Acton Square

Acton Square is a square in Salford, England. Acton Square is situated nearby to Working Class Movement Library, as well as near the square Albert Bentley Place.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Salford Museum and Art Gallery and Salford Crescent railway station.

Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Museum

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Salford Museum and Art Gallery, in Peel Park, Salford, Greater Manchester, opened to the public in November 1850 as the Royal Museum and Public Library. The gallery and museum are devoted to the history of Salford and Victorian art and architecture. Salford Museum and Art Gallery is situated 510 feet northeast of Acton Square.

Salford Crescent railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Salford Crescent railway station is a railway station in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, opened by British Rail in 1987. The station is 1 mile west of Salford Central, 1.75 miles west of Manchester Victoria and 2.25 miles west of Manchester Piccadilly. Salford Crescent railway station is situated 960 feet northwest of Acton Square.

Peel Park

Park

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Peel Park is a public urban park in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, located on the flood plain of the River Irwell below Salford Crescent and adjacent to the University of Salford. Peel Park is situated 1,400 feet north of Acton Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pendleton and Blackfriars.

Pendleton

Suburb

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Pendleton is an inner-city district of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The A6 dual carriageway skirts the east of the district. Historically in Lancashire, Pendleton experienced rapid urbanisation during the Industrial Revolution.

Blackfriars

Quarter

Blackfriars is an outer-city suburb of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated along the banks of the River Irwell, close to the traditional centre of Salford at Greengate, between Manchester City Centre and Broughton.

Salford

Photo: Craig Sunter, CC BY 2.0.

Salford is a city in Greater Manchester in northwest England, with a population of 130,000 in 2021. It's separated from the City of Manchester by a loop of the River Irwell. Its biggest attraction is the Quays, but this area is described on a separate page.

Acton Square

Type: Square
Categories: pedestrian zone and locality
Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.48407° or 53° 29′ 3″ north

Longitude

-2.27317° or 2° 16′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C5VFPMG+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 605671520

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

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