Grid reference SJ8497
near to Manchester, England
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Store Street, Piccadilly
Store Street Car Park on the left is on the site of the former Great Central Railway Goods Station warehouses. The Piccadilly Gate building on the right occupies the site of the former Great Central Railway Grain Store. It was formerly... (more)
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UMIST Memorial
This is the Reynold Building of the University of Manchester (Institute of Science & Technology Campus) and the memorial stone to mark 180 years of UMIST. The institute was at the same time subsumed into the University of Manchester... (more)
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Detail of Faraday Building, Sackville Street, Manchester
The entrance includes a mosaic by Hans Tisdall, 1967, entitled The Alchemist's Elements. It depicts the four classical elements - fire, earth, air and water. As reported by the Manchester Modernist Society, it has not been well... (more)
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Manchester.
Platforms, Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station.
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Under bridge COL/14A
The bridge over Wyre Street SJ8497 : Wyre Street is part of the viaduct that crosses Fairfield Street and carries platforms 13 & 14 of Piccadilly Station. A gap underneath is fenced off.
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Sackville Gardens, LGBTQ+ Bee
Sackville Gardens is a small park near Manchester's "Gay Village”; it was previously known as Whitworth Park. The centrepoint of the gardens is the Alan Turing Memorial Statue ( SJ8497 : Alan Turing, Sackville Park) which depicts the "father of... ( more)
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Rooftops and Chimney
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Still true!
This has been stencilled into a doorway on Chorlton Street for many years and is as true today as when it first appeared.
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Churchills
Public House on the junctions of Richmond Street and Canal Street with Chorlton Street, Manchester.
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Trans-Pennine Express at Manchester Piccadilly
First Transpennine's class 185 fleet won an award in 2008 for reliability SJ8497 : Golden Spanner Award. This example no 185126 is seen at Manchester Piccadilly on a service to Manchester Airport.
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Store St
The railway lines are from Piccadilly Station.
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Macdonald Hotel
The Macdonald Hotel on London Road.
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