Whitworth Street is a street in
Manchester, England. It runs between London Road (
A6) and
Oxford Street (
A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West which then goes as far as
Deansgate (
A56). It was opened in 1899 and is lined with many large and grand warehouses. It is named after the engineer
Joseph Whitworth whose works once stood on the route. Whitworth Street West runs alongside the viaduct connecting
Oxford Road and
Deansgate railway stations: beyond Albion Street the
Rochdale Canal is on the northern side. On the Albion Street corner is the building once occupied by the
Haçienda nightclub at nos. 11-13 while further east on the same side is
the Ritz.