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Oldham Street

Street in Manchester, England

Oldham Street

Street in Manchester, England

Aerial view of Oldham Street

Oldham Street is in Manchester city centre and forms part of the city's historic Northern Quarter district. The Northern Quarter is dominated by buildings that were built before the Second World War.

The street runs from Piccadilly northwards to Great Ancoats Street on the edge of Ancoats, beyond which it continues further north as Oldham Road, the A62. The street is a part of Manchester which is on a tentative list as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Methodist Central Hall stands on the east side.

Until the 1970s Oldham Street formed one of the principal shopping areas of Manchester city centre. However the construction of the large indoor Arndale Centre to the west during this decade saw most of the well known and long established high street stores closed or relocated.

Entertainment and shopping

At the Ancoats end of the street is the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club. Further down is the independent music venue, The Night and Day Café. A little further along is Afflecks, which caters to alternative and individualised fashions. Pubs that act as music venues on the street include Gullivers and the Castle Hotel, located across the road from one another. There are also retro and vintage clothing stores along the street.

In addition to Oldham Street's alternative fashion outlets, it is known for second-hand music shops specialising in collectible and new vinyl, with genres ranging from rhythm and blues, soul, and folk to Madchester, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep.

References

References

  1. (3 August 2010). "Captain America production heads for Manchester". [[BBC]].
  2. link. (23 February 2012 Retrieved 2011-04-17.)
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