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MIF Tours – Secret Manchester

Mercure Hotel (outside) Portland Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Next tour: Sunday the 13th of June 2025, 12 noon. 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 … Continue reading

John Rylands Library and more…it’s back!

Next tour: Wednesday 16 July, 11.15 a.m. Meet: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. The John Rylands Library has been closed for nearly a year. Now it’s back – and with … Continue reading

Bridgewater Canal – Annual Celebration Tour

Beetham Tower 301 Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom

Next tour: Saturday 26 July 2025. Meet: entrance Beetham Tower, Deansgate, 2.30pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Evenbrite. About the tour Join Ed Glinert, Manchester’s leading canal historian, to explore the waters, banks and history of the Bridgewater … Continue reading

The Castlefield Explorer

Beetham Tower 301 Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom

Next tour: The Castlefield Explorer, Sunday 27 July 2025, 12 noon. Meet: Beetham Tower Entrance on Deansgate. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Castlefield is not only the Roman birthplace of Manchester, it was also the industrial birthplace … Continue reading

John Rylands Library and More…

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

This tour: Thursday 7 August, 11.15 a.m. Meet: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. The John Rylands Library has been closed for nearly a year. Now it’s back – and with … Continue reading

Jewish Manchester: Guided Tour

Victoria Station Wallmap Victoria Station Approach, Manchester, United Kingdom

“The Old Jewish Ghetto of Manchester” Next tour: Friday 8 August 2025. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, 1pm. Ends: At the Jewish museum. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Cost: Free to register. Pay at the end if you … Continue reading

On the Trail of Marx & Engels in Manchester

Engels Statue First Street, Gaythorn, Manchester, United Kingdom

August is political month in Manchester...the countdown to Peterloo. Here’s a taster. Marx & Engels in Manchester. Marx & Engels in Manchester: Saturday 9 August 2025.   Meet: Friedrich Engels Statue, outside HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Gaythorn, 11.30am. Booking: … Continue reading

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