City Tower
City Tower is a 30-storey high-rise office building situated in the Piccadilly Gardens area of Manchester city centre in England. As of January 2026, it is the 24th-tallest building in Greater Manchester, with a roof height of 107 metres.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Office building
- Description: skyscraper in Manchester, England
- Also known as: “City Tower, Manchester” and “Sunley Building”
- Address: 31 Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4BT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manchester Art Gallery and The Portico Library.
Manchester Art Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Manchester Art Gallery is situated 850 feet southwest of City Tower.
The Portico Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Portico Library, The Portico or Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street in Manchester, England, is an independent subscription library designed in the Greek Revival style by Thomas Harrison of Chester and built between 1802 and 1806. The Portico Library is situated 500 feet west of City Tower.
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 Arena is situated 3,100 feet northwest of City Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Manchester city centre.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Delusion23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown in Manchester, England, is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. Its archway was completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street in Manchester city centre, which contains Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets.
Manchester city centre
Suburb
Photo: Daniel Nisbet, CC BY 2.0.
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England, within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57 Mancunian Way, which collectively form the inner ring road.
Piccadilly-East Centre
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piccadilly-East Centre is the area in Manchester that covers Chinatown, the Gay Village, and Piccadilly Gardens. It is bounded by the A57, Oxford Road, and the A62.
City Tower
- Categories: tower block, skyscraper, building, and office
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.48021° or 53° 28′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.23848° or 2° 14′ 19″ westHeight
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C5VFQJ6+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 132090416OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeWikidata ID
Q5123466
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In Other Languages
“City Tower” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج المدينه”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Generation Gallery and Manchester Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station.
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