Guidebook for Greater Manchester
Drinks & Nightlife
For quality keg & cask ales & real ciders look no further than the Heaton Hops. Award winning tap house & bottle shop voted 'Best Pub 2015' in the Manchester Evening News CityLife Awards and 'Best Craft Ale Bar 2016' at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards. A cosy & friendly place where you will get to know the locals!
Heaton hops
7 School LnFor quality keg & cask ales & real ciders look no further than the Heaton Hops. Award winning tap house & bottle shop voted 'Best Pub 2015' in the Manchester Evening News CityLife Awards and 'Best Craft Ale Bar 2016' at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards. A cosy & friendly place where you will get to know the locals!
A great craft beer and ales pub just 30m from our house. You can enjoy a great selection of local, british and international beers and ciders both on tap and in bottles.
Bottle Stockport
9a Shaw RoadA great craft beer and ales pub just 30m from our house. You can enjoy a great selection of local, british and international beers and ciders both on tap and in bottles.
Food Scene
Great local place for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Locally sourced ingredients producing good quality homemade delicious food. The owners are very nice too!
Pokusevski
13 Shaw RdGreat local place for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Locally sourced ingredients producing good quality homemade delicious food. The owners are very nice too!
One of the nicest cafes in Manchester is just a short walk away serving speciality coffee, homemade soups, freshly baked cakes & sandwiches during the day and craft beers and ciders in the evenings.
Try their amazing platters and fresh dishes. From the website: "All menu items prepared are without preservatives, additives, colouring or anything you can’t pronounce."
They have really fun quiz nights on Tuesday with prizes.
Nook NC
111 Heaton Moor RdOne of the nicest cafes in Manchester is just a short walk away serving speciality coffee, homemade soups, freshly baked cakes & sandwiches during the day and craft beers and ciders in the evenings.
Try their amazing platters and fresh dishes. From the website: "All menu items prepared are without preservatives, additives, colouring or anything you can’t pronounce."
They have really fun quiz nights on Tuesday with prizes.
Parks & Nature
A magnificent house and estate on the edge of the Peak District, with beautiful gardens & walking trails within a large deer park.
115 locals recommend
National Trust - Lyme
A magnificent house and estate on the edge of the Peak District, with beautiful gardens & walking trails within a large deer park.
Arts & Culture
Great permanent collection which also features some of L.S.Lowry (a famed local painter from Salford).
Free entry and free tours of the collection most hours.
206 locals recommend
Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley StreetGreat permanent collection which also features some of L.S.Lowry (a famed local painter from Salford).
Free entry and free tours of the collection most hours.
The home of performance art and arthouse cinema in Manchester! HOME Manchester has an incredible program of film, theatre and live music as well as pop up art exhibitions. The bar and restaurant is not bad either with a number of local beers and great wines.
Check out what is on at https://homemcr.org/
95 locals recommend
HOME Manchester
2 Tony Wilson PlThe home of performance art and arthouse cinema in Manchester! HOME Manchester has an incredible program of film, theatre and live music as well as pop up art exhibitions. The bar and restaurant is not bad either with a number of local beers and great wines.
Check out what is on at https://homemcr.org/
One of the most famous and oldest orchestras in the UK, the Halle are the resident orchestra at the iconic Bridgewater Hall.
Check out what is on at https://www.halle.co.uk/
The Halle
Lower Mosley StreetOne of the most famous and oldest orchestras in the UK, the Halle are the resident orchestra at the iconic Bridgewater Hall.
Check out what is on at https://www.halle.co.uk/
Voted by The Guardian as one of the 10 best Symphony Halls in the world (https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/05/10-worlds-best-concert-halls-berlin-boston-tokyo), the Bridgewater Hall is home to a fantastic variety of live music events from classical music to pop, rock and folk. Check the website to see what is on:
https://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/
40 locals recommend
The Bridgewater Hall
Lower Mosley StreetVoted by The Guardian as one of the 10 best Symphony Halls in the world (https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/05/10-worlds-best-concert-halls-berlin-boston-tokyo), the Bridgewater Hall is home to a fantastic variety of live music events from classical music to pop, rock and folk. Check the website to see what is on:
https://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/
The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands.
You can visit it for free to explore its incredible reading rooms and architecture.
88 locals recommend
John Rylands Library
The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands.
You can visit it for free to explore its incredible reading rooms and architecture.
Sightseeing
Iconic centre of Town in Manchester behind the Manchester Library and the Town Hall.
The square often hosts festivals and events during the summer month and is one of the centres of the famous Manchester Christmas Markets during November and December.
8 locals recommend
St Peter's Square station
Iconic centre of Town in Manchester behind the Manchester Library and the Town Hall.
The square often hosts festivals and events during the summer month and is one of the centres of the famous Manchester Christmas Markets during November and December.
Shopping
If you love shopping good quality clothing, make-up, accessories and more!
54 locals recommend
Selfridges Manchester Exchange
1 Exchange SqIf you love shopping good quality clothing, make-up, accessories and more!
If you want to do some shopping you will probably find all you want at the Arndale, Manchester's largest shopping mall.
183 locals recommend
Manchester Arndale
If you want to do some shopping you will probably find all you want at the Arndale, Manchester's largest shopping mall.
Entertainment & Activities
A stylish US inspired Bowling Alley with food and drinks service right to your bowling spot.
They have cheap deals on during the week. If you want to go during weekends or at peak times you are better off booking in advance at https://www.allstarlanes.co.uk/
13 locals recommend
All Star Lanes
235 DeansgateA stylish US inspired Bowling Alley with food and drinks service right to your bowling spot.
They have cheap deals on during the week. If you want to go during weekends or at peak times you are better off booking in advance at https://www.allstarlanes.co.uk/
24 hour snooker and pool spot. It has been going for years and it is a great place to play a bit of snooker or pool for a very, very considerable price!
They also have a small bar if you fancy a drink while you play.
Rainbow Snooker Club
Whitworth Street West24 hour snooker and pool spot. It has been going for years and it is a great place to play a bit of snooker or pool for a very, very considerable price!
They also have a small bar if you fancy a drink while you play.