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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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• Salford Museum & Art Gallery
• Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford

• Inevitably overshadowed by its more prestigious neighbours both up...  read more»

• St Ann’s Church
• St Ann’s Street, St Ann’s Square

• Built in 1712, this and the Cathedral have long been the two focal...  read more»

• St John’s Gardens
• Lower Byrom Street

• A nicely laid out patch of green oasis on the site of the demolished...  read more»

• St Mary’s (The Hidden Gem)
• Mulberry Street

• The aptly named Hidden Gem – founded in 1794 and claimed to be the...  read more»

• Staircase House
• 30-31 Market Place, Stockport

• Located behind the tourist information office, and extensively...  read more»

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• Stockport War Memorial & Art Gallery
• Wellington Road South

• In contrast to the entrance’s grand colonnaded steps, the gallery...  read more»

• Strangeways
• 1 Southall Street, Manchester

• The intriguingly named Strangeways – officially HM Prison since...  read more»

• Tatton Park
• Knutsford Cheshire

• Get lost in the Cheshire countryside in this 1,000-acre park with...  read more»

• Town Hall
• Albert Square

• Alfred Waterhouse’s building, completed in 1887, remains a proud...  read more»

• University of Manchester
• Oxford Road

• Newly merged with the city centre campus of UMIST, this sprawling...  read more»