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Eccentric Manchester
Eccentric Manchester or “John Dee, Dalton, Deacon, De Quincey & Hanging Ditch” Next tour: No public dates. It can be booked privately, for 1 April (of course!). Start: Midland Hotel. Why did hundreds of people flee in a panic from Market … Continue reading
Cholera – A Plague on Manchester
Next tour: No dates for the full cholera tour yet. To book a private tour – ideal for historical societies, schools etc who want a walking tour with a difference! – please e-mail info@newmanchesterwalks.com Symptoms: Should you succumb to cholera, this is … Continue reading
The 1996 Manchester Bomb
This tour: Saturday 15 June 2023, 11am. Meet: Outside Selfridge’s, Exchange Square. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. One myth we will shatter is that the pillar box that stands on the site now is the same pillar … Continue reading
Underground Manchester (Now on Zoom!)
We go down, down, deeper and down into Manchester’s biggest World War 2 air-raid shelter, where thousands huddled in safety from the Nazi bombs in the long-disused tunnel of the Manchester and Salford Junction Canal. Continue reading
The Royal Exchange
* At the moment we are featuring the Royal Exchange as part of a double tour with the John Rylands Library. We also feature the building on our cotton history tours. The Royal Exchange, a baroque palace that is now home to … Continue reading
Radisson Edwardian Hotel/Free Trade Hall
Next tour: No public dates yet. Meet: outside Central Library, time tbc. Book a private tour! We have taken a huge number of private groups around the hotel (with the option of cream tea in the restaurant at the end). To … Continue reading
Manchester Cathedral & Mediaeval Manchester
Next tour: Thursday 16 April 2020. Meet: Shudehill Metrolink stop, 11.30am. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. Hello to everyone who comes on our tours. We have a new system in place for tours of Chetham’s, Europe’s oldest … Continue reading
John Rylands Library
Next tour: Friday 2 August 2024, 11.30 a.m. Meet: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Evenbrite. *** The only way to truly understand the magic of what is the No. 1 Manchester … Continue reading
Manchester Town Hall Tour (on Zoom)
Next Zoom tour & exploration: Wednesday 27 April 2022, 7pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Meet: On your computer! Cost: £8.25. No booking fee. *** Manchester Town Hall – the full tour on Zoom! Yes, while England’s … Continue reading
The Wonders of Worsley, the new RHS Gardens & the Bridgewater Canal
Next Zoom tour, Thursday 1 July 2021, 8.30pm. Meet: on your computer! Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Picturesque black-and-white timber-framed waterside buildings, Britain’s first man-made waterway, and underground canals running … Continue reading
