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Public Park off Belle Vue Street looking towards Queensland Street.

Home of the Manchester City Chapel, an Assemblies of God congregation on Crossley Street.

Public Park off Belle Vue Street looking from near Queensland Street.

Spicy Mint, Missy Hair Salon and Belle Vue Night Shop.

There is no access to or from Belle Vue Street.

According to their website https://www.hideoutyouthzone.org/about-us/ "HideOut Youth Zone is a safe and inspiring place for thousands of young people aged 8 – 19, and up to 25 for those with additional needs, to enjoy their leisure time. ... It is a charity dedicated to supporting young people by providing three things which all young people need and deserve – somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to. … HideOut Youth Zone is being delivered in partnership with OnSide Youth Zones and Manchester City Council and is supported by a number of businesses and philanthropists, who have a vested interest in providing opportunities for Manchester's young people." It was built on the site of the former Gorton Baths Image and opened in 2020.

Construction of The Co-op Academy Belle Vue Image run by the Co-Op Academies Trust is progressing steadily. It is being built on the site of Belle Vue Zoo which ran from 1836 - 1977 Image In 1989 Showcase Cinemas Image opened on the site. It closed permanently in March 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and has now been demolished. The 13-acre site was sold to Manchester City Council.

A new housing development on the former industrial land between Gorton Monastery and the railway. This site was first used as a Chemical works in the late 1800s alongside housing and a school and then In the 1900s a gas works was added to the site. In 1907, the chemical works was replaced by Crossley Motor Works, which expanded over time across the whole site. These works had also then closed by 1960, and replaced by warehousing (http://goo.gl/muxoVY planning application).

The Great Nave is the main space at Gorton Monastery. The large, open room features stunning architecture and beautiful partially-restored original features. Amongst the many striking features and artefacts are the twelve canopied statues of saints standing 40 feet up on their pedestals below the clerestory windows. The figures were installed when the monastery was built and spent 133 years looking down on the aisles but were removed in the early 1990s by the developer when the building was to be converted into flats. They were spotted on an auction list at Sotheby’s in 1994 by local historian Janet Wallwork and bought by Manchester council after Gorton MP Gerald Kaufman negotiated their withdrawal from the auction. After a short period on display at Manchester Town Hall, the works had been kept in storage in the city centre but were eventually re-installed at the Monastery in May 2012 after being carefully cleaned, restored and re-gilded. Made of French limestone, each statue is eight foot in height and weighs half a ton. Some of the replacement parts were carved in wood (http://www.themonastery.co.uk/THE-SAINTS-RAISED-UP-ONTO-THEIR-PLINTHS-AT-THE-MONASTERY.html The Monastery, Manchester http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/saints-go-marching-in-twelve-870434 Manchester Evening News). Saint Louis was King of France, patron of prisoners, builders, sculptors, soldiers, hairdressers, and Franciscan Tertiaries.