Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester

Manchester's Town Hall was designed by the architect Alfred Waterhouse in the Victorian Neo Gothic style and was completed in 1877.

Alfred Waterhouse was responsible for designing a number of important buildings in Manchester and the Greater Manchester area, including:

• Gatehouse, main block and tower, Strangeways Jail, Manchester (1868) 
• The 190-foot (58 m) stone clock tower and spire in Rochdale Town Hall (1888)
• Museum of Wigan Life, designed as the Public Library (1877)
• St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square, Manchester was restored by Waterhouse in 1891
• Main Quadrangle, Victoria University of Manchester (1888)

The Town Hall accommodates a number of municipal government departments and some sections of the building are open to members of the public.

Shambles Square, Manchester

Shambles Square, located in Manchester City Centre, was created in 1999 as part of the major redevelopment in the City that followed the 1996 bomb attack.  Both The Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair's Oyster Bar suffered minmal damage during the attack and were dismantled and rebuilt 300 metres towards Manchester Cathedral to form the new Shambles Square.

The square is bounded on one side by the half-timbered public house The Old Wellington Inn. It is the only surviving Tudor building in Manchester City Centre Next to it, at right angles is Sinclair's Oyster Bar (the taller building in the centre of the photo). The Mitre Hotel which dates back to 1815 is located on the third side of the square, on the left, just out of the photo. The building visible behind Sinclair's Oyster bar is the Corn Exchange.