Visit the 'Trafford Centre'. ...
by antz
Visit the 'Trafford Centre'. It is a shopping experience like never before. Even if you are not planning on buying anything, it is worth going just to spend a day looking around. The shopping mall is decorated differently depending on what you can buy at that certain area. One section is like a funfair. Another section is like the titanic, and there is also chinatown, New Orleans and lots more. My favourite memory of Manchester is wandering along Canal St which is the gay area in Manchester. The pubs and restaurants are all excellent.
Disappearing pubs
by St_Vincent
(Tip written in 2007) Manchester is well known for its many good real ales pubs especially in and around the area known as the Northern Quarter. However, like many of our cities, they do seem to have a habit of disappearing. Two of those are worth a mention just in case you are planning a trip and intend visiting them.
The Beer House is a pub where rumours have always circulated about closures, refurbishments, re-openings etc. As at May 07 it is closed with planning permission having been granted for the area around it. I guess it might survive in the new development
The Pot of Beer, a decent back street pub is now closed and boarded up and developers are seeking permission to pull it down and use the land for residential purposes.
2009 Update - The Pot of Beer is still closed. The Beer House has re-opened and been re-named The Angel. The Castle on Oldham St is now closed.
The Theatre of Dreams
by ValbyDK
Manchester United Football Club is possibly the most popular football club in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1975. The club is the second most successful in the history of English football (after Liverpool) and by far the most successful of recent times. In 2008 they won the Premier League and will play in the Champions League finale in Moscow.
Old Trafford (or the Theatre of Dreams) became Manchester United’s home in 1910. Today the stadium is the largest club ground in Britain and is one of the finest in the world. Since work on the expansion of the stadium’s North-west and North-east end was completed in summer 2006, Old Trafford’s capacity has reached in excess of 76000.
At Old Trafford you can visit the Manchester United Museum and Tour Centre. The museum covers every detail of United’s history, including an array of trophies, the tragedy of the Munich air disaster and relives the drama of the 1998/99 treble season. The tour brings you though the players’ tunnel, to the dressing rooms and inside the stadium.
Castlefield
by M.E.R.V
The fort at Castlefield was abandoned around 410AD when the Romans withdrew from Britain. Over the centuries, the site has decayed and became overgrown, and in the Middle Ages was called "Castle-in-the-field" which later became known as Castlefield. As the industrial side in the citycentre, Castlefield contains many of Manchester's industrial heritage like the railway viaducts, canal systems and museums. The waterside pubs are amazing and gives such a peaceful ambience. Theres an outdoor arena where occasional performances takes place.
Modern Shopping
by Balam about The Triangle
Situated in what was originaly the Corn Exchange Building the Triangle Shopping Centre is conveniently situated near the Millennium gardens, in between Victoria train station the Arndale centre and Exchange Square in Manchester’s New Retail Heart opposite Selfridges
The Corn Exchange was so badly damaged in the bombing by the IRA in 1996 that after some extensive rebuilding and modernisation it has been ressurrected as the Triangle managing to preserve the exterior of the old building whilst inside a new state-of-the-art shopping mall has been created with what to me is probably the best looking space age Cafe (Cafe Nero) that looks like some kind of space pod perched in the air.
Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 10am - 6pm
Thursday: 10am - 8pm
Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 9am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
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