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.Photo: Briangeorge1945, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: property development in Salford
- Also known as: “BBC MediaCity”, “BBC MediaCity, Salford”, “MCUK”, and “MediaCity UK”
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 the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,244 which was increased from 74,197 in the start of season 25/26, 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 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.
Weaste
Suburb
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
MediaCityUK
- Categories: commercial district, mixed-use development, and locality
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47315° or 53° 28′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.29855° or 2° 17′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C5VFPF2+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1644202256OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q6805379
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Satellite Map
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Pitch @ MediaCityUK and University of Salford.
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