HM Prison Manchester

HM Prison Manchester is a Category A and B men's prison in , England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It is still commonly referred to as Strangeways, which was its former official name derived from , until it was rebuilt following a major riot in 1990.
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Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Prison
  • Description: prison in Manchester, UK
  • Also known as: “Strangeways” and “Strangeways Prison”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Manchester Arena and Manchester Victoria.

Stadium
Photo: Rob Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an indoor arena in , England, immediately north of the and partly above Manchester Victoria railway station in air rights space. is situated 1,900 feet south of HM Prison Manchester.

Railway station
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in , England, is a combined main line railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the on Hunts Bank, close to , it adjoins which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of HM Prison Manchester.

Library
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chetham's Library in , England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and , was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham, for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", and a library for the use of scholars. is situated 2,400 feet south of HM Prison Manchester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strangeways and Green Quarter.

Suburb
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is an area of inner north , England, around Prison just north of the .

Neighborhood
The is an area of , England, just north of the between , and the . 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.

Neighborhood
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is an £800 million, 20-acre mixed-use redevelopment scheme in . It is the largest development project in ahead of developments such as and Atlantic Gateway.

HM Prison Manchester

Latitude
53.49321° or 53° 29′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.24615° or 2° 14′ 46″ west
Operator
His Majesty’s Prison Service
Open location code
9C5VFQV3+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171653678
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q5635233
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“HM Prison Manchester” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “HM Prison Manchester”
  • Chinese: “HM曼彻斯特监狱”
  • Chinese: “HM曼徹斯特監獄”
  • Esperanto: “Prizono de Manĉestro”
  • French: “HM Prison Manchester”
  • German: “HM Prison Manchester”
  • German: “Strangeways”
  • Hebrew: “מנצ’סטר”
  • Swedish: “HM Prison Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Strangeways Fängelse”
  • Swedish: “Strangeways Prison”
  • Swedish: “Strangeways”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prison Officers Selection Board and Zain Hub Creative Workspace.

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