Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester
The Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester aims to preserve and promote the public transport heritage of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is located in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Museum of Transport Greater Manchester”
- Address: Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 8UW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manchester Arena and Manchester Jewish Museum.
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 1 mile southwest of Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester.
Manchester Jewish Museum
Museum
Photo: Richerman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Manchester Jewish Museum is a Jewish history museum, located on Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester, England. The museum occupies the site of a former Orthodox Jewish synagogue, the place of worship for the Congregation of Spanish & Portuguese Jews, called the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, also the Sha'are Tephillah Synagogue. Manchester Jewish Museum is situated 2,800 feet south of Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester.
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. Manchester Victoria is situated 1 mile south of Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheetham, Manchester and North Manchester.
Cheetham, Manchester
Suburb
Cheetham is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England, which in 2011 had a population of 22,562. It lies on the west bank of the River Irk, 1.4 miles north of Manchester city centre, close to the boundary with Salford, bounded by Crumpsall to the north, Broughton to the west, Harpurhey to the east, and Piccadilly and Deansgate to the south.
North Manchester
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 2.5.
North Manchester is the area of Manchester north of the centre bounded by the M60, the A6, and A57. The main area of interest is just north of Victoria railway station, along the Cheetham Hill and New Bury roads.
Collyhurst
Suburb
Collyhurst is an inner city area of Manchester, England, 1.5 miles northeast of the city centre on Rochdale Road and Oldham Road, bounded by Smedley, Harpurhey and Monsall to the north, Miles Platting to the east, Ancoats to the south, and the River Irk to the west.
Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester
- Categories: transport museum, independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.50292° or 53° 30′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.2333° or 2° 13′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C5VGQ38+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 143926783OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3330152
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大曼徹斯特交通博物館”
- French: “musée des Transports de Manchester”
- French: “Musée des Transports de Manchester”
- Japanese: “マンチェスター交通博物館”
- Russian: “Манчестерский музей транспорта”
- Russian: “Музей транспорта”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Lukes, Cheetham and Smedley Fields.
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