Peel Building
The Peel Building is a building at the University of Salford located in their Peel Park campus adjacent to the A6 Crescent and is the university's oldest building in current use.Photo: Richerman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University building
- Description: university building in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Peel” and “Royal Technical College”
- Address: Crescent
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salford Museum and Art Gallery and Working Class Movement Library.
Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Working Class Movement Library
Library
Photo: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Working Class Movement Library is a collection of English language books, periodicals, pamphlets, archives and artefacts, relating to the development of the political and cultural institutions of the working class created by the Industrial Revolution, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Salford Crescent railway station
Railway station
Photo: Whatlep, 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 660 feet northwest of Peel Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pendleton and Blackfriars.
Pendleton
Suburb
Photo: Richerman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Peel Building
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Salford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.48518° or 53° 29′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.27322° or 2° 16′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C5VFPPG+3POpenStreetMap ID
way 67191150OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q18162140
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