Manchester
The first industrial city in the world, and it has spent thirty years turning the wreckage into bars and galleries. Music runs through everything.
Manchester in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Manchester
Where to stay in Manchester
Manchester in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Manchester
The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. It is part of the University of Manchester. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Aug 2026
Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Both of Barry's buildings are listed.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, neo-Gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building faces Albert Square to the north and St Peter's Square to the south, with Manchester Cenotaph facing its southern entrance.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
Mark Andrew. · CC BY 2.0
The Northern Quarter is an area of Manchester city centre, England, between Piccadilly station, Victoria station and Ancoats, and centred on Oldham Street just off Piccadilly Gardens. It was defined and named in the 1990s as part of the regeneration of Manchester.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Michael Ashton · CC BY-SA 3.0
Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford, two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire. It is the north-eastern tip of the parliamentary constituency of Stretford and Urmston and is roughly delineated by two old toll gates, Brooks' Bar and Trafford Bar, to the east and west.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Apr 2026
Steve F · CC BY-SA 2.0
The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. It is part of the University of Manchester. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Aug 2026
Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. Both of Barry's buildings are listed.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, neo-Gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building faces Albert Square to the north and St Peter's Square to the south, with Manchester Cenotaph facing its southern entrance.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
Mark Andrew. · CC BY 2.0
The Northern Quarter is an area of Manchester city centre, England, between Piccadilly station, Victoria station and Ancoats, and centred on Oldham Street just off Piccadilly Gardens. It was defined and named in the 1990s as part of the regeneration of Manchester.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Michael Ashton · CC BY-SA 3.0
Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which borders the cities of Manchester and Salford, two miles (3.2 km) south-west of Manchester city centre in the historic county of Lancashire. It is the north-eastern tip of the parliamentary constituency of Stretford and Urmston and is roughly delineated by two old toll gates, Brooks' Bar and Trafford Bar, to the east and west.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Apr 2026
Steve F · CC BY-SA 2.0
From the airport
When to go to Manchester: May or Jun or Jul or Aug
Guides about Manchester
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