Ardwick Green is a public space in Ardwick, Manchester, England. It began as a private park for the residents of houses surrounding it before Manchester acquired it in 1867 and turned it into a public park with an ornamental pond and a bandstand.
It contains a cenotaph commemorating the dead of the Eighth Ardwicks, a former unit of the Territorial Army belonging to the Manchester Regiment.
Many of the grand buildings have been demolished, including the Ardwick Empire Music Hall (later Manchester Hippodrome) at the eastern end.
Church of St Thomas
The Church of St Thomas, on the north side of Ardwick Green, was consecrated as a chapel of ease in 1741. It was rebuilt and extended in the course of the late eighteenth century, and acquired a campanile tower in the 1830s. After closure it was, from 1982 to 2024, the headquarters of the Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Organisation. As of 2025, the building, now known as The St Thomas Centre, is managed by Manchester Community Central (Macc).
External links
St Thomas Centre: The History of Ardwick and St Thomas Centre