Category Archives: Canals and Waterways
Lost Rivers & Canals
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap (within spitting distance of three ancient waterways). What’s lost?: The Tib: gone; the Dene: nowhere to be seen (if it ever existed); Hanging Ditch: dried up. These are just some of the … Continue reading
Along the Ashton Canal to the Portland Basin (long tour!)
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Malmaison Hotel, No. 3 Piccadilly, time tbc. This is a big one, aimed at all you trekkers. We follow the Ashton Canal, from the city centre, past the steepest street in the world, the … Continue reading
Bridgewater Canal
Next tour: Saturday 20 July 2024. Meet: entrance Beetham Tower, Deansgate, 11am. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. About the tour Join Ed Glinert, Manchester’s leading canal historian, to explore the waters, banks and history of the Bridgewater … Continue reading
Cruise the Manchester Waterways – with Historic Commentary
Next sailings: Please Google “princess-katherine – Manchester River Cruises” Expert commentary provided: Our popular canal cruise glides along the local waterways to see the stunning sights of Salford Quays and Media City. Illuminating one way commentary by the queen of canal … Continue reading
The Grand Canals of Manchester (West to Castlefield)
Next tour: Sunday 18 May 2025, 12 noon. Meet: Outside the Malmaison Hotel, Piccadilly. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. This is a spectacular stroll along the waterways of Manchester, invoking a … Continue reading
Grand Canals (East to Sportcity)
Next tour: Saturday 26 September 2020. Meet: Malmaison Hotel, No. 3 Piccadilly, 2,30pm. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. On the eastern edge of the city centre two canals (the Ashton and Rochdale) and one river (the Medlock) … Continue reading
Salford Quays…Old Docks…Media City
Next tour: Friday 1 March 2024. Meet: Salford Quays Metrolink stop, 12 noon. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Huge docks which once harboured the world’s ocean-going liners. Gleaming museums of the modern age. A world famous canal, … Continue reading
Mapping The Medlock – The River That Manchester Forgot
There are three visible rivers in city centre Manchester: the Irwell, the Irk and the Medlock. And it’s the Medlock that we investigate on this tour. The river that Manchester has almost forgotten rises near Oldham and flows westwards through … Continue reading
River Irwell
It’s the river that divides Manchester from Salford, snaking its way through the centre of the metropolis and almost meeting itself near Salford Crescent. Never a picturesque centrepiece like the Thames or Seine, it was a conduit for goods and … Continue reading
Along the Manchester Ship Canal
Next tour: 17 July 2024, 1pm. Meet: Entrance to the Science & Industry Museum, Lower Byrom Street. Booking: Please press here to book for free with Eventbrite. It’s the world’s greatest waterway, as deep as Suez, as wide as Panama, … Continue reading
