The Moon Under Water, Manchester

The Moon Under Water is a pub in Manchester city centre, in the building of the former Deansgate Picture House cinema (an ABC cinema) on Deansgate;[1] it is one of the largest public houses in the United Kingdom. The pub is 8,800 square feet (820 m2) and can hold 1,700 customers.

The Moon Under Water
The Moon Under Water, 2009.
Former namesDeansgate Picture House
Cannon Deansgate
General information
Address68–74 Deansgate
Town or cityManchester
CountryUK
OpenedJanuary 1914 (as a cinema)
Website
Official

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 ; it is one of several Wetherspoon pubs with the same name.[2]

References

  1. "Cannon Deansgate". cinematreasures.org. Cinema Treasures.
  2. "Wetherspoon's website". Retrieved 14 January 2018.


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