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New Union Adults Only Hotel Manchester
Princess Avenue Corner Canal Street, Manchester, United Kingdom View map
The 3-star New Union Adults Only Hotel Manchester is situated in a working area of Manchester, within a 5-minute drive of The Beer Keller and merely km from First Street. Featuring a lounge bar, a nightclub, a shared lounge, and various recreational opportunities, the smoke-free hotel is just a short stroll from Manchester Art Gallery.
Located above a bar and a nightclub, this Manchester hotel is around 5 minutes by car from the general urban Peel Park. The New Union Adults Only Manchester is at a distance of metres from Princess St/Major St bus stop and within effortless reach of Gay Village. Such entertainment attractions as Castlefield Bowl Live Song Venue are also about a 5-minute drive away. For those travelling from afar, Manchester airport is 21 minutes' drive away.
The New Union Adults Only features 14 rooms with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, as good as tea and coffee making equipment. Bathro
History of the Queer Village and Homosexual nightlife in Manchester
Manchester’s Gay Village has been a haven for many in the LGBTQ+ Society for decades and welcomes thousands of people from across Manchester and beyond to celebrate Lgbtq+ fest every year. But before becoming Europe’s largest Gay Village, this area was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution in Manchester.
Canal Street gets its name from the Rochdale Canal that flows alongside it, which was used to transport materials and goods to and from Manchester’s many mills and factories, fuelling the Industrial Revolution. The buildings that are now home to iconic clubs and bars were once warehouses and workshops used by merchants to house cotton, cloth and building materials.
Following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in the operate of canals began to decline in favour of the much faster and more convenient way of transporting goods that steam engines provided. By the end of the 19th century rail had firmly replaced the canals as the primary mode of transportation between Manchester and Liverpool.
It was t
Many cities have a 'gay village' – an area with bars and clubs where LGBT+ people can feel safe to communicate their identity.
Manchester’s is called Canal Street. It's recognised as one of the UK’s liveliest LGBT+ hubs.
The beginnings of Canal Street
In the 19th Century, the area surrounding Canal Street was thriving – not with bars and clubs but with the cotton trade. Manchester had become Cottonopolis – at its peak producing 30% of the world's cotton. At the heart of Cottonopolis was the network of canals that kept the cotton trade moving through the city.
Booms are typically followed by bust, and when canals were replaced by other transport methods and the cotton industry stalled, the areas around the canals became deserted. This vacuum created a red light district, attracting sex workers and gay men to the area.
On the corner of Canal Street today stands a pub called the New Union. It was built in , and in the s became a place for lesbians and lgbtq+ men to meet up.
It looks like a normal pub, but when you take a closer look you can see the window
The building's stained glass windows depict those countries including Canada, Fresh Zealand, Australia, India & New Foundland. It has been a gay venue for as long as anyone can remember & in the 50s the owner went to prison for running a general house of ill repute. The name was changed to the New Union in the 70s & the pub was extended in the mid 90s to cater for the increasing number of visitors to the Gay Village."
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