Green Quarter
The Green Quarter is an area of Manchester, England, just north of the city centre between Cheetham, Strangeways and the River Irk. From the mid-nineteenth century, the area, then known as Red Bank, was a slum housing impoverished Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, but is now home to digital start-ups and e-commerce businesses, new apartments, microbreweries, gin distilleries and restaurants.Places of Interest
Highlights include Manchester Arena and Manchester Victoria.
Manchester Arena
Stadium
Photo: Rob Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manchester Arena is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria railway station in air rights space.
Manchester Victoria
Railway station
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manchester Victoria in Manchester, England, is a combined main line railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s.
Chetham’s Library
Library
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham, for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", and a library for the use of scholars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strangeways and NOMA.
Strangeways
Suburb
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strangeways is an area of inner north Manchester, England, around Strangeways Prison just north of the city centre.
NOMA
Neighborhood
Photo: The Co-operative, CC BY 2.0.
NOMA is an £800 million, 20-acre mixed-use redevelopment scheme in Manchester. It is the largest development project in North West England ahead of developments such as MediaCityUK and Atlantic Gateway.
Green Quarter
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.49055° or 53° 29′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.24003° or 2° 14′ 24″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
9C5VFQR5+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 11547344661OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
9884106
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In Other Languages
“Green Quarter” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “綠角”
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