The Academy of Urbanism has named the Northern Quarter as Britain’s best neighbourhood beating Belfast & Glasgow to take the top spot at an awards ceremony on the 19th November.

The NQ is the home to our Saturday night hang out, Mint Lounge as well as a fine array of creative studios, shops, bars, restaurants, galleries & pubs and it is a well deserved award. The area has moved forward over the past 10 years and is now the creative hub of the city.

Read our own Northern Quarter guide & find out what Dave Haslam, Ben Holden & Pat Karney say about the NQ – on the BBC

Photo courtesy of Raj Patel