Guardian telephone exchange
Guardian Exchange was an underground telephone exchange built in Manchester from 1954 to 1957. It was built together with the Anchor exchange in Birmingham and the Kingsway exchange in London – all believed to provide hardened communications in the event…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Commerce
- Description: Underground, hardened telephone exchange in Manchester
- Also known as: “Guardian Exchange”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Central Library.
Manchester Art Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Manchester Art Gallery is situated 340 feet north of Guardian telephone exchange.
Manchester Central Library
Library
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Manchester Central Library is the headquarters of the city's library and information service in Manchester, England. Facing St Peter's Square, it was designed by E. Manchester Central Library is situated 670 feet west of Guardian telephone exchange.
The Portico Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Portico Library, The Portico or Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street in Manchester, England, is an independent subscription library designed in the Greek Revival style by Thomas Harrison of Chester and built between 1802 and 1806. The Portico Library is situated 760 feet north of Guardian telephone exchange.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Manchester city centre.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Delusion23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinatown in Manchester, England, is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. Its archway was completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street in Manchester city centre, which contains Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets.
Manchester city centre
Suburb
Photo: Daniel Nisbet, CC BY 2.0.
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England, within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57 Mancunian Way, which collectively form an inner ring road.
Piccadilly-East Centre
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piccadilly-East Centre is the area in Manchester that covers Chinatown, the Gay Village, and Piccadilly Gardens. It is bounded by the A57, Oxford Road, and the A62.
Guardian telephone exchange
- Categories: telephone exchange and building
- Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.47774° or 53° 28′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.24165° or 2° 14′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C5VFQH5+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 84759713OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialWikidata ID
Q5614090
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In Other Languages
“Guardian telephone exchange” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Guardian telefonközpont”
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Highlights include Two St Peter’s Square and Soames.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Guardian telephone exchange”. Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.