MediaCityUK
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Briangeorge1945, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Station
- Description: property development in Salford
- Also known as: “BBC MediaCity”, “BBC MediaCity, Salford”, “MCUK”, and “MediaCity UK”
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Old Trafford is situated 3,500 feet south of MediaCityUK.
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. Imperial War Museum North is situated 980 feet south of MediaCityUK.
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. The Lowry is situated 540 feet southeast of MediaCityUK.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Quays and Salford Quays.
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.
Salford Quays
Suburb
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
MediaCityUK
- Categories: commercial district, mixed-use development, and transportation
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47216° or 53° 28′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.29715° or 2° 17′ 50″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C5VFPC3+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9709653469OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“MediaCityUK” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “英國媒體城”
- French: “MediaCityUK”
- German: “MediaCityUK”
- Greek: “MediaCity”
- Greek: “MediaCityUK”
- Japanese: “メディアシティUK”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “MediaCityUK”
- Persian: “میدیاسیتییوکی”
- Russian: “MediaCityUK”
- Slovenian: “MCUK”
- Slovenian: “MediaCityUK”
- Spanish: “MediaCityUK”
- Welsh: “MediaCityUK”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “MediaCityUK”. Photo: Briangeorge1945, CC BY-SA 4.0.