Street Art and Graffiti in Manchester's Northern Quarter • Inspiring City

Manchester’s Northern Quarter has received a street art makeover as street artists from around the World descended on the city to take part in the Cities of Hope festival.

The area was already a good little spot to see street art in the city but since Cities of Hope, a number of giant murals have appeared which would rival some of the best in the country. What’s more they are all only within a few minutes walk from Piccadilly station.

The festival sought to transform an area of the Northern Quarter in Manchester by creating street art which would focus on some key global issues. The artists were then asked to create murals which were inspired by those issues which ranged from environmental issues to world conflict and the tragedy of child soldiers. We’ll cover more about this in a separate post.

A Street Art Mural from Faith47 in Manchesters Northern Quarter — Giant mural from Faith47 part of the Cities of Hope festival

Street Art in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

Artists such Argentina’s Hyuro, South Africa’s Faith 47, Spain’s Pichiavo, the UK’s Phlegm and Dale Grimshaw, Norway’s Martin Whatson, France’s C215, Switzerland’s Never Crew, and Germany’s Case were all invited to take part. The works would join pieces from the likes of Mateus Bailon, Tankpetrol and the Nomad Clan who already had pieces in the area.

So anyway, this post features some of the work created for Cities of Hope as well as some of the pieces created beforehand and not only that we’ll tell you where to find them too. A good wander around the Northern Quarter should take around two hours and it’s only a short walk from the station so below are some of the streets you should visit and the art that’s there at the moment.

Street Art Locations in Manchesters Northern Quarter

Back Piccadilly

tankpetrol back piccadilly manchester — Tank Petrol

Little Lever Street

Nightingale Street

Port Street

invader china lane manchester — Giant blue tit on the side of a building by Faunagraphic

newton street bluetit manchester — Nomad Clan mural

Street Art by the Nomad Clan in the Northern quarter in Manchester — Nomad Clan close up

Street Art by Pichiavo in the Northern Quarter in Manchester — Pichiavo from Spain at the top end of Port Street

opposite sam's yard manchester — This mural from Chekos is hidden away in the car park between Port Street and the canal

Tariff street

nomad clan port street manchester — C215 on tariff street

Gun Street

faith 47 manchester — Mural from Qubek on the side of Manchester Creative Studio

The Guardian of Ancoats street art mural by Mateus Bailon in the Northern Quarter in Manchester — ‘The Guardian of Ancoats’ from Mateus Bailon from Brazil

Addington Street

Street Art by Axel Void in the Northern Quarter in Manchester — Alex Void mural on Addington Street

Cable Street

Street art by Case Maclain in the Northern Quarter in Manchester — Work from Case Maclain on the side of Swan Buildings

Street art by Phlegm in the Northern Quarter in Manchester — Work from Phlegm on the other side of Swan Buildings

phlegm cable street swan buildings — Close up of Phlegm’s work

Tib Street

A cute but old little invader piece on the junction with Dorsey Street

invader dorsey street manchester — Work from Italian artist Giusi Tomasello

giusi tomasello tib street manchester — Prince tribute from Akse

Edge Street

stina jones tib street manchester — Edge Street

Brightwell Walk

alice pasquini edge street manchester — Tankpetrol

Spear Street

tankpetrol spear street manchester faraday street — Tankpetrol

spzero76 hilton street manchester faraday street — Inkie on the junction between Hilton and Spear Street

brightwell walk manchester tankpetrol — Akse

spear street manchester tankpetrol — C215

spear street manchester warwick street — C215

Faraday Street

dale grimshaw spear street manchester — Martin Whatson

faraday street invasder manchester — C215

Hilton street

c215 manchester faraday street — Bowie tribute from Akse

Great Ancoat’s Street

chekos art david lynch mural manchester — Close up of the work from Faith 47

The Northern Quarter Street Art of Manchester was visited on the afternoon on 10 June 2016 and all pictures were taken on the same day. The Cities of Hope festival happened between 21-29 May 2016. To explore the street art of other cities in the UK click on the links to take a look at the art of Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, Brighton, London and West Didsbury.