Sackville Street Gardens

This award-winning central green space is located alongside Sheena Simon College's university science buildings and adjacent to the canal and opposite Canal Street, the busy pedestrian thoroughfare that is Manchester's legendary Gay Village. The park is overlooked by warehouse conversions.

The site was purchased by the City Council in 1900 and today is a valuable and vibrant green resource for city-centre workers, local residents and visitors. Sackville Street Gardens has a formal ornamental garden character comprised of amenity grassland, trees, herbaceous bedding areas and structural flowerbed planting.

The site accommodates access routes and is home to a life size silicon bronze memorial to computer pioneer Alan Turing, presenting him sitting on a bench.

The park is a focal point for events on and around World Aids Day. City workers, tourists, city centre residents and students predominantly use the site as a relaxation garden and for hosting small and diverse cultural events.

In 2010, Sackville Street Gardens was awarded a Green Flag Award for achieving the national standard for parks and green spaces.