Come with us down into the very depths of Manchester to explore the city’s largest WWII air-raid shelters, built into what was the underground section of the Manchester & Salford Junction Canal.

It’s the most popular walking tour in the country, surpassing even London Walks’s Jack the Ripper extravaganza. That’s because under Deansgate, away from the city noise, it’s dark, damp, dank and dismally smelly. It’s also wonderfully atmospheric, and we tell unsurpassable stories of wartime horrors, threats of atomic destruction and even manage to link the terrible tales with Coronation Street.

* Sat 25 Feb practically sold out. A few tickets are left for March. Booking only through QuayTickets.com.