Driving instructors love this Manchester 'oddity'... but it's a nightmare for some

Approaching from the top, it seems like a road leading straight into the abyss. From the bottom - an almost insurmountable climb that's not for the faint of heart.

Greater Manchester Manchester is, by-and-large, pretty flat. So for a city where hills are a rarity, the sheer and cobbled Jutland Street in Ancoats stands out as an intriguing oddity.

Hidden in the shadow of Piccadilly Station, it often comes as a shock to those who stumble upon what's thought to be Manchester's steepest street for the first time. Known as Junction Street until it was renamed in 1939, others have known it as Stony Brow (or Brew) partly thanks to cobbles that remain to this day.

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Serving as a meeting spot for fitness enthusiasts, a challenge for truck drivers, and even immortalised in a Lowry painting - the street's 33 per cent gradient is woven into the fabric of the city's rich history. Mark Whalley, who lives halfway up Jutland Street on Wharf Close, affectionately refers to Jutland Street as "Heart Attack Hill".

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News in 2022, the 70-year old said: "You want to see it just after work is out. You see them all huffing up the hill. Loads of people use it for running training because there aren't many hills round here."

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Having moved into his flat 15 years ago, Mr Whalley has witnessed the rapid transformation of the city centre. Despite the skyscrapers rising around his abode, the street outside has remained largely