Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Manchester, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 116 m
Descend 134 m

Experience Manchester in United Kingdom in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in ManchesterIndividual Sights in Manchester

Sight 1: Smithfield Market Hall

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Smithfield Market HallTim Green from Bradford / CC BY 2.0

Smithfield Market Hall is a renovated market hall on Swan Street in Manchester, England, which houses a food hall known as Mackie Mayor. The hall reopened in 2017 after years of dereliction.

Wikipedia: Smithfield Market Hall (EN)

690 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: National Football Museum

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National Football Museum

The National Football Museum is England's national museum of football. It is based in the Urbis building in Manchester city centre, and preserves, conserves and displays important collections of football memorabilia.

Wikipedia: National Football Museum (EN), Website

84 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Cathedral Gardens

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Cathedral Gardens is an open space in Manchester city centre, in North West England. It is bounded by Victoria railway station to the north, Chetham's School of Music to the west, the perimeter of Manchester Cathedral and the Corn Exchange on Fennel Street to the south and Urbis to the east.

Wikipedia: Cathedral Gardens (EN), Website

152 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Corn Exchange

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The Corn Exchange, Manchester is a food court and former shopping centre in Exchange Square, Manchester, England. The building was originally used as a corn exchange and was previously named the Corn & Produce Exchange, and subsequently The Triangle. Following an IRA bomb attack on central Manchester in 1996, it was renovated and was a modern shopping centre until 2014. The building was sold to investors and has been re-developed into a number of food outlets. It is a grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: Corn Exchange, Manchester (EN), Website

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: The Old Wellington Inn

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The Old Wellington Inn is a half-timbered pub in Manchester city centre, England. It is part of Shambles Square, which was created in 1999, and is near Manchester Cathedral. It is a Grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: The Old Wellington Inn (EN), Website

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: The Glade of Light

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The Glade of Light Tomasz "odder" Kozlowski / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Glade of Light is a memorial in Manchester, England, that commemorates the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing of 2017. It opened to the public on 5 January 2022 and an official opening event took place 10 May 2022. The memorial is in the form of a garden with a stone centrepiece inscribed with the names of the 22 victims. Individual 'memory capsules' commemorating each victim have been included in the memorial and are situated within the stone centrepiece.

Wikipedia: The Glade of Light (EN)

19 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Manchester Cathedral

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Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, in Manchester, England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church. It is on Victoria Street in Manchester city centre and is a grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: Manchester Cathedral (EN), Website, Heritage Website

282 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Victoria Bridge

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Victoria Bridge Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent. / CC BY-SA 3.0

Victoria Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Greater Manchester, England. Completed in 1839 and named after Queen Victoria, it crosses the River Irwell, connecting Salford to Manchester.

Wikipedia: Victoria Bridge, Manchester (EN)

479 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: St. Ann's Church

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St Ann's Church is a Church of England parish church in Manchester, England. Although named after St Anne, it also pays tribute to the patron of the church, Ann, Lady Bland. St Ann's Church is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: St Ann's Church, Manchester (EN), Website

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Cross Street Chapel

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Cross Street Chapel is a Unitarian church in central Manchester, England. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians.

Wikipedia: Cross Street Chapel (EN)

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: St Mary's - The Hidden Gem

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St Mary's - The Hidden GemTim Green from Bradford / CC BY 2.0

The Hidden Gem, officially St Mary's Catholic Church, is a church on Mulberry Street, Manchester, England. The parish dates back to 1794, with devotion to St Mary, Our Lady of the Assumption, and the present church, rebuilt in 1848, is a Grade II*-listed building which includes the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Manchester.

Wikipedia: The Hidden Gem (EN)

828 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 12: Science and Industry Museum

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The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, traces the development of science, technology and industry with emphasis on the city's achievements in these fields. The museum is part of the Science Museum Group, a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, having merged with the National Science Museum in 2012.

Wikipedia: Science and Industry Museum (EN), Website

716 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 13: River Irwell Railway Bridge

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The River Irwell Railway Bridge was built for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR), the world's first passenger railway which used only steam locomotives and operated as a scheduled service, near Water Street in Manchester, England. The stone railway bridge, built in 1830 by George Stephenson, was part of Liverpool Road railway station. The bridge was designated a Grade I listed building on 19 June 1988.

Wikipedia: River Irwell Railway Bridge (EN)

843 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 14: Cathedral of St John the Evangelist

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The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, usually known as Salford Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral on Chapel Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Salford and mother church of the Diocese of Salford, and is a Grade II* listed building.

Wikipedia: Salford Cathedral (EN)

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