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In a mock-Tudorbethan building that used to be a nurses' home, this archive and resource documents the seldom-told lives of the cities' working classes, including the Suffragette movement which had its northern powerbase here.
The Working Class Movement Library (WCML) is a collection of English language books, periodicals, pamphlets, archives and artefacts, relating to the development of the political and cultural institutions of the working class created by the Industrial Revolution, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
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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.
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.
"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.