Dream Catcher moored in Castle Quay

Castle Quay, although surrounded by busy restaurants and bars, numerous bridges carrying trains and trams, is surprisingly quiet especially after the ‘tourists’ go home! I did arrive on Easter weekend so some intrusion has to be expected, but thankfully I missed the mayhem of Good Friday – when not only were the pavements 4 deep with people but the moorings were 4 deep with boats breasted up!! Glad I missed that.

Castle Quay at night

After full recovery from the previous day I went exploring as it is a very interesting part of Manchester.

Castlefield is an inner city conservation area of Manchester, in North West England. The conservation area which bears its name is bounded by the River Irwell, Quay Street, Deansgate and the Chester Road. It was the site of theRoman era fort of