The M15 postcode area is to the southwest of the centre of the city and includes the areas of Hulme, and parts of Moss Side and Chorlton-on-Medlock.
Hulme and Moss Side, to the west of the area, contain mainly industrial and residential buildings.
The industrial buildings that have survived and are listed include a floodgate, canal offices, a former canal warehouse, a canal, a brewery, a former cotton mill, and a flour mill.
Elsewhere are houses, churches and associated buildings, a former public house, a railway bridge, a boundary stone, and two former theatres.
This part of the area also includes a church and an art gallery.