Blackfriars
Blackfriars is an outer-city suburb of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated along the banks of the River Irwell, close to the traditional centre of Salford at Greengate, between Manchester City Centre and Broughton.- Type: Quarter
- Description: area in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Blackfriars, Greater Manchester”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manchester Arena and Salford Cathedral.
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.
Salford Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, usually known as Salford Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral on Chapel Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Salford Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salford Central railway station is in the city of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, close to Spinningfields and Deansgate. It is served by trains to and from Manchester Victoria, towards Rochdale and Wigan Wallgate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spinningfields-Albert Square and Spinningfields.
Spinningfields-Albert Square
Photo: dalvenjah, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spinningfields-Albert Square covers the area in central Manchester north of Castlefield, east of Quay St and Peter St and west of St Peter's Square. It covers the locales of central Deansgate, Albert Square, as well as the newly developed business district of Spinningfields, and is focussed upon the heart of the city centre.
Spinningfields
Neighborhood
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spinningfields is an area of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It developed in the 2000s between Deansgate and the River Irwell by Allied London Properties.
Strangeways
Suburb
Strangeways is an area of inner north Manchester, England, around Strangeways Prison just north of the city centre.
Blackfriars
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.48786° or 53° 29′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.26033° or 2° 15′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C5VFPQQ+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 9672692939OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q15199603
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In Other Languages
“Blackfriars” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “بلیک فرائرز، مانچسٹر عظمی”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blackfriars Park and Trinity Park.
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