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Salford Quays Manchester Map

Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Salford · Region: North West

Explore Salford Quays, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Salford Quays map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Salford Quays, Manchester

How to Use This Salford Quays, Manchester Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Salford Quays, Manchester, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceSalford Quays
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughSalford
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.473849
Longitude-2.301761
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Salford Quays

Salford Quays holds the memory of industrial toil beneath a skin of modern glass and polished concrete. Where steamships once heaved coal and raw cotton into the arteries of the North, the water of the ship canal now reflects the sharp, geometric silhouettes of the Imperial War Museum North. Sunlight catches the metallic sheen of the Petra sculpture, a silent sentinel watching the transition from grimy dockland to a precinct of curated leisure. The Lowry anchors the waterfront, its bold, red-brick form offering a theatrical counterpoint to the quiet, sunken history of the nearby Weaste Cemetery. Here, the restless ghosts of Victorian labourers seem to watch the sleek trams glide over tracks that replaced the heavy iron rails of commerce. L.S. Lowry’s matchstick figures might have wandered these very banks, capturing the melancholy rhythm of a landscape forever shedding its soot. Today, the biting wind off the basin carries the scent of salt and progress, binding the grit of the past to the polished ambitions of the present. Salford Quays remains a testament to human persistence, where the deep, dark currents of the docks endure beneath the glare of the twenty-first century.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Weaste Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.2 mi, 002° N · 16 ha
  • Petra (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 118° ESE
  • Blue Peter Garden (Attraction) — 0.2 mi, 119° ESE
  • North Bay (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.3 mi, 127° SE
  • The Lowry (Theatre) — 0.3 mi, 132° SE
  • Imperial War Museum North (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 159° SSE
  • Coronation Street Experience (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 175° S
  • Trafford Ecology Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 263° W
  • Trafford Park Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 260° W
  • Challenge 4 Change (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 211° SSW
  • Central Bay (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 117° ESE
  • Route 66 (Cinema) — 0.6 mi, 253° WSW
  • Langworthy Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 031° NNE
  • Manchester United Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 147° SSE
  • Sir Alex Ferguson statue (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 149° SSE
  • Sir Matt Busby statue (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 145° SE
  • Ordsall Hall (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 107° ESE
  • Corn Brook (River) — 1.3 mi, 105° ESE
  • Salford Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 057° ENE
  • LEGOLAND Discovery Centre (Theme Park) — 1.7 mi, 255° WSW
  • Castlefield Viaduct Urban Park (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 088° E
  • Science and Industry Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 083° E
  • Castlefield Bowl (Theatre) — 1.9 mi, 085° E
  • Remains Of Eastern Wall Of The Roman Fort (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 089° E
  • Odeon Manchester Trafford Centre (Cinema) — 2.0 mi, 254° WSW
  • Bridgewater Canal'S Barton Aqueduct Embankment And Retaining Walls (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 272° W
  • St Catherine's, Barton Upon Irwell (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 268° W
  • The Hanging Bridge Immediately South Of Manchester Cathedral (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 073° ENE
  • Folly Brook (River) — 2.6 mi, 303° WNW
  • Hall Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.7 mi, 006° N

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About This Salford Quays Map Page

Explore Salford Quays, Manchester, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.473849, -2.301761. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.