The Village
Canal Street
Where is it? To the east of the centre, centered around Canal Street and Chorlton Street. Includes Whitworth Street, Princess Street, Sackville Street and Sackville Park.
Where is it? From Portland Street to Whitworth Street, with Canal Street and the Rochdale canal running through the centre.
Village shops and businesses cater for gay residents and visitors, and range from solicitors through to tanning salons.
Sackville Park is a pleasant grassy area for when some tranquillity is required. The park has a Beacon of Hope AIDS and HIV memorial, and a statue of gay mathematician and WWII codebreaker, Alan Turing.
Manchester Bars - Canal Street - The Gay Village |
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Manchester's Gay Village is without doubt the livliest area of the city and this is reflected by the number of pubs, bars and clubs dotted around Canal Street, or 'anal treet' as it's also affectionately known locally. |
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| Canal Street is the name most widely associated with Manchester's Gay Village. Lined with gay bars, clubs, cafe's and shops, it's packed at night time with gays, lesbians, transexuals and transvetites who have flocked to the area from all over the world. Many attracted by the Queer As Folk television drama which was based here. | |
| Whilst 'The Village' is full of gay bars, most of them are straight friendly and the popularity of the area with hetrosexuals underlines the welcoming open-minded attitude Mancunians are famed for. A great time is guaranteed anybody, gay straight or bi-sexualfor . |
