The great city of Manchester
Manchester is one of the most important cities in UK, being the site of the industrial revolution, the Peterloo mascre, the early movements for women’s rights. It is now the home of a thriving city that hosts, Manchester United and Manchester City, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan, the gay village and a great art scene. Read more on Wikipedia.
“When entering for the first time a town like Manchester, a stranger, overwhelmed by the new and interesting spectacle presented to him, scarcely dares look this giant full in the face at once….”
From “Ireland, Scotland and England” by J.G.Kohl, 1844.
City center or closer
Manchester Museum
The UK’s largest university museum. It is located on the Oxford Road campus.
Whitworth Art Gallery
This multi-award winning art gallery part funded by the University.
The Town Hall
This magnificent building was designed in Victorian Gothic style by Alfred Waterhouse in 1877.
Art Gallery
One of the country’s finest art collections in spectacular Victorian and contemporary surroundings.
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
National Football
Holds several important collections of association football memora-bilia & interactive exhibitions.
Manchester Cathedral
Gorgeous interior with the best late medieval woodwork in the north.
Cheethams Library
Is believed to be the oldest public library in England. Interior, furniture and fittings date from 1654.
Spiningfields
Is located on Deansgate in the City Centre. There are high end shops & restaurants here.