Category Archives: Art & Architecture

The Baroque & Gothic Palaces tour has been subsumed into the Manchester Architecture Trial for now. Please see https://www.newmanchesterwalks.com/walks-tours/art-architecture/the-manchester-architecture-trail/

The Glories of Manchester Architecture. Next tour: Thursday 23 April 2026, 11.30 a.m. Guide: RIBA judge Ed Glinert, author of “Manchester: The Biography”. Starts: Outside the Midland Hotel, Peter Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** The … Continue reading →

Next tour: Tuesday 31 March 2026, 2.30 p.m. Meet: Outside Manchester Art Gallery. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Ed Glinert, official Manchester tour guide and author of Penguin’s Manchester Compendium, leads this fascinating fact-filled tour around the … Continue reading →

Next tours: See Walks & Tours: “The Pre-Raphaelites” or “The Great Art Treasures of Manchester”. Meet: Art Gallery. “What in the world do you want with art in Manchester? Why can’t you stick to your cotton spinning?” That was the … Continue reading →

Next Walking tour: Saturday 21 June 2025 Meet: Outside the Mercure Hotel, Portland Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite.  Spurned, snubbed and sniggered at, Laurence Stephen Lowry became Britain’s most famous and best-loved 20th century painter, whose … Continue reading →

Next tour: Thursday 12 February 2026 Meet: outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Ed Glinert, official Manchester tour guide, Arts Society lecturer, cruise ships speaker on art and author of Manchester: … Continue reading →

For now, we’re doing separate Lowry and Valette tours. Please see relevant pages.

Next Tour: When Boris says it’s okay. Booking: With eventbrite. *** His students called him “Mr  Monsieur”. His devotees praised his unique vision of Manchester. His legacy is the most important in Manchester’s art history. Adolphe Valette left a mesmerising … Continue reading →