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List of streets and roads in Manchester

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

Image	Street name	A/B roads	Established	Description/notes	Landmarks
[[File:Canal Street - geograph.org.uk - 1353765.jpg	center	140px]]	Canal Street		Early 19th century	At the centre of Manchester's Gay Village district	Rochdale Canal which runs parallel.
[[File:Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham Hill.jpg	center	140px]]	Cheetham Hill Road	A665	Roman period	Connects to Corporation Street to Whitefield becomes Bury Old Road in Crumpsall	Manchester Jewish Museum,
Peninsula Building
[[File:The printworks taken from Wheel of Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 355737.jpg	center	140px]]	Corporation Street			Partly pedestrianised. Scene of the 1996 Manchester bombing.	Recognisable landmarks include Urbis, The Printworks, Corn Exchange (now The Triangle), Exchange Square, Corporation Street Bridge.
[[File:Manchester Deansgate.jpg	center	140px]]	Deansgate	A56	Anglo-Saxon period	Cuts the city centre in two and runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre. It is one of the oldest thoroughfares through the city and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile long.	The Moon Under Water, listed in Guinness' as the largest public house in Britain.
Beetham Tower, John Rylands Library, 1 The Avenue, Great Northern Warehouse, Kendals and Manchester Cathedral.
[[File:King Street 3.jpg	center	140px]]	King Street		18th century	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). Notable buildings include 100 King Street by Sir Edwin Lutyens, Ship Canal House and the Reform Club by Edward Salomons.
[[File:Parrs Wood Centre - geograph.org.uk - 56714.jpg	center	140px]]	Kingsway	A34	1928	Major thoroughfare into Manchester from southern suburbs such as Cheadle and Burnage	Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre
[[File:Market St From Foodchain.jpg	center	140px]]	Market Street		Before 1417	Pedestrian zone end to end; High Street tram stop; Royal Exchange
[[File:Mosley Street Manchester.jpg	center	140px]]	Mosley Street		Late 18th century	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	Recognisable buildings include the Midland Hotel, One St Peter's Square, Manchester Art Gallery, Portico Library, 38 and 42 Mosley Street, 1 New York Street, Mosley Street tram stop
[[File:New Cathedral St.jpg	center	140px]]	New Cathedral Street		1990s	Rebuilt since the 1996 IRA bombing of the city centre
[[File:Oldham Street, Manchester.jpg	center	140px]]	Oldham Street		Early 18th century	Forms part of the city's historic Northern Quarter district	Afflecks Palace
[[File:Oxford Road Manchester 2014.jpg	center	140px]]	Oxford Road		Late 18th century
[[File:Harvester House.jpg	center	140px	Harvester House]]	Peter Street, Manchester	A34
[[File:View along Portland Street, Manchester - geograph.org.uk - 1450713.jpg	center	140px]]	Portland Street		Early 19th century		Watts Warehouse
[[File:Princess Street Manchester.jpg	center	140px]]	Princess Street		Late 18th century	A 3-lane partially one-way street heading out of Manchester city centre	The Athenaeum & Asia House
[[File:Quay Street, Manchester.jpg	center	140px]]	Quay Street		Early 18th century		Home of ITV Granada Television since 1956 at Granada Studios. Recognised landmarks include the Manchester Opera House and Art Deco Sunlight House
[[File:Manchester Sackville Street towards city centre.jpg	center	140px]]	Sackville Street				Sackville Street Building including the Godlee Observatory
[[File:Manchester Parr's Bank 1229pc.JPG	center	140px]]	Spring Gardens			Former centre of North West Banking Industry	Former National Westminster Bank
[[File:Whitworth Street, Manchester.jpg	center	140px]]	Whitworth Street		1899		The Haçienda, Sackville Street Building including the Godlee Observatory
	Wilmslow Road		18th century	Forms the Wilmslow Road bus corridor, reputed to be the busiest in Europe

References

Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). ''Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester''. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. {{ISBN. 0-907511-87-2; pp. 18-20
Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). ''Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester''. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. {{ISBN. 0-907511-87-2; p. 20
"Manchester Deansgate Bars". manchesterbars.com.
Parkinson-Bailey, John J.. (2000). "Manchester: an architectural history". [[Manchester University Press]].
"Upper King Street Conservation Area History". Manchester City Council.
Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). ''Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester''. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. {{ISBN. 0-907511-87-2; pp. 30-31
Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). ''Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester''. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. {{ISBN. 0-907511-87-2; pp. 32-34
Taylor, Ian R.. (1996). "A Tale of Two Cities". Routledge.
Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). ''Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester''. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. {{ISBN. 0-907511-87-2; pp. 24-25
Bradshaw, L. D. (1985). ''Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester''. Radcliffe: Neil Richardson. {{ISBN. 0-907511-87-2; pp. 40-44
In Whitworth Street West [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6941105.stm "Obituary: Tony Wilson"], BBC News, 10 August 2007
House of Commons Transport Committee, Great Britain. (2006). "Bus Services Across the UK". The Stationery Office.

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