Edinburgh Castle
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Edinburgh Castle by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Edinburgh Castle
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 27 May 2021
The Edinburgh Castle on the corner of Henry Street and Blossom Street in Ancoats can be traced back to at least 1811. In the 1970s it was a Whitbreads house. It closed in the early 2000s. At one stage Heritage Inns had planning permission to refurbish it but nothing came of that. http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Edinburgh%20Castle%20-%20Blossom%20Street In 2016 it was bought by developers First Step - with a plan to turn it into a real ale pub, while the next door Woodies backpackers hostel was to be demolished and replaced with a restaurant and apartments. Ten new townhouses would include 21 new flats accessed from Blossom Street, with a new eaterie underneath. It is therefore one of the few survivors in the area. It reopened in 2019.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.484166
Longitude
-2.230073