What Is Greengate Manchester?
Greengate is an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, located to the East of Salford. The Greengate Manchester postcode is M3.
Greengate Salford is bordered by the River Irwell and close to other popular Manchester areas like Blackfriars.
Made up of 13 hectares of land, Greengate is located between Chapel Street, Blackfriars road, and Trinity Way.
Greengate Salford History
Greengate has been described as the ‘original historic core’ of Salford and boasts an extensive history.
Like many major hotspots around the world such as New York’s Brooklyn or London’s Canary Wharf, Greengate was once a run-down area, particularly during the 19th century. Today, thanks to ongoing regeneration, the area has undergone a huge transformation and is now a far cry from what it once was.
The Greengate area was once the administrative centre for judicial and military purposes. It was also the main area for the town market and annual Salford fairs.
Long before the Industrial Revolution, Greengate was noted as a key area for textiles and dyeing.
An interesting fact about Greengate’s history is that in 1800, the Clergyman William Cowherd established Christ Church chapel, which saw the development of a new denomination named the Bible Christian Church.
This denomination had a significant influence on the modern vegetarianism movement, and 41 members of the Bible Christian Church travelled across the Atlantic to the USA in 1817 to preach the message of abstaining from eating meat.
One famous landmark of Greengate was Collier Street Public baths, a Grade II* listed site that first opened in 1855. In the 20th Centruy, the baths were closed and turned into a matchbox factory.
By 1926, the second birth control clinic outside London was opened in Greengate, providing free family planning advice to working-class women.
