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The Grand Canals of Manchester

Outside Oxford Road station Station Approach, Manchester, United Kingdom

The Grand Canals of Manchester: Tour the Towpaths * Next tour: Sat 9 Aug 2025, 2.30pm. * Meet: Outside Oxford Road Station. * Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. “Streets full of water. Please advise.” Surely Mark Twain was … Continue reading →

Tony Wilson’s Manchester

HOME 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, Select a State:, United Kingdom

Tony Wilson’s Manchester: Sunday 10 August 2025. Anniversary of the day he died in 2007. Meet: outside HOME, 12 noon. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Tony Wilson never wrote a song, sang one or played an … Continue reading →

The Glories of Manchester Architecture

Midland Hotel 16 Peter Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

THIS TOUR The Glories of Manchester Architecture: Monday 11 August 2025. Guide: RIBA judge Ed Glinert. Starts: Outside the Midland Hotel, Peter Street, 12 noon. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** The Builder magazine once declared “one … Continue reading →

Angel Meadow. A Tour into the Centre of the Victorian Hell-Hole

Victoria Station Wallmap Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, United Kingdom

Next tour: Friday 15 August 2025, 6pm.  Meet: Victoria Station wallmap. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. “The lowest, most filthy, most unhealthy, and most wicked locality in Manchester…full of cellars and inhabited by prostitutes, their bullies, thieves, … Continue reading →

Peterloo Massacre: Official Tour on the Day

Central Library St Peter's Square, Manchester

Peterloo tours on the day: Saturday 16 August (Peterloo Day) 2025, 11am. Meet: outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. These unique Peterloo tours have been devised by Ed Glinert, Penguin author and … Continue reading →

“Fame Is the Spur”. Tour Manchester’s Greatest Novel

Central Library St Peter's Square, Manchester

* This annual tour takes place on Peterloo Day: 16 August. NOT 2025 * Tour led by Ed Glinert, a Penguin Classics editor, and Manchester's leading historian and tour guide. * Meet outside Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, 2.30pm. * Must be booked … Continue reading →

$8

The Evil Corners of Strangeways (Criminal Tour)

Victoria Station Wallmap Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, United Kingdom

Next tour: Saturday 30 August 2025. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap for a 12 noon start. Booking: If you’d like to go to Strangeways, the law will help you. Alternatively, just follow the orders from the guv’nor below. Oh, alright: Please … Continue reading →

$10

The Great Art Treasures of Manchester

Outside St Ann's Church St Ann Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Next tour: Wednesday 3 September 2025 Meet: outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Manchester Art Gallery is home to Britain’s greatest collection of Pre-Raphaelite works, and in the streets beyond L. … Continue reading →

Cost? There seems to be a lot of confusion about whether or not the guide is entitled to a few pennies at the end of the tour. We are not paid by the council, the tourist board or anyone. That would be impossible to organise. We are the official, trained guides of Manchester. We do this for the love of Manchester history following some ferocious battles with the local Blue Badge guides who didn't want tours and wanted to censor Manchester history. We are happy for you to book for free and then pay at the end if you think it was worth it.

John Rylands Library…And More

This tour: Wednesday 10 September 2025 Meet: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Cost: Please pay at the end if you think the tour was worth it! The John Rylands Library … Continue reading →