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Art gallery
Manchester Art Gallery
Public art gallery on Mosley Street, spread across three connected buildings, two of them designed by Sir Charles Barry.
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Piccadilly, Chinatown & the Village: things to do
Places worth your time in Piccadilly, Chinatown & the Village
Top places
Things to do in Piccadilly, Chinatown & the Village
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Public space
Piccadilly Gardens
Green space in the city centre on the edge of the Northern Quarter, beside the tram and bus interchange.
Neighbourhood
Chinatown and the Imperial Arch
Chinatown has an archway completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street, with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants nearby.
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Street
Canal Street
Pedestrianised street beside the Rochdale Canal, the centre of Manchester's Gay Village and lined with bars and restaurants.
Memorial
Alan Turing Memorial
Sculpture in Sackville Gardens commemorating Alan Turing, a pioneer of modern computing.
Garden
Sackville Gardens
Public space beside the Rochdale Canal and Canal Street, with the Alan Turing Memorial and the Beacon of Hope sculpture.
Library
The Portico Library
Greek Revival subscription library on Mosley Street, built between 1802 and 1806 and Grade II* listed.
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Historic building
Mechanics' Institute
Grade II* listed building on Princess Street where the Trades Union Congress was founded.
Theatre
Palace Theatre
Theatre on Oxford Street, at the corner with Whitworth Street, operated by ATG Entertainment.
Music history
Site of the Haçienda
Whitworth Street West site of the Factory Records nightclub, closed in 1997, demolished in 2002 and replaced by apartments.
Arts centre
HOME
Arts centre with cinemas, a theatre and galleries on Tony Wilson Place.
Park
Mayfield Park
Park of 2.6 hectares on the River Medlock, the city centre's first new park in over 100 years, opened in September 2022.
Railway station
Manchester Piccadilly station
The city's main railway station, opened in 1842 as Store Street.
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Ancoats & New Islington
Early cotton mills, canals and a redeveloped waterside quarter
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Salford Quays & MediaCity
Docklands arts, museums and media city, in Salford (a separate city from Manchester)
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Oxford Road & Rusholme
Universities, galleries and the Curry Mile along one long road south of the centre
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- Piccadilly, Chinatown & the Village (area photo): Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 4.0, source
- Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Piccadilly Gardens: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chinatown and the Imperial Arch: Delusion23, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canal Street: citysuitesimages, CC BY 2.0, source
- Alan Turing Memorial: Lmno, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sackville Gardens: User Lmno on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Portico Library: Michael D Beckwith from England, CC0, source
- Mechanics' Institute: KJP1, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Palace Theatre: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Site of the Haçienda: Dunk 🐝, CC BY 2.0, source
- HOME: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mayfield Park: Biguana99, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Manchester Piccadilly station: Tyw7, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ancoats & New Islington: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Salford Quays & MediaCity: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0, source
- Oxford Road & Rusholme: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chorlton & Didsbury: Wikidwitch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Altrincham & Sale: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Northern Quarter & Cathedral: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Spinningfields & Deansgate: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Castlefield & the Canals: Ridiculopathy, CC0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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