The following is a list of notable streets and roads in Manchester, England.
+ Image Street name A/B roads Established Description/notes Landmarks Canal Street Early 19th century At the centre of Manchester's Gay Village district Rochdale Canal which runs parallel Cheetham Hill Road A665 Roman period Connects to Corporation Street to Whitefield becomes Bury Old Road in Crumpsall Manchester Jewish Museum,Peninsula Building Corporation Street Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ; pp. 18–20 Partly pedestrianised. Scene of the 1996 Manchester bombing Urbis, The Printworks, Corn Exchange (now The Triangle), Exchange Square, Corporation Street Bridge. Deansgate A56 Anglo-Saxon periodBradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ; p. 20 Cuts the city centre in two and runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre. It is one of the oldest thoroughfares through the city and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile long.The Moon Under Water, listed in Guinness' as the largest public house in Britain.Beetham Tower, John Rylands Library, 1 The Avenue, Great Northern Warehouse, Kendals and Manchester Cathedral. Great Ancoats Street A665 In the suburb of Ancoats, it forms one of the stretches of the city's inner ring road Albion Mill, Brownsfield Mill,Daily Express Building King Street 18th century King Street forms an upmarket part of the city centre: its eastern part was once mainly the site of banks but now has shops as well; the western part is a long-established shopping street.Conservation area for Listed Buildings (11 buildings listed Grade II, two listed Grade II* and one Grade I). Notable buildings include 100 King Street by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Ship Canal House and the Reform Club by Edward Salomons. Kingsway A34 1928 Major thoroughfare into Manchester from southern suburbs such as Cheadle and Burnage Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre Market Street Before 1417Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ; pp. 30–31 Pedestrian zone end to end; High Street tram stop; Royal Exchange Mosley Street Late 18th centuryBradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ; pp. 32–34 A street only for Metrolink trams and previously buses which joined the street at Lower Mosley Street. Since May 2011, buses were segregated and travel down Portland Street instead of Mosley Street to get to Piccadilly Gardens bus station Midland Hotel, One St Peter's Square, Manchester Art Gallery, Portico Library, 38 and 42 Mosley Street, 1 New York Street, Mosley Street tram stop New Cathedral Street 1990s Rebuilt since the 1996 IRA bombing of the city centre Oldham Street Early 18th centuryForms part of the city's historic Northern Quarter districtAfflecks Palace Oxford Road Late 18th centuryBradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ; pp. 24–25 Peter Street A34 Late 18th century Major thoroughfare running east–west between St Peter's Square and Deansgate Albert Hall, Free Trade Hall, Midland Hotel, Theatre Royal Portland Street Early 19th century Britannia Hotel Princess Street Late 18th century A 3-lane partially one-way street heading out of Manchester city centre The Athenaeum, Asia House Quay Street A34 Early 18th centuryBradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ; pp. 40–44 Home of ITV Granada Television since 1956 at Granada Studios. Recognised landmarks include the Manchester Opera House and Sunlight House Sackville Street Sackville Street Building including the Godlee Observatory Spring Gardens Former centre of North West Banking Industry Former National Westminster Bank St John Street 1770–1830 (probable) Georgian-era street noted for its intact late 18th and early 19th‑century townhouses, many of which are listed Whitworth Street 1899 The Haçienda,In Whitworth Street West "Obituary: Tony Wilson", BBC News, 10 August 2007 Sackville Street Building including the Godlee Observatory Wilmslow Road 18th century Forms the Wilmslow Road bus corridor, reputed to be the busiest in Europe
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