Salford: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 129,794
• Coordinates: 53.4877° N, 2.2904° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 264 km (164 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Manchester Airport (MAN): 15 km (10 mi), straight line
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL): 41 km (25 mi), straight line
• Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA): 59 km (37 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Eccles: 2.9 km (1.8 mi)
• Manchester: 3.6 km (2.2 mi)
• Swinton: 4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Stretford: 4.5 km (2.8 mi)
• Prestwich: 5.1 km (3.2 mi)

Things to see

• Manchester United Museum (museum)
• Science and Industry Museum (museum)
• Church of Scientology (place of worship)
• The Tree of Knowledge (artwork)