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Sledmere Close, MANCHESTER, M11 3BT

On the right is the new Academy for Manchester City FC under construction.

Cast iron post by the A662, in parish of MANCHESTER (MANCHESTER District), Ashton New Road; Beswick, junction with the A6010 on embankment, on South side of road. St Anne's post, erected by the District Council in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- {coat of arms} TO ST. ANN'S SQUARE 2 MILES Milestone Society National ID: LA_MAAL02

Cast iron post by the A662, in parish of MANCHESTER (MANCHESTER District), Ashton New Road; Beswick, junction with the A6010 on embankment, on South side of road. St Anne's post, erected by the District Council in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- {coat of arms} TO ST. ANN'S SQUARE 2 MILES Milestone Society National ID: LA_MAAL02

Looking eastwards along Ashton New Road (A662) towards its junction with Alan Turing Way (A6010). The footbridge over the junction connects the main part of the Etihad Campus (including the Etihad Stadium), on the left, with the new Manchester City Academy Arena which can be seen just beyond the bridge.

The busy junction of Ashton New Road (A635) and Alan Turing Way (A6010) viewed from the steps of the Asda superstore. In the foreground is a Metrolink Tram en route from Ashton under Lyne to Eccles. In the background is a new footbridge linking the Etihad Stadium with the new Football Academy.

A new footbridge has been erected across the busy junction of Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way linking the Ethiad Stadium with the new Football Academy.

This huge pub used to be a Labour Party club, but for at least 16 years it has been a pub. It can accommodate around 1,200 people and has two machines which are each capable of pouring six pints in 20 seconds. So there is no doubt that some serious drinking goes on here. The busiest days are when Manchester City Football Club is playing at home. It is one of the many pubs around here popular with City fans. At other times it can be quiet, and in 2009 the owner announced he was considering applying for planning permission to demolish the building and replace it with a new hotel and bar complex. The pub is on the corner of Grey Mare Lane and Howarth Close. It extends a long way back along the latter. The owner's mother-in-law owns a Mary D's bar in Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria, which is popular with holidaying City fans. At the moment this area is very far from being a tourist destination for visitors to Manchester. The litter on the pavement, the extra protection on the pub's downstairs windows, and the CCT camera on the corner of the building, encased in a metal grill, tell their own story.

As part of the City Football Academy project, a pedestrian walkway was installed over the busy Ashton New Road/Alan Turing Way road junction to offer an alternative crossing that links the new academy with the Etihad Stadium. The Bridge, which was assembled on the ground and subsequently lifted into place provides a safe crossing point for people walking through the neighbourhood and users of Etihad Campus/Sportcity facilities. During match days these roads will no longer be subject to temporary closures as the new structure is able to channel thousands of people across site, thus ensuring traffic will flow freely to and from the stadium. It opened in 2014.