Category Archives: Industrial Manchester
Northern Powerhouse
Next tour: No new dates. Meet: Midland Hotel, Peter Street. To book privately (ideal for schools and universities): please e-mail info@newmanchesterwalks.com. Manchester was the world’s first industrial city – the first place to use the factory system to mass produce … Continue reading
Cottonopolis
Next tour: no dates yet. Meet: Outside the HOME arts centre, time tbc. Booking: *** Cotton. It grows in Egypt, India, Iraq and the southern states of the US. It was shipped to the North-West in vast quantities and spun … Continue reading
The World’s First Railways
Next tour: Dates to be set. Meet: tbc. Booking: Please have your tickets ready for the inspector. To book privately (ideal for railway enthusiasts): please e-mail info@newmanchesterwalks.com. Some time around 600 BC a railway called the rutway was built in ancient … Continue reading
Castlefield
Next tours: Wed 24 Aug.
Meet: outside Deansgate railway station, 11am. Continue reading
Ancoats
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Band on the Wall, Swan Street. Booking: Welcome to Ancoats, the cradle of the industrial revolution, a factory hoot from Manchester city centre, now one of the most successfully regenerated areas in Britain. In … Continue reading
