What was the world’s biggest trading room, masterpieces of religious art, Europe’s oldest library, the city’s cathedral and a celebration of Manchester’s greatest gift to the world – Work. These are some of the wonders of Manchester, the world’s first … Continue reading
Next Zoom tour & exploration: Sunday 15 February 2026, 7pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Meet: On your computer! Cost: £7.77. No booking fee. *** Manchester Town Hall – the full tour on Zoom! Yes, while England’s … Continue reading
Next tour: Tuesday 10 March 2026 (International Women’s Week). Meet: outside Manchester Art Gallery, 2pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. These women and more... * Annie Horniman, who established Britain’s first repertory theatre company. * Elizabeth Gaskell, … Continue reading
Next tour: The Little Ireland Explorer (Manchester) on St Patrick's Day Tuesday 17 March 2026. Meet: Outside HOME, 2.30 p.m. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. For 2026, we’re doing it a little differently, exploring Little Ireland as … Continue reading
Next tour: Sat 21 March 2026, 2.15 p.m. Meet: Outside the Mercure Hotel, Portland Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Evenbrite. *** You think you know Manchester? Well, no one knows it like Ed Glinert, who has spent … 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
This tour: Thu 2 April 2026, 2.30pm. Meet: Victoria station wallmap. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Join Ed Glinert, author of the city’s definitive history, “Manchester: The Biography”, on this tribute to the great treasures of Manchester. … Continue reading
Next tour: Fri 10 April 2026. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap for a 2.30pm 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 press … Continue reading
Next tour: Wednesday 15 April 2026. Meet: Salford Quays Metrolink stop, 11.30 a.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
Next walking tour: Wednesday 15 April 2026, 2.30 p.m. Meeting Place: Manchester Museum entrance, Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Alan Turing has gone down in history as the man who didn’t invent the computer! … Continue reading