Manchester Cenotaph
Manchester Cenotaph is a war memorial in St Peter's Square, Manchester, England. Manchester was late in commissioning a First World War memorial compared with most British towns and cities; the city council did not convene a war memorial committee until 1922.Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: WWI memorial
- Also known as: “Cenotaph”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Central Library.
Manchester Art Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Manchester Art Gallery is situated 360 feet east of Manchester Cenotaph.
Manchester Central Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Manchester Central Library is the headquarters of the city's library and information service in Manchester, England. Facing St Peter's Square, it was designed by E. Manchester Central Library is situated 410 feet southwest of Manchester Cenotaph.
The Portico Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Portico Library, The Portico or Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street in Manchester, England, is an independent subscription library designed in the Greek Revival style by Thomas Harrison of Chester and built between 1802 and 1806. The Portico Library is situated 640 feet northeast of Manchester Cenotaph.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Manchester city centre.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Delusion23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown in Manchester, England, is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. Its archway was completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street in Manchester city centre, which contains Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets.
Manchester city centre
Suburb
Photo: Daniel Nisbet, CC BY 2.0.
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England, within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57 Mancunian Way, which collectively form the inner ring road.
Victoria-Shopping District
Photo: Nicholasjf21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
This covers the area in central Manchester north of Piccadilly Gardens and east of Bridge St and Princess St, served by Victoria railway station. It covers the locales of the Millennium Quarter and St.
Manchester Cenotaph
- Categories: cenotaph, war memorial, and historic site
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47873° or 53° 28′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.24305° or 2° 14′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C5VFQH4+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1634316329OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q6747297
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Manchester Cenotaph” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “曼彻斯特纪念碑”
- Italian: “Cenotafio di Manchester”
- Japanese: “マンチェスター・セノタフ”
- Spanish: “Cenotafio de Manchester”
- Spanish: “Cenotafio de Mánchester”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Consulate General of Romania in Manchester and Two St Peter’s Square.
Nearby Places
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Manchester: Must-Visit Destinations
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