Looking along Hyde road, the A57 at Belle Vue, close to the Showcase Cinemas, which stand close to the site of the former Belle Vue. The Beetham Tower rises up in the distance. Both cranes are visible. Around 1 mile further up Hyde Road is the former Nicholls Hospital and in the distance the tower of the Palace Hotel, former Refuge building. The Beetham Tower is around 1.5 miles distant.

The Beetham Hilton tower is exactly on a line with Hyde Road and rises up ahead as you drive into Manchester. Could Hyde Road - built as a turnpike road during the 1830s - have built on the path of a Roman Road? The tower is located virtually outside the Roman Fort, or what remains of it.

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