Anchorage tram stop
Anchorage tram stop is on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system, in the Salford Quays area, in North West England. It opened on 6 December 1999 as part of Phase 2 of the system's expansion, next to The Anchorage skyscraper that was constructed in 1991, and near the terminus of Salford's old Dock 9.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Trafford and Oasis Academy MediaCityUK.
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 1 mile south of Anchorage tram stop.
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK
School
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is a co-educational secondary school for 11-16 year olds in Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The school is an academy run by Oasis Community Learning, a multi-academy trust. Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is situated 590 feet northeast of Anchorage tram stop.
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 3,300 feet southwest of Anchorage tram stop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salford Quays and Ordsall.
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.
Ordsall
Suburb
Photo: Nev1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ordsall is an inner city suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,194. It lies chiefly to the south of the A57 road, close to the River Irwell, the main boundary with the city of Manchester, Salford Quays and Manchester Ship Canal, which divides it from Stretford.
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.
Anchorage tram stop
- Type: Station
- Description: Manchester Metrolink tram stop
- Categories: Manchester Metrolink tram stop and transportation
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.47441° or 53° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.28609° or 2° 17′ 10″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
9C5VFPF7+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 9709653471OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Anchorage tram stop” goes by many names.
- French: “Anchorage”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf Metrolink Anchorage”
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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 “Anchorage tram stop”. Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.