Manchester Ship Canal
Manchester Ship Canal is a memorial in Salford, England. Manchester Ship Canal is situated nearby to the apartment building Dock Office, as well as near the sports venue Ordsall Leisure Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Trafford and Dock Office.
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. Old Trafford is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Manchester Ship Canal.
Dock Office
Apartment building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dock Office is an apartment building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ordsall and Salford Quays.
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.
Salford Quays
Suburb
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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.
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.
Manchester Ship Canal
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. Opened 21 May 1894 by Queen Victoria, Engineer Sir Edward Leader Williams, Centenary Year, The institutions of Civil Mechanical and Structural Engineers 1994”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47179° or 53° 28′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.28267° or 2° 16′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5VFPC8+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 7455114116OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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