Piccadilly and the Northern Quarter
The redbrick Piccadilly area pinpoints the middle of Manchester city centre. Just across the canal the aisles of the
Arndale Centre shopping centre stock high street brands while vintage boutiques can be found in bohemian
High Street and
Tib Street in the Northern Quarter. South of Piccadilly, dragons and phoenixes guard the elaborate oriental archway to
Chinatown, where eastern kitchens have taken over the Industrial Revolution’s old cotton mills.
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Manchester Piccadilly Station Salford Quays
West of the city centre, the Salford Quays development now fills expanses left by once-prosperous warehouses along the
Manchester Ship Canal. Contemporary architecture reigns over the waterfront – the silvery fronts of the
Imperial War Museum North and
The Lowry arts centre reflect each other over the footbridge. Families flock to the
Lowry Mall for factory outlet bargains and films at the
Manchester Lowry multiplex cinema.
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The Lowry arts centre Millennium Quarter
To the north of Piccadilly, the
Manchester Evening News Arena plays host to huge-scale pop concerts. Wander down
Victoria Street to see 19th-century restoration on medieval foundations at the
Manchester Cathedral.
Urbis, the state-of-the-art exhibition centre, looks over the serene
Cathedral Gardens here in the city’s Millennium Quarter. Catch a graffiti, pop culture or photography display on the floors of this structure made of 200 glass panes. Next-door
Printworks – once a newspaper publishers – houses avenues of bars, restaurants and the only IMAX cinema in the North West.
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Manchester Evening News Arena Deansgate & Castlefield
Stretching south from
Manchester Cathedral, the mile-long main road Deansgate is lined with restaurants. High-end shoppers turn on to
King Street for Armani, Boss and DKNY, or pop into posh concessions at Harvey Nichols at the northern end.
Deansgate Locks at the south of Deansgate attracts discerning drinkers to its exclusive string of archway bars. Across the locks from Deansgate, cobbled
Castlefield is a canal village within a city with its quaint lock-side pubs.
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Castlefield Old Trafford
Just to the south of Salford Quays, Manchester flaunts its sporting prowess at Manchester United’s
Old Trafford ground. Nearby
Lancashire Cricket Club’s oval pitch hosts international matches at Old Trafford. The Alps come to north-west England near the M60 motorway – real snow is pumped on to the slopes all year at the
Chill Factore snow dome.
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Old Trafford football stadium
