| The Moon Under Water | |
|---|---|
 The Moon Under Water, 2009. | |
| Former names | Deansgate Picture House Cannon Deansgate |
| General information | |
| Address | 68–74 Deansgate |
| Town or city | Manchester |
| Country | UK |
| Opened | January 1914 (as a cinema) |
| Website | |
| Official | |
The Moon Under Water is a pub in Manchester city centre, 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.
It is owned by the pub chain JD Wetherspoon who opened it as a public house on 15 August 1995, and is named after George Orwell's essay, "The Moon Under Water", describing his ideal pub ; it is one of several Wetherspoon pubs with the same name.[2]
References
- ↑ "Cannon Deansgate". cinematreasures.org. Cinema Treasures.
- ↑ "Wetherspoon's website". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
External links
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