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Heron House

Heron House is an office space in the Civic Quarter of Manchester city centre, sitting opposite Manchester Town Hall. It is used by the intelligence agency GCHQ,[1] and serves as the home of Greater Manchester Digital Security Hub (DiSH).[2] The building is owned by Manchester City Council.[3]

As of July 2026, it is rumoured to be the base for "No 10 North" under the Andy Burnham ministry.[3]

Sources

  1. Manchester and the North West, GCHQ, accessed 21st July 2026. ↩
  2. Greater Manchester Digital Security Hub (DiSH), Greater Manchester Combined Authority, accessed 21st July 2026. ↩
  3. Burnham’s No 10 North: could two-centre government be made to work?, The Guardian, 2nd July 2026, accessed 21st July 2026. ↩ ↩