The Moon Under Water, Manchester
| The Moon Under Water | |
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 The Moon Under Water, 2009. | |
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| Former names | Deansgate Picture House Cannon Deansgate |
| General information | |
| Address | 68-74 Deansgate |
| Town or city | Manchester |
| Country | UK |
| Opened | January 1914 (as a cinema) |
The Moon Under Water is a pub in Manchester city centre, in the building of the former Deansgate Picture House cinema on Deansgate.[1] The pub, which is 8,800 square feet (820 m2) and can hold 1,700 customers has been noted by the Guinness Book of Records as being the largest in Britain.[2] Other sources claim it is the largest in Europe.[citation needed]
It is owned by the pub chain Wetherspoons who opened it as a public house on 15 August 1995, and is named after George Orwell's essay, The Moon Under Water describing his ideal pub.
References
- ^ "Cannon Deansgate". cinematreasures.org. Cinema Treasures.
- ^ Parkinson-Bailey, John J. (2000). Manchester: an architectural history. Manchester University Press. p. 287. ISBN 0-7190-5606-3.
External links
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