Salford

Getting to Salford

Manchester Airport (MAN IATA) is ten miles south of Salford. A direct train runs hourly from the airport via Manchester Piccadilly to Salford Central, taking 25 min, and heading for Blackpool. Otherwise take any train to Piccadilly and change. Trains from towns across northern England stop at

1. 01
   Salford Central
2. 02
   Salford Crescent
3. 03
   Victoria

   This means the service between Salford and Victoria is very frequent, and takes barely 5 min, the previous terrible trains with an interior that looks like a bus have now been confined to history.

Worth seeing

See

1. 01
   Salford Cathedral

   Until 1829 the Roman Catholics in England were forbidden to build churches, and faced many other restrictions, so the city's large Irish population was ill-served.

2. 02
   Salford Museum & Art Gallery

   Crescent M5 4WU (200 yards east of Salford Crescent railway station),.

3. 03
   Working Class Movement Library

   50 The Crescent M5 4WX (100 yards south of Crescent railway station).

4. 04
   Ordsall Hall

   Timber-framed 16th-century mansion with 17th-century brick wings added, and much altered in the 18th century.

5. 05
   Barton Swing Aqueduct in Eccles

   A conventional aqueduct carried the Bridgewater Canal across the River Irwell from 1761.

Things to do

Football:

1. 01
   Salford City FC

   "The Ammies" play soccer in League Two, the fourth tier.

2. 02
   Salford Community Stadium

Where to eat

The places near the station are just takeaways with a few bucket seats. Keep going past the first one you see, Caribbean Flavas, which gets rotten reviews. Further east on Blackfriars, Eastzest is a decent Indian restaurant open daily 5-11:30PM. Good restaurants at The Campanile and The Lowry Hotel, listed below. Lots of budget eateries on Salford Quays, Media City, and just across the bridge in Old Trafford.

Getting around Salford the local way