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Wheel Manchester
15 Reviews *Please note Manchester Wheel is no more :-( - I didn't see it on my last trip to Manchester in May 2012* On many Manchester trips I always keep seeing the wheel but never took the opportunity to...
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Old Trafford Manchester
33 Reviews The tour around the stadium took about an hour, and I really enjoyed it. The guide was excellent and very knowledgeable, and it was a fun and interesting tour. I especially liked that, although the...
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Chinatown Manchester
19 Reviews Manchester’s Chinatown is a mainstay of the city’s socio-cultural geography; it flies the flag for Manchester, for independence and grassroots enterprise. The area is compact enough to retain a real...
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Granada Studios Manchester
8 Reviews Visiting and doing the Granada Studios Tour was one of my first trips to the city. I viisted the complex twice (1993 & 1994) when it was opened from 1988 to 1999. The highlights included: - Times...
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Salford Quays Lowry Manchester
24 Reviews Similar to the Imperial War Museum in London, this museum displays artifacts and exhibits from the various wars that Britain has been involved in, the Boer War, both World Wars right up to the Persian...
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Museum of Science and Industry Manchester
23 Reviews With permanent galleries spread across five listed historic buildings and collections ranging from early textile machinery to modern X-ray equipment. Experience the sights and sounds of the cotton...
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Christmas Market Manchester
21 Reviews This year was the first chance I had in my many visits to Manchester to go to the annual Christmas markets based originally on the German Christmas markets. They set up in the city centre around the...
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City Centre Manchester
24 Reviews Albert Square, home of Manchester's wonderful Town Hall, has several interesting buildings (all of which, I think, date from Victorian times or later). See if you can spot the little head of Prince...
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Castlefield Manchester
14 Reviews Just Off Liverpool Rd is what used to be a Roman Fort and settlement. The first fort would have been built from turf and timber sometime around AD 79, the Romans named it Mamucium. The fort lasted...
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Imperial War Museum Manchester
12 Reviews As many times as I've been to Manchester, I've never been to the Imperial War Museum at Salford Quays. It was time to rectify that. The museum has been open for about 10 years and is located in the...
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Natural History Museum Manchester
9 Reviews The Manchester Museum on Oxford Road offers a chance to visit one of the best Egyptology exhibitions in the country with many mummies on show. Here also a prized exhibitions of fossils, interactive...
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Canal Street - Gay Village Manchester
4 Reviews The village on Canal Street is known as "Manchester's world famous Gay Village". This exciting village offers a variety of bars, resturants, and clubs. The village runs along the Rochdale canal which...
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Town Hall Manchester
19 Reviews After meeting up at Starbucks, we set off across the road to Albert Square and the European Christmas Market. This is also a good chance to see inside the Grade 1 listed Town Hall (The Town Hall...
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Cathedral Manchester
25 Reviews Manchester Cathedral is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building in the centre of Manchester. It is believed to have been completed in 1421 and has had many repairs and restorations over the centuries. It...
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Urbis Manchester
17 Reviews *NOTE* this museum is now closed. The building now houses the National Football Museum Urbis is a museum about cities and city life. It's a brand new building erected for the millenium, situated amid...
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Trafford Centre Manchester
9 Reviews it depends on what way you look at the trafford centre it could be either heaven or hell depending on your thoughts about shopping! All the high street stores can be found here - shame that there are...
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John Rylands Library Manchester
10 Reviews The John Rylands Library was opened to the public in 1900 and became part of the university of Manchester in 1972. It is, quite simply, a magnificent example of late-Victorian Gothic...a 'cathedral'...
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Arena Manchester
6 Reviews Manchester Arena is the main concert arena in Manchester and the largest concert arena in Europe. It has had many names over the years depending on who is the sponsor. Before being called the...
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Art Gallery Manchester
22 Reviews new things afoot at manchester art gallery....lots of actual art has gone astray....we have a smiths room....mostly blank...and a photo exhibition.......if you want a real art gallery go to the walker...
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St Ann's Church and Square Manchester
8 Reviews This present church was consecrated on 17th July 1712, by The Bishop of Chester. Queen Anne was on the throne, Lady Anne Bland had petitioned Parliament for permission to build this Church, and it's...
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Piccadilly Gardens Manchester
4 Reviews The Gardens are a green space in the City Centre situated at one end of Market st. and on the edge of the Northern Quarter.Originally the site of the Manchester Royal infirmary built in 1755.The...
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St Mary's Catholic Church- Hidden Gem Manchester
4 Reviews St Mary's Church on Mulberry Street is a true hidden gem. You need to head down Brazenose Street and then turn right after the first section of buildings. Built in 1792, St Mary's is the Catholic...
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People's History Museum Manchester
4 Reviews I must admit that I found the People's History Museum a little disappointing. The idea is great: A museum that is devoted to the social history of Great Britain, involving for example human rights,...
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Central Library Manchester
8 Reviews Manchester Central Library was built between 1930 and 1934 in a traditional neoclassical design. E Vincent Harris designed the building and critics suggested classical canon and Italian influences in...
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Ordsall Hall Manchester
2 Reviews Ordsall Hall is situated in the Salford Area of Manchester, just a short tram ride/drive away from the City Centre. It is a fine Grade 1 listed manor house, first recorded in 1210. Since then, it has...
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So it's a tourist attraction. But I did like the view from up high. It goes much faster than the London Eye, so they have to stop it, but then we were able to go for four rotations, smaller pods, and bought the nice photo package which I think was 12 pounds.
This is a natural history museum in the University Center. It was quite large, may favorite displays were the fossil, mineral, bird, and insect displays. There wasn't much there that I hadn't seen at other natural history mseums. The museum was a full days outing and it was easy to get to on public transport. I think children would reall like this museum.
The Trafford centre near eccles in Trafford,Located on a industrial estate, this huge monstrosity of a shopping complex has its own bus station, so public transport is qutie frequent,Opened in 1998, It is made up of four main areas: Peel Avenue, Regent Crescent, The Dome, and The Orient.The stores are open Monday–Friday from 10 am – 10 pm, Saturday 10 am – 8 pm (some stores opening at 9 am) and Sunday 12 noon – 6 pm Other non-retail facilities are all located in a central spur called The Orient, a 1,600-seat food court which includes a 20-screen Odeon multiplex cinema, Laser Quest Laser Tag arena, miniature golf, a large Namco Centre with Dodgems, Bowling, and Arcade games, a Legoland Discovery Centre set to open in March 2010 ,dozens of restaurants and bars including The Exchange Bar & Grill, Starbucks, Est Est Est, Ma Potter's, Nando's and Cathay Dim Sum. There are also several popular...
The Museum is located at The Quays - Greater Manchester's waterfront destination. As a second thought after seeing the quays, It was free entry, and a charge for the viewing platform,, worth a quick look I suppose.But the Museum itself, was split into two main areas on the 1st floor, which had a exhbition on captivity and prison camps, complete with a search light and various shorts running from great escape and fascinating displays of people's diaries who lived through it!The main area had a number of vehicles, weapons and aircraft, and a useful timeline of warfare,, all in all, a great museum.Open 7 days a week: 1 March - 2 November 10am - 6pm 3 November - 28 February 10am - 5pm (Closed 24, 25, 26 December) Please note: Last admission is 30 minutes prior to closing.
The Victorian Gothic architecture looks more like a castle or cathedral. Even so, this was a last minute addition to my trip and I was glad I took the time. After a £16 million redevelopment, The Library has pink Cumbrian sandstone, 1890s architectural features.A collection includes the oldest known piece of the New Testament, the St John Fragment. Other treasures of the vast, varied collection include magnificent illuminated medieval manuscripts and a1476 William Caxton edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, thought to be the first book printed in England.
First visit here, its split into 6 sections, I went into the space/flight building first, given its all now free, but wasn't a free years ago.There was a nice selection of aircraft, bike's, cars, and even a helicopter,, unique points were the historical ties to Manchester, and very knowledgable staff on hand for questions, cafes and toilets in most buildings, and a plenty of hands on for kids,,The Sewer walkthrough from the 1830's building is a nice way to end the tour giving the kids a little sense of adventure
Middleton in the second largest settlement in the Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester. People born and brought up in Middleton can claim the traditional title of "Moonraker". This refers to the legendary poachers who, at the approach of the local Constabulary, threw their booty in a pond and began raking the reflection of the moon in water, in the hope of recovering the green cheese. Many of the buildings reflect the influence of one of the towns most famous sons, the architect Edgar Wood. These are complemented by attractions such as St Leonard's Parish Church, which has on eof the three remaining wooden church towers in the country, and Ye Olde Boar's Head Inn on Long Street, which, according to legend, has a secret tunnel that links the inn with the Parish Church. Other famous residents of Middleton were Cardinal Thomas Langley and the writer Samuel Bamford.Visit My Middleton...
About three miles north of Oldham town centre, two miles from junction 21 of the M62.A handy rail link to Manchester. Oldham and Rochdale easily accessible by road. A winding road also leads up to West Yorkshire, putting Halifax and Huddersfield in easy reach.Wealthy cotton industry magnates used to frequent the town. And 100 years ago it was said to have more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the country. Now it has a good mix of older couples, professionals and young families.Until recently Shaw was a lively little town with a lot of small traditional type shops. Send Photo to a Friend latley a large Asda Superstore has opened in town, The local shops are already feeling the pinch. Staff in Iceland frozen food shop have been put on 1 day contracts and 2 other shops have already closed down,Visit my Shaw pages
The first written record of the name Ryeton (or Ryton) was in a survey of 1212.Evidence of Stone Age dwellers exists, as does evidence of Romans and later Norsemen, some of whom settled at ThorpIt has been remarked that Royton has the distinction of being the world's first town where a cotton mill was built; at Thorp in 1764. It was also the town where the United Kingdom's last mill Elk hailed as the most modern in the world was built in 1926, but demolished in 1999.Visit my Royton Pages
Rochdale is situated in a river valley with the Pennine Hills to the east and the Rossendale hills to the north. The valley was created by the River Roch (pronounced Roach) which flows off the Pennines and through the town centre. This is the only downhill route out of the town.There are a couple of reasons why this area was good to establish a settlement. Firstly the river is shallow enough in the town centre to ford and secondly is communications. The line of the Pennines forms a huge barrier separating Lancashire and Yorkshire apart from The Summit Gap just north of Littleborough. This pass was formed at the end of the ice age by glacial melt waters. These waters eroded away the softer rock found in this area and thus formed a gap in the Pennines. This gap provided an excellent packhorse route and later on road, rail and canal all share this narrow pass. The pass soon became inhabited...
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