Guidebook for Greater Manchester
Food Scene
Albert’s - Restaurants & Bar Didsbury
120-122 Barlow Moor RoadGusto
756 Wilmslow RdPiccolino
8 Clarence StSan Carlo Cicchetti
42 King St WAdam Reid at The French
16 Peter StCroma Chorlton
500 Wilbraham RdPizza Express
Ashley RoadCasa Italia - Home of Italian Food
688-690 Wilmslow RdChinatown
Arts & Culture
Science and Industry Museum
Liverpool RoadManchester Art Gallery
Mosley StreetManchester Central Library
Saint Peter's SquareNational Football Museum
Todd StreetWhitworth Art Gallery
Oxford RoadIWM North
Trafford Wharf RoadGreater Manchester Police Museum
57A Newton StManchester United Museum & Stadium Tour
Sir Matt Busby WayThe Manchester Museum
Oxford RoadJohn Rylands Library
Platt Hall
Platt LaneChetham's Library
Long MillgateStaircase House
30/31 Market PlHat Works Museum of Hatting
Wellington Road SouthPalace Theatre
97 Oxford StThe Lowry
8 The QuaysManchester Opera House
3 Quay StThe Bridgewater Hall is a concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to The Hallé orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
40 locals recommend
The Bridgewater Hall
Lower Mosley Street The Bridgewater Hall is a concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It currently hosts over 250 performances a year.
The hall is home to The Hallé orchestra, and is the primary concert venue for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The building sits on a bed of 280 springs, which help reduce external noise.
The venue is named after the Third Duke of Bridgewater who commissioned the eponymous Bridgewater Canal that crosses Manchester, although the hall is situated on a specially constructed arm of the Rochdale Canal.
Royal Exchange Theatre
Old Bank StreetDay Trip. Charlotte and Emily Bronte resided here. Wuthering Heights. The tenant of Wildfell Hall.
99 locals recommend
Bronte Parsonage Museum
Church StreetDay Trip. Charlotte and Emily Bronte resided here. Wuthering Heights. The tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Sightseeing
Mamucium Roman Fort Reconstruction
106 Duke StMediaCityUK
101-110 BroadwayAlbert Square
Albert SquareWheel of Manchester
9 Marble StreetManchester United FC
Sir Matt Busby WayOrdsall Hall
322 Ordsall LnVictoria Baths
Hathersage RoadQuarry Bank Mill
Styal RoadSaint Anns Square
Saint Anns SquareManchester City FC
AJ Bell Stadium
1 Stadium Wy Rugby
Parks & Nature
Alexandra Park station
Sale Water Park
Rifle RoadHeaton Park station
Bramall Hall & Park
Hall RoadDaisy Nook Country Park
Stannybrook RoadWythenshawe Park and gardens
Snowdonia National Park
Day Trip
Shopping
Spinningfields
Arndale Centre
The Trafford Centre
The Lowry Outlet Mall
Essentials
Asda Hulme Superstore
100 Princess RdMorrisons
418B Wilbraham RdSainsbury's
100 Regent RdCo-op Food - Whalley Range
135-141 Withington RdEverything Else
Stockport Air Raid Shelters
61 ChestergateStockport Air Raid Shelters
61 ChestergateStockport Air Raid Shelters
61 ChestergateDay Trip. Chester is a city in northwest England, founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century A.D. It's known for its extensive Roman walls made of local red sandstone. In the old city, the Rows is a shopping district distinguished by 2-level covered arcades and Tudor-style half-timber buildings. A Roman amphitheatre, with ongoing excavations, lies just outside the old city's walls.
335 locals recommend
Chester
Day Trip. Chester is a city in northwest England, founded as a Roman fortress in the 1st century A.D. It's known for its extensive Roman walls made of local red sandstone. In the old city, the Rows is a shopping district distinguished by 2-level covered arcades and Tudor-style half-timber buildings. A Roman amphitheatre, with ongoing excavations, lies just outside the old city's walls.
Day Trip. Liverpool is a maritime city in northwest England, where the River Mersey meets the Irish Sea. A key trade and migration port from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, it's also, famously, the hometown of The Beatles. Ferries cruise the waterfront, where the iconic mercantile buildings known as the "Three Graces" – Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building – stand on the Pier Head.
167 locals recommend
Liverpool
Day Trip. Liverpool is a maritime city in northwest England, where the River Mersey meets the Irish Sea. A key trade and migration port from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, it's also, famously, the hometown of The Beatles. Ferries cruise the waterfront, where the iconic mercantile buildings known as the "Three Graces" – Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building – stand on the Pier Head.
Colwyn Bay
Day Trip. Seaside resort. Beach and Mountain Zoo
Day Trip. Seaside Resort. Home to Alice in Wonderland and Punch and Judy. Llandudno is a coastal town in north Wales. It’s known for North Shore Beach and 19th-century Llandudno Pier, with shops and a games arcade. Northwest of town, the cliffs of Great Orme headland jut into the sea. Ancient tunnels lead to a cavern at Great Orme Mines. A 1902 tramway has an upper and lower section, and travels to the headland’s summit. To the east, smaller headland Little Orme is a nature reserve.
216 locals recommend
Llandudno
Day Trip. Seaside Resort. Home to Alice in Wonderland and Punch and Judy. Llandudno is a coastal town in north Wales. It’s known for North Shore Beach and 19th-century Llandudno Pier, with shops and a games arcade. Northwest of town, the cliffs of Great Orme headland jut into the sea. Ancient tunnels lead to a cavern at Great Orme Mines. A 1902 tramway has an upper and lower section, and travels to the headland’s summit. To the east, smaller headland Little Orme is a nature reserve.
Day Trip. Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Irish Sea coast of England. It's known for Blackpool Pleasure Beach, an old-school amusement park with vintage wooden roller coasters. Built in 1894, the landmark Blackpool Tower houses a circus, a glass viewing platform and the Tower Ballroom, where dancers twirl to the music of a Wurlitzer organ. Blackpool Illuminations is an annual light show along the Promenade.
88 locals recommend
Blackpool
Day Trip. Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Irish Sea coast of England. It's known for Blackpool Pleasure Beach, an old-school amusement park with vintage wooden roller coasters. Built in 1894, the landmark Blackpool Tower houses a circus, a glass viewing platform and the Tower Ballroom, where dancers twirl to the music of a Wurlitzer organ. Blackpool Illuminations is an annual light show along the Promenade.
Day Trip. Norman Castle constructed circa 1285 by Edward 1st, Plantagenet King with an ancient walled Medieval Town plus ancient fishing port.
267 locals recommend
Conwy Castle
Rose Hill StreetDay Trip. Norman Castle constructed circa 1285 by Edward 1st, Plantagenet King with an ancient walled Medieval Town plus ancient fishing port.
Day Trip. Southport is a large seaside town on Liverpool Bay, England.Extensive sand dunes stretch for several miles between Birkdale and Woodvale to the south of the town. The Ainsdale sand dunes have been designated as a national nature reserve and a Ramsar site. Local fauna include the Natterjack toad and the Sand lizard.[8][9] The town contains examples of Victorian architecture and town planning, on Lord Street and elsewhere. A particular feature of the town is the extensive tree planting. This was one of the conditions required by the Hesketh family when they made land available for development in the 19th century. Hesketh Park at the northern end of the town is named after them.
31 locals recommend
Southport
Day Trip. Southport is a large seaside town on Liverpool Bay, England.Extensive sand dunes stretch for several miles between Birkdale and Woodvale to the south of the town. The Ainsdale sand dunes have been designated as a national nature reserve and a Ramsar site. Local fauna include the Natterjack toad and the Sand lizard.[8][9] The town contains examples of Victorian architecture and town planning, on Lord Street and elsewhere. A particular feature of the town is the extensive tree planting. This was one of the conditions required by the Hesketh family when they made land available for development in the 19th century. Hesketh Park at the northern end of the town is named after them.
Day Trip. York is a walled city in northeast England that was founded by the ancient Romans. Its huge 13th-century Gothic cathedral, York Minster, has medieval stained glass and 2 functioning bell towers. The City Walls form a walkway on both sides of the River Ouse. The Monk Bar gate houses an exhibition tracing the life of 15th-century Plantagenet King Richard III.
409 locals recommend
York
Day Trip. York is a walled city in northeast England that was founded by the ancient Romans. Its huge 13th-century Gothic cathedral, York Minster, has medieval stained glass and 2 functioning bell towers. The City Walls form a walkway on both sides of the River Ouse. The Monk Bar gate houses an exhibition tracing the life of 15th-century Plantagenet King Richard III.