Great Northern Tower
The Great Northern Tower is a 72-metre sloped high-rise apartment building located on Watson Street in Manchester city centre, England. It is adjacent to its namesake, the Grade II listed Great Northern Warehouse.Photo: Karl1587, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: building located on Watson Street in Manchester, England
- Also known as: “GN Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manchester Central Convention Complex and John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Convention center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 360 feet southeast of Great Northern Tower.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. It is part of the University of Manchester. John Rylands Research Institute and Library is situated 1,200 feet north of Great Northern Tower.
Bridgewater Hall
Theater building
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Bridgewater Hall is situated 830 feet southeast of Great Northern Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlefield-Petersfield and Spinningfields.
Castlefield-Petersfield
Photo: adambruderer, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Spinningfields
Neighborhood
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spinningfields is an area of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It developed in the 2000s between Deansgate and the River Irwell by Allied London Properties.
Spinningfields-Albert Square
Photo: dalvenjah, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spinningfields-Albert Square covers the area in central Manchester north of Castlefield, east of Quay St and Peter St and west of St Peter's Square. It covers the locales of central Deansgate, Albert Square, as well as the newly developed business district of Spinningfields, and is focussed upon the heart of the city centre.
Great Northern Tower
- Categories: tower block, skyscraper, building, and residential building
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.47726° or 53° 28′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.24814° or 2° 14′ 53″ westInception
2007Height
236 feet (72 metres)Open location code
9C5VFQG2+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 27930204OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q14943579
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In Other Languages
“Great Northern Tower” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “البرج الشمالى العظيم”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Manchester 235 and Great Northern Warehouse.
Nearby Places
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