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Sights & Museums

The blending of history and heritage in Manchester is a constant, highly active and very visible process. Driven by the 1996 IRA bomb and the staging of 2002's Commonwealth Games, the last decade has seen as furious a programme of... read more»

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• Abraham Lincoln Statue
• Lincoln Square, Brazenose Street

• An imposing if slightly incongruous presence amid the City Centre...  read more»

• Alan Turing Memorial
• Sackville Park, Sackville Street.

• Turing, a hero of the World War II Bletchley Park codebreakers, came...  read more»

• B of the Bang
• Alan Turing WaySportcity

• Commissioned to commemorate the 2002 Commonwealth games, the B of the ...  read more»

• Beetham Tower
• 301-303 Deansgate

• Beetham Tower is one of the newest and certainly most prominent...  read more»

• Castlefield Gallery
• 2 Hewitt Street, Knott Mill

• An artist-run gallery specialising in the more conceptual end of the...  read more»

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• Cathedral Gardens

• A pleasing post-bomb open space that nestles between Urbis,...  read more»

• Central Library
• St Peter’s Square

• The library’s classical revival style disguises the fact that it...  read more»

• Chetham’s Library & School of Music
• Long Millgate

• Chetham’s Library is a stunning piece of the 15th century that has...  read more»

• Chinese Arts Centre
• Market Buildings, Thomas Street

• Established in 1986, this specially designed new building has been...  read more»

• CUBE Gallery
• 113-115 Portland Street

• Focusing on architecture, the gallery at the Centre for the Urban...  read more»