Pendlebury

Worth seeing in and around Pendlebury

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Old Trafford

   Old Trafford is a football stadium in the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Manchester United.

   5.2 km · football stadium in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Manchester Arena

   Manchester Arena is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria railway station in air rights space. With a capacity of 23,000 it is the second largest indoor arena in the UK after Co-op Live and third largest in Europe.

   5.2 km · event arena in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   English Football Hall of Fame

   The English Football Hall of Fame is housed at the National Football Museum in Manchester, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of the all-time top English footballing talents, as well as non-English players and managers who have become significant figures in the history of the English game.

   5.4 km · hall of fame in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   University of Salford

   The University of Salford is a public research university located in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, 1 mile west of Manchester city centre. The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, became a College of Advanced Technology in 1956 and gained university status in 1967, following the Robbins Report into higher education.

   3.9 km · public research university in Salford, Greater Manchester · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Manchester Art Gallery

   Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry.

   5.9 km · publicly owned art gallery in Manchester, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Manchester Cathedral

   Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, in Manchester, England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church. It is on Victoria Street in Manchester city centre and is a grade I listed building.

   5.3 km · church of England cathedral in Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Old Trafford Cricket Ground

   Old Trafford is a cricket ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1857 as the home of Manchester Cricket Club and has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1864.

   6 km · cricket ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   John Rylands Library

   The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. It is part of the University of Manchester.

   5.3 km · building on Deansgate in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Beetham Tower

   Beetham Tower is a 47-storey mixed use skyscraper in Manchester, England. Completed in 2006, it is named after its developers, the Beetham Organisation, and was designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners.

   5.6 km · skyscraper in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Chetham's Library

    Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham, for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", and a library for the use of scholars.

    5.3 km · library and museum in Manchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Pendlebury

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 18 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 40 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 59 km

Stations

Manchester Victoria station, 5.2 km · Salford Central railway station, 4.8 km · Deansgate railway station, 5.7 km · Eccles railway station, 2.8 km · Trafford Park railway station, 5.9 km

• Liverpool → Pendlebury

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £4.5–6
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pendlebury

  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £6–8
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Pendlebury

  100 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £12–16
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