Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Salford, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 4.2 km
Ascend 109 m
Descend 100 m

Experience Salford in United Kingdom in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Salford

Sight 1: St Philip's Church

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St Philip's ChurchRicherman (talk) 11:41, 28 February 2008 (UTC) / CC BY-SA 3.0

St Philip's Church is an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Manchester, in the deanery and archdeaconry of Salford. The church was renamed in 2016 as Saint Philip's Chapel Street. It is located at Wilton Place, off Chapel Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

Wikipedia: St Philip's Church, Salford (EN)

220 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Cathedral of St John the Evangelist

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The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, usually known as Salford Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral on Chapel Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Salford and mother church of the Diocese of Salford, and is a Grade II* listed building.

Wikipedia: Salford Cathedral (EN)

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Town Hall

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Salford Town Hall is the former town hall of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It was the meeting place of the County Borough of Salford. Following the abolition of the county borough, it became Salford Magistrates' Court and continued to be used as such until 2011. The court was then merged with the court of Manchester to form the Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court. The building is now in residential use and is a Grade II Listed Building being designated in January 1952.

Wikipedia: Salford Town Hall (EN), Website

1016 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 4: Victoria Bridge

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Victoria Bridge Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Victoria Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Greater Manchester, England. Completed in 1839 and named after Queen Victoria, it crosses the River Irwell, connecting Salford to Manchester.

Wikipedia: Victoria Bridge, Manchester (EN)

744 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: The Glade of Light

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The Glade of Light Tomasz "odder" Kozlowski / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Glade of Light is a memorial in Manchester, England, that commemorates the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing of 2017. It opened to the public on 5 January 2022 and an official opening event took place 10 May 2022. The memorial is in the form of a garden with a stone centrepiece inscribed with the names of the 22 victims. Individual 'memory capsules' commemorating each victim have been included in the memorial and are situated within the stone centrepiece.

Wikipedia: The Glade of Light (EN)

19 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Manchester Cathedral

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Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, in Manchester, England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church. It is on Victoria Street in Manchester city centre and is a grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: Manchester Cathedral (EN), Website, Heritage Website

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: The Old Wellington Inn

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The Old Wellington Inn is a half-timbered pub in Manchester city centre, England. It is part of Shambles Square, which was created in 1999, and is near Manchester Cathedral. It is a Grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: The Old Wellington Inn (EN), Website

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Corn Exchange

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The Corn Exchange, Manchester is a food court and former shopping centre in Exchange Square, Manchester, England. The building was originally used as a corn exchange and was previously named the Corn & Produce Exchange, and subsequently The Triangle. Following an IRA bomb attack on central Manchester in 1996, it was renovated and was a modern shopping centre until 2014. The building was sold to investors and has been re-developed into a number of food outlets. It is a grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: Corn Exchange, Manchester (EN), Website

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: National Football Museum

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National Football Museum

The National Football Museum is England's national museum of football. It is based in the Urbis building in Manchester city centre, and preserves, conserves and displays important collections of football memorabilia.

Wikipedia: National Football Museum (EN), Website

84 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Cathedral Gardens

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Cathedral Gardens is an open space in Manchester city centre, in North West England. It is bounded by Victoria railway station to the north, Chetham's School of Music to the west, the perimeter of Manchester Cathedral and the Corn Exchange on Fennel Street to the south and Urbis to the east.

Wikipedia: Cathedral Gardens (EN), Website

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: AO Arena

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AO Arena

Manchester Arena is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria station in air rights space. Prior to the opening of Co-op Live, the arena had the highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, and is the fourth-largest in Europe with a capacity of 21,000.

Wikipedia: Manchester Arena (EN), Website

1000 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 12: Angel Meadow

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Angel Meadow

St Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park is a public park in Manchester, England, to the immediate northeast of the city centre, on a slope between the River Irk and Rochdale Road. It occupies an area of 7.4 acres (3 ha), and was once an affluent suburb, until the 19th-century Industrial Revolution altered the social standing of the area and introduced poverty and disease. Regeneration of the park in the 2000s has created a gateway into the Irk Valley.

Wikipedia: St Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park (EN)

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