Three race meetings a week, every week, featuring one of the world's fastest animals - the greyhound. Choose from trackside bellowing and fast food or the...

Not for the faint-hearted, this studio teaches Hatha yoga in a sweltering 40ºC (104ºF) heated room, the high temperature apparently protecting vulnerable...

Anyone familiar with the UK's swelling ranks of indoor ski slopes knows that they can be far from atmospheric - more akin to sliding around a refrigerated...

Nestled in the foothills of the Pennines, Heaton Park is one of Europe's largest municipal parks. It contains eight English Heritage listed buildings, a...

The home of Lancashire County Cricket Club for 150 years, the pavilion at Old Trafford is now looking a little tatty. On the cards is a controversial £70...

Built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and central Manchester's only public swimming pool, this facility is home to two 50-metre pools, as well as fitness...

One of the most beautifully refurbished warehouses in the Northern Quarter houses two shrine halls (one is open throughout the day for drop-in meditation),...

The 48,000-capacity City of Manchester Stadium hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games before being converted for the city's less glamorous but more endearing...

Practice your belaying and leading in this Grade-II listed church, which now houses one of the largest climbing walls in Europe. Hang around under the huge...

The stadium of the world's most famous football team may not be in the most glamorous of locations, but it nevertheless has the Premier League's largest...

As the home of the British Cycling Team, the Velodrome's track is one of the best in the world, but the place still welcomes all levels of ability. If...

One of the oldest clubs in English Rugby history, the Sale Sharks are currently playing their best-ever matches. They play at the home of Stockport County...

Originally established as the Inner Sanctuary Spa in 2002, Satori is a small but perfectly formed day spa tucked away in the heart of the Northern Quarter....

This five-star day spa in the vaults of the former Free Trade Hall (it famously hosted gigs by Bob Dylan and the Sex Pistols, and was home to the Hallé for...