| The Moon Under Water | |
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 The Moon Under Water, 2009 | |
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| Former names | Deansgate Picture House Cannon Deansgate |
| General information | |
| Address | 68–74 Deansgate |
| Town or city | Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Opened | January 1914 (as a cinema) |
| Owner | JD Wetherspoon |
| Website | |
| Official | |
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]
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]
- ^ "Cannon Deansgate". cinematreasures.org. Cinema Treasures.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Moon Under Water". orwellfoundation.com. The Orwell Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Wetherspoon's website". Retrieved 14 January 2018.