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Salford Quays: the Great Port and the Old Docks
Next free tour: Saturday 15 April 2023. Meet: At Salford Quays Metrolink stop, 11a.m. Booking: Please press here to register with Eventbrite. Huge docks which once harboured the world’s ocean-going liners. Gleaming museums of the modern age. A world famous … Continue reading
Jewish Manchester
The Old Jewish Ghetto of Manchester Next tour: Sunday 9 February 2025, 12 noon. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap. Ends: At the Jewish museum. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Here’s the full S.P. The Manchester area is … Continue reading
In Search of the River Medlock
Next tours: The summer 2015 one has gone. More dates will be announced soon. Meet: Lass O’ Gowrie pub, Charles Street Bring: Good shoes and a sense of exploration. There are three visible rivers in city centre Manchester: the Irwell, the … Continue reading
Manchester Wildlife
2018 tours: No public dates yet. Meet: To be decided. Manchester is home to a wide variety of wildlife: waterbirds, waders, black redstarts (rarer than ospreys or golden eagles) and peregrine falcons. These are the world’s fastest birds, capable of … Continue reading
Knutsford – Classy Cranford in Chi-Chi Cheshire
Next tour: Mon 26 March 2012. Meet: Knutsford station, 11.30am “The lunch–a hot savoury mutton-chop, and a little of the cold loin sliced and fried–was now brought in. Every morsel of this last dish was finished, to Martha’s great gratification.” … Continue reading
Investigating The Irwell
Meeting place to be confirmed Description to follow.
In Search of the Ship Canal
Next tour: Friday 21st of July 2023. Meet: Outside the Science and Industry Museum, Lower Byrom Street. Cost: Free with tip at the end, if you think it was worth it! Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. It’s one … Continue reading
Hulme
Next public tour: probably autumn 2015. Hulme, the suburb immediately south-west of the city centre, became the setting for one of the most extraordinary social engineering-cum-architectural projects Britain has ever seen in the late 20th century. It was demolished, destroyed … Continue reading
The Grand Canals of Manchester (West to Castlefield)
Next free tour: Saturday 30 November 2024, 11 a.m. Meet: Outside the Malmaison Hotel, Piccadilly. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. This is a spectacular stroll along the waterways of Manchester, invoking … Continue reading
Grand Canals (East to Sportcity)
Next tour: Saturday 26 September 2020. Meet: Malmaison Hotel, No. 3 Piccadilly, 2,30pm. Booking: Please press here to book with eventbrite. On the eastern edge of the city centre two canals (the Ashton and Rochdale) and one river (the Medlock) … Continue reading
