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Alexandra Park
Moss Side, Manchester, England
Moss Side, Manchester, England

Alexandra Park

Length2.6 mi
Elev. Gain200.1 ft
Est. Steps6000
Created by Lone Ranger

Alexandra Park Introduction

Alexandra Park is a 2.6 mile (6,000-step) route located near Moss Side, Manchester, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 200.1 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

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Alexandra Park, Manchester

Park
Alexandra Park is a 60-acre (24 ha) park in the Whalley Range district of Manchester, England. It was designed by Alexander Gordon Hennell and opened to the public in 1870 with the initial purpose to "deter the working men of Manchester from the alehouses during their day off". The lodge and gateways are the work of Alfred Darbyshire.

Christ Church, Moss Side, Manchester

Place
Christ Church in Lloyd Street North, Moss Side, Manchester, England, is an Anglican church of 1899–1904 by W. Cecil Hardisty. It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 24 April 1987.The church is of red brick in an "Arts and Crafts Perpendicular" style. Pevsner considered it Hardisty's "best (building) in Manchester".

Greenheys, Manchester

Place
Greenheys is an inner-city area of south Manchester, England, between Hulme to the north and west, Chorlton-on-Medlock to the east and Moss Side to the south.Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton, published in 1848, opens with a description of Greenheys, then still a rural area on the outskirts of the city.

Whalley Range, Manchester

Place
Whalley Range is an area of Manchester, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 15,430. Historically in Lancashire, it was one of the earliest of the city's suburbs, built by local businessman Samuel Brooks (1793–1864).

Moss Lane Cricket Ground

Place
Moss Lane Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1864, when Manchester Cricket Club played Sheffield Cricket Club.In 1844, the ground held its inaugural first-class match when Manchester played Sheffield Cricket Club who were called Yorkshire on that occasion.

Moss Side

Place
Moss Side is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south of the city centre, It had a population of 18,902 at the 2011 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Rusholme and Fallowfield to the east, Whalley Range to the south, and Old Trafford to the west.

St Bede's College, Manchester

School
St Bede's College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational school for children from 3–18 years on Alexandra Road South in Whalley Range, Manchester, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Mr Louis d'Arcy became Headmaster of the College in January 2019.Founded in 1876 by the Bishop of Salford, Herbert Vaughan, the College moved to its present site on Alexandra Park Road a few years later after the acquisition of the former Manchester Aquarium building.

Manchester Academy (secondary school)

School
Manchester Academy High School, also known as Manchester Academy, is a non-selective co-educational secondary school within the English Academy programme, in Moss Side, Manchester. It is situated on Moss Lane East (B5219), near Denmark Road, with the University of Manchester in Manchester nearby to the north and the Whitworth Art Gallery to the east.

Moss Side mass shooting

Place
On Sunday, 12 August 2018, a mass shooting happened in the Manchester neighbourhood of Moss Side. It was the first mass shooting in the UK since the Cumbria shootings in 2010. The weapon used was believed by Greater Manchester Police to be a shotgun. There were no fatalities.

Broadfield Park

Park
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

2.6 mi

Elev. Gain

200.1 ft

Est. Steps

6000
Created by
Lone Ranger
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