Clippers Quay
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The photograph on this page of Clippers Quay by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Gerald England Taken: 21 Aug 2017
The Manchester Ship Canal viewed from Trafford Road Bridge. On the right 614 flats in five blocks are being developed on the site of the former UGC Multiplex Cinema at Clippers Quay. The old cinema which was the first multiplex in Greater Manchester and the second in the UK was opened by Cannon in December 1986. Later it was renamed MGM, Virgin and then UGC before it closed in 2001, laying derelict until demolished in 2015 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/25895