Castlefield Urban Heritage Park

Local nameCastlefield Urban Heritage Park
LocationManchester city centre, UK

Castlefield is an inner-city conservation area in Manchester, North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and Chester Road. It was the site of the Roman era fort of Mamucium or Mancunium which gave its name to Manchester. It was the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, the world's first industrial canal, built in 1764; the oldest canal warehouse opened in 1779. The world's first passenger railway terminated here in 1830, at Liverpool Road railway station and the first railway warehouse opened here in 1831.

The Rochdale Canal met the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield in 1805 and in the 1830s they were linked with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation by two short cuts. In 1848 the two viaducts of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway crossed the area and joined each other, two further viaducts and one mainline station Manchester Central railway station followed.

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The Bridgewater Canal… @ Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent.

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlefield

Info http://www.creativetourist.com/articles/outdoors/manchester/city-parks-castlefield-the-original-urban-heritage-park/

Address 14 Castle Street, Manchester M3 4LZ, United Kingdom

Coordinates 53°28'31.179" N -2°15'23.9" E

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