IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Portland Street, MANCHESTER, M1 4PY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Portland Street, M1 4PY by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (2251 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Behrens building, Portland Street, Manchester
Striking former warehouse with a bravura twenty-three bay arcade to Portland Street. It was built c1860 by P. Nunn for Louis Behrens & Sons. Grade II listed.
Behrens was a prominent banker who built this for multiple occupation to no doubt swell his coffers. It now forms part of Bruntwood's portfolio (ubiquitous local property developers) with shops at street level and offices above.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 Jul 2011
0.01 miles
2
Vantage bus
See Image for some notes about Vantage buses. This is fleet number 39257/
Image: © Bob Harvey
Taken: 8 Feb 2018
0.01 miles
3
Portland Street
From its junction with Oxford Street.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Oct 2010
0.01 miles
4
The elite runners
The elite runners waiting for the start of the Manchester 10k run. The great Ethiopian, Haile Gebrselassie (who eventually won) is on the extreme left of the starters.
Image: © Chris Denny
Taken: 16 May 2010
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Humphrey Booth The Elder
Inscribed stone on the side of the Circus site.
"These buildings are erected on land forming part of the
original endowment of Humphrey Booth who was born
in Salford in 1580 and set up the Charity of Humphrey
Booth the Elder by a Deed of Foeffment dated 18th
February 1630 to aid poor needy or frail people in Salford"
The Circus site at the junction of Portland Street and Oxford Street, contains a number of large leisure units including a 228-bed Premier Inn hotel, two bars, a Boots outlet and a Circus Casino owned by Genting Group.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 22 May 2021
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Oxford Place
Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-456061-127-133-portland-street-
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 29 Oct 2014
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Portland Street/Oxford Street/Chepstow Street
A busy crossroads on the edge of Manchester's commercial area.
Image: © michael ely
Taken: 16 Jul 2010
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Stagecoach bus route 111
MX60 BVF is a hybrid bus, with electric and diesel propulsion. It is Stagecoach fleet number 12039, a Dennis Trident 2 Electric Hybrid with Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 400 bodywork
Image: © Bob Harvey
Taken: 8 Feb 2018
0.02 miles
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You're not stuck in traffic you are traffic
Naked bike riders at the corner of Oxford Street and Portland Street.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 9 Jun 2017
0.02 miles
10
Plaque
Historic record on the outside of a modern building known as "The Circus" (Image)
"HUMPHREY BOOTH THE ELDER
These buildings are erected on land forming part of the original endowment of Humphrey Booth who was born in Salford in 1580 and set up the Charity of Humphrey Booth the Elder by a Deed of Foeffment dated 18th February 1630 to aid poor needy or frail people in Salford"
The charity is still in existence, and was merged in 1846 with other endowments by the Booth family, and forms part of what is now the Booth Charities (http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=221800&subid=0 )
Image: © Bob Harvey
Taken: 8 Feb 2018
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