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Disraeli, Gladstone and Cobden – Victorian Titans
Next tour: No more public dates yet. Meet: Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens. Bring: An open mind and an endless font of curiosity. End: Cobden’s House. Calling all history and politics teachers. Book privately: this walk is ideal for your “A” Level students! … Continue reading
The Wonders of Worsley
Next tours Zoom: Monday 10 May 2021, 5.30pm. Meet: On your computer! Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. Walking tour: Friday 21 May, 12 noon. Meet: Worsley Village Library Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. … Continue reading
Victoria Park
Next tour: Friday 28 June 2024. Meet: Outside the Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, 11am. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Behind the chaotic, cardamom-coated world of the Curry Mile lie the remains of a luxurious, tree-lined estate … Continue reading
Salford Quays & the Old Docks
Next tour: Friday 22 May 2026. Meet: Salford Quays Metrolink stop, 2 p.m. 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
Old Salford Explorer
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap. “Dirty old town,” sang the man. He was relaxing in between shows at Hyndman Hall on Liverpool Street, looked out of the window at the old gas works and was suitably inspired … Continue reading
Piccadilly – The Beating Heart of Manchester
No dates yet. Description to follow.
The Northern Quarter – Bohemian Manchester
Next tour is a pub tour: Friday 27 June, 6pm. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Boho Manchester, cool Manchester, modish Manchester, funky but chic Manchester. It’s the Northern Quarter. A land of … Continue reading
Knutsford – Classy Cranford in Chi-Chi Cheshire
Next walking tour: Monday 17 March 2025, 11am. Meet: Outside Knutsford Station on Toft Road. (Hopefully the train will be on time!) Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. This is a sumptuous tour laced with character and charisma, … Continue reading
Hulme
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Outside The Eighth Day, 111 Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, time tbc. It’s an amazing story. Read on and marvel at the pics below. Hulme became the setting for one of the most extraordinary social engineering-cum-architectural projects … Continue reading
