Green Quarter
The Green Quarter is an area of Manchester, England, just north of the city centre between Cheetham, Strangeways and the River Irk. From the mid-nineteenth century, the area, then known as Red Bank, was a slum housing impoverished Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, but is now home to digital start-ups and e-commerce businesses, new apartments, microbreweries, gin distilleries and restaurants.Places of Interest
Highlights include Manchester Arena and Manchester Victoria.
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.
Manchester Victoria
Railway station
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manchester Victoria in Manchester, England, is a combined main line railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s.
National Football Museum
Museum
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The National Football Museum is England's national museum of football. It is based in the Urbis building in Manchester city centre, and preserves, conserves and displays important collections of football memorabilia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strangeways and NOMA.
Strangeways
Suburb
Strangeways is an area of inner north Manchester, England, around Strangeways Prison just north of the city centre.
NOMA
Neighborhood
Photo: The Co-operative, CC BY 2.0.
NOMA is an £800 million, 20-acre mixed-use redevelopment scheme in Manchester. It is the largest development project in North West England ahead of developments such as MediaCityUK and Atlantic Gateway.
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.
Green Quarter
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: area of Manchester, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.49033° or 53° 29′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.23986° or 2° 14′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C5VFQR6+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 1242610176OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q55643067
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In Other Languages
“Green Quarter” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Green Quarter”
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