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.Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 74,197, 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 Salford and Ordsall.
Salford
Photo: Craig Sunter, CC BY 2.0.
Salford is a city in Greater Manchester in northwest England, with a population of 130,000 in 2021. It's separated from the City of Manchester by a loop of the River Irwell. Its biggest attraction is the Quays, but this area is described on a separate page.
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.
Old Trafford
Suburb
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford, two miles south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire.
The Quays
- Type: neighborhood
- Description: area of Greater Manchester
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4707° or 53° 28′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.2963° or 2° 17′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5VFPC3+7FWikidata ID
Q14223887
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“The Quays” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “The Quays”
- Hebrew: “מנצ’סטר/אזור הרציפים”
- Slovenian: “The Quays”
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