Salford Quays
Salford Quays is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it faces Trafford across the canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England
- Also known as: “Salford Docks”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Trafford and Imperial War Museum North.
Old Trafford
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Old Trafford is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,197, it is the largest club football stadium in the United Kingdom, and the eleventh-largest in Europe.
Imperial War Museum North
Museum
Photo: pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Imperial War Museum North is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society.
The Lowry
Art gallery
Photo: Whittlepedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Quays and MediaCityUK.
The Quays
The Quays covers the four areas of Salford Quays, Trafford Wharf, Old Trafford and Trafford Centre to the west of Manchester city centre.
MediaCityUK
Neighborhood
Photo: Briangeorge1945, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MediaCityUK is a 200-acre mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the Quayside MediaCityUK shopping centre.
Weaste
Suburb
Weaste is an inner-city suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is bordered by the town of Eccles to the West and Seedley to the East. In 2014 Weaste and Seedley ward had a population of 12,616.
Salford Quays
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47267° or 53° 28′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.29269° or 2° 17′ 34″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9C5VFPF4+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1644202259OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Salford Quays” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “戴安·納什”
- Chinese: “碼頭區”
- Chinese: “索尔福德码头”
- Chinese: “索爾福德碼頭”
- Chinese: “黛安·納什”
- Chinese: “黛安·纳什”
- Dutch: “Salford Quays”
- French: “Salford Quays”
- Slovenian: “Salford Quays”
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