Sadler's Yard
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| Maintained by | City of Manchester |
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| Location | Manchester, England, UK |
| Coordinates | 53°29′12.25″N 2°14′23.47″W / 53.4867361°N 2.2398528°W |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 2015 |
Sadler's Yard is a public square and event space in Manchester, England. Opened on 4 December 2015,[1] it was the first new public space to be created in the city centre after Exchange Square in 1996.
It is located within the NOMA mixed-use redevelopment scheme, between the CIS Tower, New Century House and the Hanover Building, opposite the refurbished Manchester Victoria station.[2]
The square was named after James Sadler, a balloonist, chemist and pastry chef who made the first manned balloon flight from Manchester in 1785. It is one of the first public spaces in Britain to be named through online crowd-sourcing, after members of the public were invited to suggest names for the site via social media.[3]
The new city square was delivered by NOMA and Manchester City Council and is supported by the European Regional Development Fund. It was designed by landscape architects Planit IE, and constructed by contractors Casey.[4]
References
- ^ "Sadler's Yard Unveiled Ahead Of Pilcrow Pub Launch". Manchester Confidential. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Sadler's Yard it is... but the who the 'eck is James Sadler?". Manchester Confidential. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Lift off for NOMA square naming". The Co-operative Group. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Sadler's Yard: name of the brand new public square & event space at NOMA". I Love Manchester. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.