Gorton is home to Gorton Monastery, a Franciscan, 19th century High Victorian Gothic friary.
This has been renovated and secularised: it was previously derelict after the friars moved out.
The parish left by the Friars came under the care of the Diocese of Salford.
St Francis of Assisi RC Church on Textile Street, Gorton, and Sacred Heart Church, Levenshulme Road, Gorton, now form part of the R.C. Parish of Sacred Heart and St. Francis.
Other churches in Gorton which were designed by notable architects include the Brookfield Unitarian Church on Hyde Road, built by Richard Peacock  and the Mount Olivet Apostolic Church (originally the Anglican church of Our Lady of Mercy and St Thomas of Canterbury) on Mount Road, which was built by Walter Tapper in 1927.

Gorton Heritage Trail is a public trail with 20 sites of interest.
The trail is partly semi-rural, largely located within the Gore Brook Valley Conservation Area, and highlights various local landmarks, including ecological and topographical sites, and grade-listed monuments and buildings.
The trail starts in Sunny Brow Park, and leads northwards to Debdale Park, following the reverse course of Gore Brook.

There are a number of grade-listed buildings in Gorton, most notably Gorton Monastery.
Other listed buildings and monuments include:
Anglican Church of Saint Benedict - this is the site of the Manchester Climbing Centre
St James' Church
The Plough Inn
Brookfield Unitarian Church & Brookfield Sunday School
Peacock Mausoleum - this is situated on the grounds of Brookfield Church along with many other memorial stones including that of James Rider of the Gorton Philharmonic, The Grimshaws of Stansfield Lodge (including Joseph Stansfield Grimshaw Esq.),
and various workers of Gorton Foundry
Brookfield Lodge
46-50 Far Lane
56-60 Tan Yard Brow
Springbank Farmhouse
60-66 High Bank Lane
Gorton House - situated within Debdale Park
Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury Church
Beswick Co-operative Society Building 
Gorton was home to the world-famous Belle Vue Zoological Gardens from 1836 until its closure in the 1980s.
At its peak, Belle Vue attracted more than two million visitors a year.
Gorton is home to Gorton Monastery, a Franciscan, 19th century High Victorian Gothic friary. This has been renovated and secularised: it was previously derelict after the friars moved out. The parish left by the Friars came under the care of the Diocese of Salford. St Francis of Assisi RC Church on Textile Street, Gorton, and Sacred Heart Church, Levenshulme Road, Gorton, now form part of the R.C. Parish of Sacred Heart and St. Francis. Other churches in Gorton which were designed by notable architects include the Brookfield Unitarian Church on Hyde Road, built by Richard Peacock  and the Mount Olivet Apostolic Church (originally the Anglican church of Our Lady of Mercy and St Thomas of Canterbury) on Mount Road, which was built by Walter Tapper in 1927.
Gorton Heritage Trail is a public trail with 20 sites of interest. The trail is partly semi-rural, largely located within the Gore Brook Valley Conservation Area, and highlights various local landmarks, including ecological and topographical sites, and grade-listed monuments and buildings. The trail starts in Sunny Brow Park, and leads northwards to Debdale Park, following the reverse course of Gore Brook.
There are a number of grade-listed buildings in Gorton, most notably Gorton Monastery. Other listed buildings and monuments include:
Anglican Church of Saint Benedict - this is the site of the Manchester Climbing Centre
St James' Church
The Plough Inn
Brookfield Unitarian Church & Brookfield Sunday School
Peacock Mausoleum - this is situated on the grounds of Brookfield Church along with many other memorial stones including that of James Rider of the Gorton Philharmonic, The Grimshaws of Stansfield Lodge (including Joseph Stansfield Grimshaw Esq.), and various workers of Gorton Foundry
Brookfield Lodge
46-50 Far Lane
56-60 Tan Yard Brow
Springbank Farmhouse
60-66 High Bank Lane
Gorton House - situated within Debdale Park
Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury Church
Beswick Co-operative Society Building 
Gorton was home to the world-famous Belle Vue Zoological Gardens from 1836 until its closure in the 1980s. At its peak, Belle Vue attracted more than two million visitors a year.
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