The Briton’s Protection
The Briton's Protection is a Grade II listed public house on Great Bridgewater Street in Manchester, England. Known for its long association with army recruiting and its proximity to the Peterloo Massacre, it retains interior features from a remodelling carried out around 1930 and is rated three stars by the Campaign for Real Ale for its nationally important historic interior.- Type: Pub
- Description: pub in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
- Also known as: “Briton’s Protection” and “The Briton’s Protection, Manchester”
- Address: 50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5LE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bridgewater Hall and Manchester Central Convention Complex.
Bridgewater Hall
Theater building
The Bridgewater Hall is a concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build in the 1990s, and hosts over 250 performances a year.
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Convention center
Manchester Central Convention Complex is an exhibition and conference centre converted from the former Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England. Manchester Central Convention Complex is situated 520 feet north of The Briton’s Protection.
Manchester Oxford Road railway station
Railway station
Manchester Oxford Road is a railway station in Manchester, England, at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street. It opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1960. Manchester Oxford Road railway station is situated 1,200 feet east of The Briton’s Protection.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlefield-Petersfield and Castlefield.
Castlefield-Petersfield
Castlefield-Petersfield covers the area in central Manchester west of Quay St, Peter St, and Oxford St. It covers the locales of Castlefield and Petersfield, which are within the Historic County Boundaries of Lancashire.Castlefield
Neighborhood
Castlefield is an inner-city conservation area in Manchester, North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and Chester Road.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
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.
The Briton’s Protection
- Category: building
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.47496° or 53° 28′ 30″ north
Longitude
-2.24729° or 2° 14′ 50″ west
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
9C5VFQF3+X3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pub
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
Wikidata ID
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