111 Places in Manchester That You Shouldn't Miss

by Julian Treuherz, Peter de Figueiredo

Manchester is far more than a grey provincial city preoccupied with the business of making money. The bales of cotton goods awaiting export have gone from the grand warehouses styled like palaces, and the cotton mills no longer hum with the sound of machinery. Yet the buildings remain in all their glory of tiles, terracotta and stained glass - converted to hotels, offices, chic apartments, hipster bars, fine eateries or gritty drinking dens. The textile trade may have disappeared, but you can find sustainable fashion in the old rag-trade district, and top quality coats and jackets are still being hand-sewn in the last remaining family-owned clothing factory. This book will also take you to alternative Manchester - Radical Manchester from Peterloo to the Pankhursts, Literary Manchester from Elizabeth Gaskell to Anthony Burgess, and of course to Madchester, the crazy music scene of Morrissey, Tony Wilson, the Hacienda and Factory Records.

Genres: Travel

240 pages, Paperback

Published March 15, 2024

Reviews

[Nathan Hodgson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent guide to historic and quirky things to do in Manchester - there's my 2022 free weekends sorted!

[Friendly Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fab book filled with a wide range of places to see from parks, churches, restaurants and museums and some wacky things the Hanging Ditch or Legh Road. I’ve lived in Manchester for nearly 10 years but haven’t done more than half of them. Excited to give them a go. One small note, I think it excluded things that I think should have been there like Stockport’s Underbank, it’s mentioned in passing but feel like it would benefitted from more of a feature. Also a lack of things to visit in Didsbury - how did La Chouquette not make it? But appreciate you have to draw the line somewhere!