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Things to Do in Manchester

Ways to tour Manchester

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  • Visit the brand new Home Team Changing Room on our Stadium and Club Tour

1. Etihad Stadium

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Arenas & Stadiums
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It celebrates City's history and shows how they have managed to create the current team in the image of Pep Guardiola's…

2. The John Rylands Library

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Libraries
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Opened in 1900, this neo-Gothic building says much about Manchester's industrial fortunes.
  • City of Manchester Distillery + Manchester Three Rivers - Gin Experience Tour 1

3. The City of Manchester Distillery

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The gin flows freely whilst the host talks passionately about how Three Rivers came to be.
  • Photo of the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester

4. Science and Industry Museum

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This museum is located on the site of the World's first railway station which opened in 1830.

5. The Manchester Museum

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This museum has many exhibits taking you through a timeline of the industrial revolution.

6. National Football Museum

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Continues through the history and development of the game over the last 150 years, through the highs and lows of…
  • Manchester Art Gallery.

7. Manchester Art Gallery

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The gallery opened in 1824 and today occupies three buildings, the oldest of which, designed by Sir Charles Barry, is…
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8. Manchester Central Library

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Points of Interest & Landmarks • Libraries
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it's entry has been stripped of the plastic of twentieth century adaptions and restored to the magnificent space it…
  • People's History Museum, the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.

9. People's History Museum

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Speciality Museums • Children's Museums
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The building sits almost on the water as a reminder of Manchester glorious industrial past.
  • Manchester Cathedral

10. Manchester Cathedral

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Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings
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The Cathedral dominates the (small) remining part of mediaeval Manchester.

Day trips near Manchester

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