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Location:
Europe,
United Kingdom, Manchester
Category:
City view
Description:
View of the city skyline and Oxford
Road train station and shopping
district
Location Information:
Wilmslow Road is a major
thoroughfare in Manchester, England,
running from Parrs Wood north into
Manchester City Centre. Its name
changes to Oxford Road at Whitworth
Park, north of Rusholme, and changes
again to Oxford Street, when it
reaches the city centre.
The road runs through the centres of
Didsbury, Withington, Fallowfield
and Rusholme. It is a popular bus
corridor which crosses the
University of Manchester campus and
the All Saints campus of the
Manchester Metropolitan University.
A number of hospitals are also to be
found near the route. Oxford Road
and Oxford Street are a continuation
of Wilmslow Road into the centre of
Manchester. Oxford Street begins at
St. Peter's Square. The name changes
from Oxford Street to Oxford Road as
the road crosses the River Medlock,
placing Oxford Road railway station
closer to Oxford Street. Oxford Road
changes to Wilmslow Road at the
junction with Hathersage Road. At
the Parrs Wood end, Wilmslow Road
crosses Cheadle Bridge over the
River Mersey to become Manchester
Road, Cheadle.
Oxford Street and a section of
Oxford Road together form part of
the A34. The B5117 comprises the
rest of Oxford Road and part of
Wilmslow Road. Wilmslow Road also
contains part of the A6010, the
whole of the B5093, part of the
A5145 and the whole of the B5095.
Despite these various names, the
road can be considered as a
continuous thoroughfare. A different
Wilmslow Road exists in Cheadle,
which is also part of the Manchester
to Oxford route.
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