Name: “Fame Is the Spur”. Tour Manchester’s Greatest Novel
Start: 2025-08-16T14:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-08-16T16:15:00+00:00
Location: Central Library

July 2025
July 10 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Secret Manchester (private tour)

Mercure Hotel (outside) Portland Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
July 13 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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 →
July 16 @ 11:15 am - 12:45 pm

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 →
July 26 @ 2:30 pm

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 →
July 27 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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 →
August 2025
August 7 @ 11:15 am - 1:00 pm

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 →
August 8 @ 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm

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 →
August 10 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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 →
August 16 @ 11:00 am - 12:45 pm

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 →
August 16 @ 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm

“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 →

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