Manchester Photo Gallery

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Hilton Tower also known as Beetham Tower, Manchester, UK Metal M for Manchester structure under Mancunian Way motorway in centre of Manchester, UK Big wheel, Exchange Square Hilton Tower (also known as Beetham Tower) against dark, stormy sky \nwith Refuge Assurance building (Palace Hotel) bottom left, Manchester, UK "And on the sixth day god created MANchester"\nmosaic, Affleck's Palace Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Street signpost on Deansgate, Manchester, UK Detail of Trinity Bridge (Santiago Calatrava, 1995), Salford Sculpture near Bridgewater Hall \nThe Alan Turing Memorial statue, Sackville Park (Glyn Hughes, 2001). (Turing worked in the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, 1948-1954.) Piccadilly Plaza Exchange Square Children's windmill sculptures, Exchange Square (John Hyatt, 1999) Topiary, Exchange Square Exchange Square Fountain, Cathedral Gardens Tram leaving Victoria Station Urbis - museum of the modern city. Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Giants Basin, Castlefield Merchants Bridge, Castlefield Merchants Bridge, Castlefield Grocers' Warehouse, Castlefield Remains of Roman fort, Castlefield Mural (Former) Liverpool Road Station (1830) - the world's first passenger railway station. Bar Ca, Castlefield Opera House Granada House - Granada Television Centre Bridgewater Hall Sculpture near Bridgewater Hall Touchstone, Barbirolli Square (Ken Yasuda, 1996) Bridgewater Hall seen through railing sculpture G-Mex Centre - formerly Central Station, now an exhibition centre Midland Hotel Manchester International Convention Centre Office building 101 Barbirolli Square, Manchester UK Central Library, St. Peter's Square Manchester Town Hall - Cooper Street elevation Imperial War Museum North Imperial War Museum North Old Trafford - the home of Manchester United Football Club Trinity Bridge (Santiago Calatrava, 1995), Salford Corporation Street Footbridge (1999),\nin form of hyperboloid of one sheet.\nConnects Arndale Centre to Marks and Spencers and Selfridges. Triangle, Exchange Square Chetham's School of Music Manchester Cathedral Gargoyle, Manchester Cathedral Gargoyle, Manchester Cathedral Manchester Town Hall in Christmas decoration. East Manchester regeneration City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester UK Sportcity, east Manchester Sportcity, east Manchester Wall decoration, east Manchester Manchester Art Gallery Manchester, city of peace.\nSign outside Town Hall. Messenger of Peace (Barbara Pearson, 1986), St. Peter's Square Central Library, St. Peter's Square Metrolink stop, St. Peter's Square Struggle for Peace and Freedom (Philip Jackson, 1988),\nSt. Peter's Square Decorative railing, St. Peter's Children's Centre Play Area, St. Peter's Square Arches, St. Peter's Square Street signposts, Lloyd Street Manchester Peace Garden, St. Peter's Square Trafford Park Mural by Walter Kershaw, second version (1993).\nThe 5,000 sq ft mural was removed in May 2006 for safety reasons.\nThe first version was produced in 1982. Trafford Park Mural by Walter Kershaw, second version (1993).\nThe 5,000 sq ft mural was removed in May 2006 for safety reasons.\nThe first version was produced in 1982. Sculpture, Trafford Park Sculpture, Trafford Park Sign at entrance to Trafford Park Hulme Arch (1997) - parabolic arch Hulme Arch (1997) - parabolic arch Peveril of the Peak, Great Bridgewater St. Statue of John Bright, Albert Square.\nBy Albert Bruce Joy (1891), white marble. Winged beasts, fountain, Albert Square. Northern Assurance Buildings Albert Memorial, Albert Square.\nBy Thomas Worthington (1865); statue by Matthew Noble. Albert Memorial, Albert Square. By Thomas Worthington (1865). Statue by Matthew Noble. Central Library, St. Peter's Square.\n By E. Vincent Harris (1930-1934). Midland Hotel Reading room, John Rylands Library, Deansgate St. John Street John Owens Memorial, St. John's Garden St. John's Garden Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Air and Space Hall, Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Lock 92, Duke's Lock, Castlefield Mural, Castlefield Instituto Cervantes (Spanish Institute), Liverpool Road Corner of Deansgate and Great Bridgewater Street Bicycle sculpture, Great Bridgewater Street Gaythorn Tunnel Deansgate Locks Street signpost, Whitworth Street West Lloyds Metal Group PLC (demolished 2004), \nHampson Street No. 1 Deansgate Intersection of Police Street and King Street Former Bank of England (1845-1971), King Street Athenaeum bar, York Street Arndale Centre "Tramway look both ways" sign Debenham's Department Store (Rylands Building), Market Street Sacha's Hotel, Tib Street Affleck's Palace, Tib Street Mosaics on wall of Affleck's Palace, Tib Street Thomas Street Post Office Hoardings for redevelopment, Northern Quarter CIS (Co-operative Insurance Society) Tower, Miller Street Street signpost, Shudehill Tram at Shudehill Salford Quays Street signpost, Salford Quays Plaque marking start of redevelopment of Salford Quays (1986) Engravings showing work at Salford Docks, Salford Quays Engravings showing work at Salford Docks,\nSalford Quays Plaque on Centenary Walkway, Salford Quays Lowry Outlet Centre, Salford Quays Manchester Ship Canal, Lowry Footbridge and Imperial War Museum The Victoria, Harbour City, Salford Quays Mariners Canal, Salford Quays Barton Road Swing Bridge, Trafford Park Looking north on Oxford Street National Computing Centre, Oxford Road Looking north on Oxford Street Oxford Street BBC, Oxford Road Advertising board for Academy of Sound Stairs to Oxford Road train station Refuge Assurance building (Palace Hotel) Palace Theatre Copper Face Jacks Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee and Co. Ltd, Oxford Street Street signpost, St. Peter's Square St. Peters Square Metrolink station Arches, Manchester Town Hall extension Corner of Deansgate and Peter Street Water feature, Great Northern complex Albert Memorial Hall, Peter Street LNER Goods Depot sign, Great Northern quarter, Deansgate Great Northern quarter, Deansgate Great Northern quarter, Deansgate Deansgate Court Street signpost, Deansgate The Rising Sun pub Monastery of Sound Cow Parade, public art exhibition, 2004 Kendals Department Store, Deansgate Trinity Bridge (Santiago Calatrava, 1995)\nwith the Lowry Hotel in the background, Salford Shoppers, King Street St. Ann's Square Royal Exchange Theatre, Exchange Street Theatre in the round, Royal Exchange Theatre,\nExchange Street Board showing last day's trading prices for American and Egyptian cotton, Royal Exchange Royal Exchange Theatre, Exchange Street Market Street Arthur Kay & Bro, Market Street Corporation Street Footbridge Ship Canal House, King Street Imperial Chinese Archway (1987) Vivienne Westwood shop, Spring Gardens Chinatown Mural, Chinatown Detail of Imperial Chinese Archway, Faulkner Street Chinatown, Faulkner Street Chinatown, Faulkner Street Canal Street Bridge, Sackville Street Plaque on wall of Lass 'o' Gowrie pub Lass 'o' Gowrie pub, Charles Street, Manchester UK Lass 'o' Gowrie pub, Charles Street, Manchester UK British Telecom Building, London Road Piccadilly train station Intersection of London Road, Whitworth Street and Fairfield Street Piccadilly train station Aerial view of roofs over main platforms of Manchester Piccadilly train station UK Cow, Piccadilly Station, part of Cow Parade Manchester 2004, public art exhibition Piccadilly train station, Fairfield Street entrance Piccadilly train station Piccadilly train station, Station Approach entrance Piccadilly train station, Station Approach entrance, showing cow from Cow Parade Manchester 2004 Gateway House, Piccadilly Station Approach Sign for Piccadilly train station at bottom of Station Approach 111 Piccadilly Refuge Assurance building (Palace Hotel) Refuge Assurance building (Palace Hotel) Palace Theatre Cornerhouse, Whitworth Street West St. James's Buildings, Oxford Street Manchester Town Hall Street signpost, Deansgate Shoppers, Police Street Cow, King Street, part of Cow Parade Manchester 2004, public art exhibition Mr Thomas's Chop House, Victorian bar and restaurant, Cross Street Arndale Centre at junction of Market Street and Corporation Street Plaque on postbox, Corporation Street.\nPlaque reads: "This postbox remained standing almost undamaged on June 18th 1996\nwhen this area was devastated by a bomb.\nThe box was removed during the rebuilding of the city centre\nand was returned to its original site on November 22nd 1999." Sinclair's Oyster Bar, Cathedral Gates, Exchange Square Mynshull's House, Cateaton Street Manchester Cathedral Street signpost, Victoria Street Harvey Nichols Triangle (formerly Corn Exchange), Exchange Square Triangle, Exchange Square Printworks, Exchange Square Urbis, museum of the modern city Plaque on Chetham's School and Library building marking original location of Manchester Grammar School.Inscription reads:\nThis plaque marks the original site of the Manchester Grammar School on which\nfor more than four centuries successive generations of boys were educated. The\nschool was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter, whose arms appear\nabove and remained here without interruption intil 1931, when the school was\ntransferred to its present site at Rusholme. Plaque marking Chetham's Hospital, building of architectural and historic interest Grade 1. Victoria Station frontage Victoria Station frontage Victoria Station frontage Edwardian restaurant, Victoria Station Edwardian restaurant, Victoria Station Entrance to Manchester Evening News Arena Steps leading to Manchester Evening News Arena Arena Point, Offices at Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester Evening News Arena Boddingtons Brewery, Strangeways (closed in 2005) Chetham's School of Music, Hunt's Bank facade, Manchester UK View from Exchange Bus station, Victoria Bridge, to Arndale Centre, Manchester UK Harvey Nichols Harvey Nichols, Deansgate entrance Barton Arcade, Deansgate Barton Arcade, Deansgate Merchants Bridge, Castlefield Merchants Bridge, Castlefield Reflection in building, Castlefield Lock 92, Duke's Lock, Castlefield Underside of viaduct, Castlefield Detail of viaduct, Castlefield Aerial view of area around Sackville Street (University of Manchester) and Piccadilly Aerial view of Manchester town centre showing Portland Hotel, Piccadilly Plaza and Arndale Centre Aerial view of Manchester town centre showing clock towers of Refuge Assurance\nbuilding and Manchester Town Hall City of Manchester Stadium Aerial view north up Oxford Road towards Manchester city centre Aerial view south down Oxford Road from University of Manchester campus City of Manchester Stadium Royal Brewery, Princess Road Aerial view of Manchester town centre showing clock towers of Refuge Assurance building and Manchester Town Hall, UK Office block by the River Irwell Plaque marking site of first Manchester gas works, St. Mary's Parsonage Big wheel, Exchange Square Big wheel, Exchange Square Triangle, Exchange Square, seen from the big wheel CIS (Co-operative Insurance Society) tower, Miller Street Manchester Cathedral View over Triangle amd Chetham's School of Music to Victoria Station and Manchester Evening News Arena with Pennine hills in distance Manchester Evening News Arena Postbox, Corporation Street, Manchester UK Concrete society award 1968, Mancunian Way Royal Northern College of Music Crown Court, Minshull Street, Manchester, UK. By Thomas Worthington (1867-1873) Green Building apartments, Macintosh Village, Manchester, UK Green Building apartments, Macintosh Village, Manchester, UK Wall sign reading "Boundary of the Township of Manchester" in Cambridge Street, Manchester, UK Beetham Tower under construction in Manchester on August 19 2005 The Hotspur Press, Percy Brothers Ltd, Cambdridge Street, Manchester UK Footbridge over Great Bridgewater Street connecting Deansgate Railway Station and GMEX Metrolink station, Manchester UK Peveril of the Peak pub, Great Bridgewater St., Manchester UK Beetham Tower under construction in Manchester on August 19 2005 Peveril of the Peak pub, Great Bridgewater St., Manchester UK Peveril of the Peak pub, Great Bridgewater St., Manchester UK Peveril of the Peak pub, Great Bridgewater St., Manchester UK Piccadilly train station Piccadilly train station Gateway House and Piccadilly train station Beetham Tower under construction in Manchester on November 5 2005 Banner featuring Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff advertising cricket test series.\nOn former British Telecom building, London Road, Manchester, UK. Banner featuring Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff advertising cricket test series.\nOn former British Telecom building, London Road, Manchester, UK. Refuge Assurance building (Palace Hotel), Manchester UK Hilton Tower also known as Beetham Tower, Manchester, UK Hilton Tower (also known as Beetham Tower) against dark, stormy sky Manchester, UK View from car park roof into Manchester centre on snowy day in winter with Hilton Tower (Beetham tower) in background Aerial view of Manchester town centre looking north showing Portland Hotel, Piccadilly Plaza and Arndale Centre Aerial view of Manchester town centre looking north from University of Manchester campus Cranes in Manchester town centre used in construction of Inacity development near Piccadilly station Mancunian Way A57 motorway, Manchester UK Plaque commemorating opening September 4 1992 of A6 Mancunian Way junction improvement by Mayor William Egerton, Manchester, UK Metal M for Manchester structure under Mancunian Way motorway in centre of Manchester, UK View down Upper Brook Street into Manchester centre on snowy day in winter Derelict Dunlop Limited GRD Division building on Cambridge Street, Manchester, UK Graffiti on wall in Cambridge Street, Manchester, UK Graffiti on wall in Cambridge Street, Manchester, UK Graffiti on wall in Cambridge Street, Manchester, UK Hilton Tower (also known as Beetham Tower) with GMEX and Metrolink tram line in foreground, Manchester, UK Hilton Tower (also known as Beetham Tower) with GMEX and Metrolink tram line in foreground, Manchester, UK Building containing Aqua Bar by Rochdale canal, Albion Wharf, Albion Street, Manchester, UK Street signpost with Hilton Tower (Beetham tower) in background, Manchester, UK Deansgate Locks at Whitworth Street on Rochdale canal, Manchester UK Hilton Tower also known as Beetham Tower, Manchester, UK Hilton Tower (also known as Beetham Tower) with lower part shrouded in mist, Manchester, UK Great Northern Railway Company Goods Warehouse, Manchester UK Royal Bank of Scotland building on Deansgate, Manchester, UK Mulberry Passage off John Dalton Street, Manchester, UK Stick men climbing building, Manchester, UK Hard Rock Cafe, The Printworks The Lowry (arts centre) Lowry Footbridge, Salford Quays Lowry Footbridge, Salford Quays Waterfall sculpture, Cathedral Gardens Hilton Tower also known as Beetham Tower viewed from south, Manchester, UK
Photos by Nicholas J. Higham, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester. Last updated April 27, 2009.
For these and other images: Stock photography by Nick Higham at Alamy