EAW006253 ENGLAND (1947). Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
© Copyright OpenStreetMap contributors and licensed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. 2025. Cartography is licensed as CC BY-SA.
Nearby Images (21)
EAW006253
0°
0m
EPW017763
119°
20m
EAW006248
341°
60m
EAW006254
14°
69m
EAW004379
67°
74m
EAW006250
311°
74m
EAW006252
290°
90m
EAW006249
335°
110m
EPW017761
46°
177m
EAW002760
14°
180m
EPW017762
317°
180m
EAW002755
316°
184m
EAW004384
282°
197m
EAW002754
312°
199m
EAW002758
343°
202m
EAW006251
335°
205m
EAW002761
74°
206m
EAW002762
72°
208m
EAW002763
340°
221m
EAW002759
9°
242m
EAW002756
331°
244m
Details
| Title | [EAW006253] Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Belle Vue, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Reference | EAW006253 |
| Date | 25-May-1947 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BELLE VUE |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 387457, 396105 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.1889390642513, 53.461288524936 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ875961 |
Pins
 Pink Bank Lane, location of Manchester Central Grammar School for Boys in 1950's to 1960s. Now Belle Vue (leisure) Centre (2015). |
Colin |
Thursday 3rd of December 2015 02:48:16 AM |
| Commencement of Longsight mineral / Belle Vue private railways. |
Barney Rubble |
Monday 1st of December 2014 03:32:40 PM |
| Pinkbank Lane. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:58:02 PM |
| Jackson`s Brickworks - a very dangerous place to play. This excavation has been filled in and houses built on top. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:57:24 PM |
| North Road. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:55:05 PM |
| Redgate Lane. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:53:41 PM |
| Rear entrance to Belle Vue. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:53:11 PM |
| Hunter`s Lane. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:52:28 PM |
| Birch Street. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:51:24 PM |
| Great Jackson Street. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:50:47 PM |
| Corona Picture House. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:49:41 PM |
| Belle Vue booking office. Tickets bought here for circus and other events. |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:48:36 PM |
| Belle Vue Street |
Oldresident |
Monday 2nd of June 2014 08:45:49 PM |
| The animal exhibits were in this general area, in a thin line leading from the main entrance to about halfway down the miniature railway. |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 10:18:55 AM |
| Exhibition Hall |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 10:15:27 AM |
Was rail connected, note level crossing from sidings to Longsight loco shed where traffic was interchanged. |
Barney Rubble |
Monday 1st of December 2014 03:30:35 PM |
| The Ballroom block, destroyed by fire 17th January 1958 was replaced by the New Elizabethan Complex, with ballroom and disco running alongside each other. |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:56:37 AM |
| Kings Hall - Kings is here plural in honour of George V and Edward VII. The hall was built in 1910 and enlarged in 1928. This hall is iconic- temporary home to the Halle Orchestra following the WW2 bombing of the Free Trade Hall, home of many pop concerts (Jimmy Hendrix, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple); Bingo and brass band contests- the last use of the hall was 14th Feb 82 when the last band to play was Glossop Schools Brass Band. |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:52:43 AM |
| Kirkmanshulme Lane |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:48:12 AM |
| Hyde Road |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:40:33 AM |
| Greyhound Racecourse
(Shared with speedway when the speedway track was sold and developed much later on) |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:35:48 AM |
| The Great Lake. The small island in the middle has a clock tower which was used to time the half hour boat sessions.
It took its water from a branch canal to Stockport. When this was closed and drained in the seventies, the lake lost its water, was drained, filled in, and a ten pin bowling alley erected here. |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:31:41 AM |
| Manchester Central Football Ground with Belle Vue Speedway around the pitch. Manchester Central AFC was soon replaced by Broughton Rangers Rugby League FC (1933). This area was later also used for a number of short lived sports and events (Baseball 1936).
Later when this site became a car sales area the speedway used the greyhound stadium. |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:17:03 AM |
| Manchester Corporation Baths and Laundry (Gorton). |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:13:02 AM |
| Gorton Park |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:07:54 AM |
User Comment Contributions
Belle Vue. For detailed site layout please refer to and contrast with image EPW017762. |
totoro |
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:02:31 AM |