franchise holder Granada Television. The Granada Studios are the oldest operating television studios in the United Kingdom and are arguably the most famous studio after the BBC Television Centre.

Located at 53.4789, -2.25581 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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English television studios, British television studios, ITV offices, studios and buildings

Skytrak Total

Skytrak Total was a flying roller coaster at the Granada Studios Tour theme park at Granada Studios in Manchester, England. Opening in 1998, it was the first flying roller coaster in the world, allowing riders to tilt forward thus giving the sensation of flying.

Located at 53.4781, -2.25711 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Castlefield Congregational Chapel

Castlefield Congregational Chapel is a building located at 378 Deansgate, Manchester, England. The building originally opened as a Congregational chapel in 1858, and was designed by the local architect Edward Walters. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It is located in Castlefield, an Urban Heritage Park. The building was converted to a sound recording studio in the 1980s and owned by Pete Waterman, best known for Stock Aitken Waterman.

Located at 53.4742, -2.25262 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Former church buildings, Recording studios in England, Grade II listed buildings in Manchester

River Street Tower

River Street Tower is an approved skyscraper scheme in Manchester, England. The building was proposed in June 2012 and approved in October 2012. River Street Tower will be situated next to the Mancunian Way on land which is currently occupied by a half-built concrete frame. The concrete structure which was first built in 2005 but was abandoned after the original developer was liquidated.

Located at 53.4708, -2.24928 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.697 miles away.
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Proposed buildings and structures in Manchester, Skyscrapers in Manchester

Hulme Crescents

Hulme Crescents (known locally as just The Crescents) was a large housing development situated in the Hulme district of Manchester, England. The scheme was the largest public housing development in Europe, encompassing 3,284 deck-access homes and capacity for over 13,000 people. It gained notoriety as one of the worst public housing schemes in British history and was marred by serious construction and design errors.

Located at 53.4636, -2.2542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.696 miles away.
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Demolished buildings and structures in England, History of Manchester