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 | |
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 The Moon Under Water, 2009. | |
| 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) |
| Website | |
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It is owned by the pub chain JD Wetherspoon 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
- "Cannon Deansgate". cinematreasures.org. Cinema Treasures.
- "Wetherspoon's website". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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