List of streets and roads in Manchester

The following is a list of notable streets and roads in Manchester, England.

Image	Street name	A/B roads	Established	Description/notes	Landmarks
	Canal Street		Early 19th century		Rochdale Canal which runs parallel.
	Corporation Street		Ca. 1848[1]	Partly pedestrianised. Scene of the 1996 Manchester bombing. Has an overhead pedestrian bridge.	Manchester Arndale, Wheel of Manchester, Exchange Square, The Printworks, Urbis
	Deansgate	A56	Anglo-Saxon period[2]	Runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile long.[3]	The Moon Under Water, listed in Guinness' as largest public house in Britain.[4] Beetham Tower
	King Street		18th century[5]	. King Street forms an upmarket part of the city centre: its eastern part was once mainly the site of banks but now has shops as well; the western part is a long-established shopping street	conservation area for Listed Buildings (11 buildings listed Grade II, two listed Grade II* and one Grade I)
	Kingsway	A34	1928	Major thoroughfare into Manchester from southern suburbs such as Cheadle and Burnage	Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre
	Market Street		Before 1417[6]	pedestrian zone end to end; Metrolink stop at High Street; Royal Exchange
	Mosley Street		Late 18th century[7]	A street only for Metrolink trams and previously buses which joined the street at Lower Mosley Street. Since May 2011, buses were segregated and travel down Portland Street instead of Mosley Street to get to Piccadilly Gardens bus station	Mosley Street Metrolink station
	New Cathedral Street		1990s	Rebuilt since the 1996 IRA bombing of the city centre
	Oldham Street		Early 18th century	Forms part of the city's historic Northern Quarter district	Afflecks Palace[8]
	Oxford Road	A34	Late 18th century[9]
	Portland Street		Early 19th century		Watts Warehouse
	Princess Street		Late 18th century	A 3-lane one-way street heading out of Manchester city centre	The Athenaeum & Asia House
	Quay Street		Early 18th century[10]		Home of Granada Studios since 1956. Manchester Opera House
	Sackville Street				Sackville Street Building, University of Manchester including the Godlee Observatory
	Whitworth Street		1899		The Haçienda[11] Sackville Street Building, University of Manchester including the Godlee Observatory
	Wilmslow Road		18th century	Forms the Wilmslow Road bus corridor, reputed to be the busiest in Europe[12]

References

1. ^ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 18-20
2. ^ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; p. 20
3. ^ "Manchester Deansgate Bars". manchesterbars.com. http://www.manchesterbars.com/location-deansgate.htm. Retrieved 4 August 2011. "Located at the top end of Deansgate, the mile long road that runs through the city centre" 
4. ^ Parkinson-Bailey, John J. (2000). Manchester: an architectural history. Manchester University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-7190-5606-3. 
5. ^ "Upper King Street Conservation Area History". Manchester City Council. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/511/conservation_areas/916/upper_king_street_conservation_area/2. Retrieved 2010-08-23. "Early 18th century development of the area took the form of fashionable residences to rival the Hanoverian houses in St. Ann's Square. Originally known as St. James's Square, the name was changed to King Street after the Jacobite defeat of 1745." 
6. ^ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 30-31
7. ^ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 32-34
8. ^ Taylor, Ian R.; Evans, Karen; Fraser, Penny (1996). A Tale of Two Cities. Routledge. p. 125. ISBN 0-415-13828-0. 
9. ^ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 24-25
10. ^ Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. ISBN 0-907511-87-2; pp. 40-44
11. ^ In Whitworth Street West "Obituary: Tony Wilson", BBC News, 10 August 2007
12. ^ House of Commons Transport Committee, Great Britain (2006). Bus Services Across the UK. The Stationery Office. p. 213. ISBN 0-215-03092-3. 

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