Manchester Histories Festival 3 – 12 June 2016
We are delighted to be taking part in the histories festival for another year with seven walks on the Festival Calendar. Check our June Walks Calendar for walks marked HF. Check the Festival website...
View ArticleMore walks for July – WALK WITH THE HEROES
Move through the First World War on the streets of the city with the heroes of Manchester. Replay their battles, their poetry, their suffering, and capture a 100 years on the effect of this apocalypse...
View ArticleMore walks for June – MANCHESTER FOOTBALL CAPITAL
Celebrate the 10th UNICEF Soccer Aid match at Old Trafford (see link below for match ticket booking details), Steve is taking a walk in central Manchester on the history of football – where it all...
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Manchester Historic Canal Cruise – FRIDAY 1st JULY
The Manchester Historic Canal Cruise sets sail on Friday 1st July at 11am. Price: £18. Booking: Please book through www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500. Cost: £18. Meet: At the water’s edge outside the...
View ArticleUnderground tours and Manchester Clock Tower announcement
We regretfully inform you that ‘Manchester Underground Tours’ are no longer allowed to take place, this info is current as at May 2016. Also, Manchester ‘Clock Tower Tours’ are on hold until at least...
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10 Manchester Inventions That Shook the World
Next tour: Thu 9 June 2016 (in association with the Histories Festival). Meet: Outside the Museum of Science & Industry, Lower Byrom Street, 2pm. Manchester invented the modern world, for this was...
View ArticleManchester in 10 Architects
Waterhouse, Worthington. Walters, Wood, Wilson, Womersley…and those are just the Ws. We will walk around the city, admiring the key buildings, citing the great and not-so-great architects. Waterhouse...
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Ancoats: Workshop of the World – SAT 6th AUGUST
Next tour: Sat 6 August 2016. Meet: Outside the Band on the Wall, 2pm. Bring: An open cheque book to buy a snazzy new apartment in New Islington. Where we go: New Cross to hear about Irish immigration...
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Midland Hotel
It’s what you’ve been waiting for: Ed Glinert and co. taking you or your group, club, works outfit, society … around this magnificent building. • Public dates at 1.30pm: Sun 2 Apr (SOLD OUT), Sun 21...
View ArticleHeroic Women of Manchester
Next tour: Sat 11 March 2017, 1.30pm. Meet: Midland Hotel, Peter Street. * There’s Elizabeth Gaskell, who wrote Mary Barton, one of the classic “condition of England” novels in 1848. * Hannah Mitchell,...
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Ashton-under-Lyne
• Next tour: Tue 14 March 2017. • Meet: Ashton Metrolink station, 2pm. In the far far east of Manchester they do things differently. Two hundred years ago a ranting prophet called John Wroe set up his...
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Marple and the Peak Forest
Next tour: Sun 28 May 2017. Meet: Romiley Station, 2.30pm. A rambling historical extravaganza and ramble through the stunning scenery around the Peak Forest Canal as we meander through Chadkirk Country...
View ArticleJUNE WALKS NOW ON THE CALENDAR
Greetings fellow walkers. The summer programme is now nearly complete and June’s listings are up on the Calendar page. We are running a Manchester Highlights tour – the big sights, the main sites –...
View ArticleTrade & Group Travel
The Glories & Stories of Manchester – Coach Tour ‘ ’ – “ ” • Bring your visit to Manchester alive with a guided tour by a qualified city guide who will hop onto your coach and entertain your group...
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