Weaste Cemetery
Weaste Cemetery, previously known as Salford Borough Cemetery, is a public Grade II listed Victorian cemetery in Weaste, Salford. Opened in 1857, it is the oldest of Salford's four cemeteries, covering 39 acres and containing over 332,000 graves.Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Salford Borough Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Trafford and Imperial War Museum North.
Old Trafford
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Old Trafford is a football stadium in the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,244 which was increased from 74,197 in the start of season 25/26, it is the largest club football stadium in the United Kingdom, and the eleventh-largest in Europe. Old Trafford is situated 1 mile southeast of Weaste Cemetery.
Imperial War Museum North
Museum
Photo: pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Imperial War Museum North is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society. Imperial War Museum North is situated 3,000 feet south of Weaste Cemetery.
The Lowry
Art gallery
Photo: Whittlepedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The Lowry is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Weaste Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weaste and MediaCityUK.
Weaste
Suburb
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weaste is an inner-city suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is bordered by the town of Eccles to the West and Seedley to the East. In 2014 Weaste and Seedley ward had a population of 12,616.
MediaCityUK
Neighborhood
Photo: Briangeorge1945, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MediaCityUK is a 200-acre mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the Quayside MediaCityUK shopping centre.
Salford Quays
Suburb
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salford Quays is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it faces Trafford across the canal.
Weaste Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47759° or 53° 28′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.30297° or 2° 18′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C5VFMHW+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 166727618OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q16903021
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