page_title: University of Salford
section_title: Campus and facilities
hierarchical_section_title: University of Salford / Campus and facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Salford old fire station Salford old fire station, The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester
context_page_description: The University of Salford, Manchester is a public university in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, 1 mile west of Manchester city centre. The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, became a College of Advanced Technology in 1956 and gained university status in 1967, following the Robbins Report into higher education.
  It has 20,815 students and is in 160 acres of parkland on the banks of the River Irwell.
context_section_description: The main Peel Park campus is less than 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) from Manchester city centre on the banks of the River Irwell, adjacent to Peel Park, possibly the first public park in the world, which opened on 22 August 1846. A former president of the Students' Union described Salford in 2007 as "a relaxed campus close to Manchester, but cheaper and greener." Salford Crescent railway station is adjacent to the campus, and high frequency bus services operate to Manchester, Salford and Bolton and Liverpool. There are other university facilities within a mile of the main campus, namely the Frederick Road and Adelphi campuses. Most of the university administration buildings are along Salford Crescent, opposite the Peel Campus. The Salford Museum and Art Gallery, said to be the first unconditionally free public library in England, is located on the Peel Park Campus.
caption: The Old Fire Station, used for conference events
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