Deansgate is a fascinating place. Someone said to me once that you could spend the whole day there, starting with breakfast at the Hilton and working your way up to the Manchester Cathedral or the big wheel. And, it’s true. Deansgate being the busiest streets in Manchester certainly has a lot to offer. From shopping, amazing landmarks and great atmosphere, it is all there. In todays post I decided to tell you more about this fascintaing place in Mancehster.
Starting with a bit of history, the street is named after a lost river Dene that supposedly ran from River Irk and River Irwell in Manchester. It is also a river that supposedly ran alongside the famous Hanging Ditch bridge connecting the two rivers. The bridge itself was built around 1421, from what we know. As we don’t have that many information about it, there are many speculations about it with some people saying that it might even have Roman origins as a defense installation on the two rivers.
The Deansgate begins in Castlefield, with No. 1 Deansgate and the Deansgate Railway Stations located there and ends up the north on the Victoria street, spanning nearly a mile in length. At its end sits one of the finest landmarks in the city, the Manchester Cathedral, the seat of the bishop of Manchester.
If you ask anyone in Manchester what the street is associate with for them, I bet that most will say shopping. Deansgate houses some of the finest shops in the city. House of Fraser, formely Kendals, is located there and the famous Waterstones bookstore is right opposite it.
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