The Moon Under Water, Manchester

The Moon Under Water is a pub in Manchester city centre, England, 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.[2]

The Moon Under Water
The Moon Under Water, 2009
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Former namesDeansgate Picture House
Cannon Deansgate
General information
Address68–74 Deansgate
Town or cityManchester
CountryUnited Kingdom
OpenedJanuary 1914 (as a cinema)
OwnerJD Wetherspoon
Website
Official

It is owned by the pub chain JD Wetherspoon who opened it on 15 August 1995, and named it after George Orwell's 1946 essay, "The Moon Under Water", describing his ideal pub.[3] It is one of 15 Wetherspoon pubs with the same name.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Cannon Deansgate". cinematreasures.org. Cinema Treasures.
  2. ^ a b Heslin, Jade (29 January 2025). "What's inn a name? Manchester's most peculiar pub names". timeout.com. Time Out. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ^ "The Moon Under Water". orwellfoundation.com. The Orwell Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Wetherspoon's website". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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