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Timber-framed 16th-century mansion with 17th-century brick wings added, and much altered in the 18th century. There's a hoaky legend that Guy Fawkes planned the gunpowder plot here then escaped through a hidden tunnel.
Ordsall Hall is a large former manor house in the historic parish of Ordsall, Lancashire, now part of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It dates back more than 750 years, although the oldest surviving parts of the present hall were built in the 15th century. The most important period of Ordsall Hall's life was as the family seat of the Radclyffe family, who lived in the house for more than 300 years. The hall was the setting for William Harrison Ainsworth's 1842 novel Guy Fawkes, written around the plausible although unsubstantiated local story that the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was planned in the house.
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Rotating exhibitions, permanent collection includes a mock-up Victorian street. Pay & display car parking.
Until 1829 the Roman Catholics in England were forbidden to build churches, and faced many other restrictions, so the city's large Irish population was ill-served. The RC Cathedral of St John the Evangelist was completed in 1848 in neo-Gothic but not consecrated until the builders were finally paid in 1890. It's not "oriented"ː "west" where you enter is actually south. It's a light, airy space under a soaring groined vault ceiling.
"The Ammies" play soccer in League Two, the fourth tier. Their Moor Lane stadium (capacity 5100, and sponsored as "Peninsula Stadium") is two miles north of the centre, take the bus up Bury New Road. But if you came here to make a point of not watching Man United you're in the wrong place, as the club is owned by United's renowned "Class of 92" players.
formerly City or AJ Bell Stadium
This 20,000 capacity stadium is at junction 11 of M60, four miles west of the centre. Salford Red Devils were relegated in 2025 so they play rugby league (13-a-side) in the Championship, the second tier, while the women's team play here in their top tier. The RL playing season is Feb-Sep. Sale Sharks play rugby union (15-a-side) in the Premiership, England's top tier, with a season Sep-April. In 2025 the stadium hosted games in the Women's Rugby Union World Cup.
Extensive garden opened in 2021 within the grounds of the former Worsley New Hall. Discounts for car free visitors.
This colliery was a latecomer, extracting the coal beneath Chat Moss from 1912 to 1970. It became a museum, with its impressive tall headgear and winding engine, and a collection of colliery locomotives.