Manchester area guide
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22 area hubs across Manchester.
Greater Manchester
Altrincham is a historic Trafford market town whose compact centre combines the restored Market House and Market Place with George Street, Goose Green and a tram, rail and bus interchange linking it across Greater…
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Ancoats is known today for converted Victorian cotton mills turned into homes, offices, restaurants and bars, an acclaimed independent food and drink scene including Michelin-starred restaurant mana, and the New…
20 events / 18 venues / 2 stories
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Greater Manchester
The UK's second largest Chinatown after London; the 1987 Imperial Chinese Archway on Faulkner Street; Manchester's annual Chinese New Year celebrations.
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Chorlton is known today for Chorlton Green and the independent shops, bars and cafes along Beech Road, for its green spaces including Chorlton Water Park and Chorlton Ees nature reserve, and for a Metrolink line into…
5 events / 6 venues
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Greater Manchester
A mile-long historic street linking Manchester Cathedral to Castlefield; Barton Arcade and John Rylands Library; Beetham Tower and the Deansgate Square towers.
38 events / 28 venues
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Didsbury is known today for its historic village character within a conservation area centred on St James Church, for its green spaces (Fletcher Moss Park, Marie Louise Gardens, Fog Lane Park) and for a concentration…
19 events / 2 venues / 1 story
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Greater Manchester
Fallowfield is known today as Manchester's biggest student suburb: University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University halls of residence, dense Victorian terraces let to students, and the Wilmslow Road…
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Greater Manchester
Canal Street and its canalside bar terraces; Sackville Gardens with the Alan Turing Memorial and Beacon of Hope; Manchester Pride each August bank holiday.
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Greater Manchester
MediaCityUK is known today as the production base for the BBC and ITV in the north of England, built around the dock10 television and radio studio complex on the redeveloped Salford Quays waterfront, alongside The…
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NOMA is known today for One Angel Square, the Co-operative Group's 72.5-metre BREEAM-rated headquarters, and for the wider £800 million regeneration of Manchester's old Angel Meadow district into offices, homes, shops…
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Greater Manchester
The Northern Quarter is known today for its concentration of independent and vintage shops in converted Victorian textile warehouses, rotating street art murals around Stevenson Square and Tib Street, and live music…
206 events / 45 venues / 4 stories
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Greater Manchester
Oxford Road is known as Manchester's university and knowledge corridor, home to the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University campuses, and is reputed to be one of the busiest bus corridors in…
152 events / 23 venues
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Rusholme is known today for the Curry Mile, the stretch of Wilmslow Road with the largest concentration of South Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants in the UK, and for its large student population living close to the…
4 events / 2 venues / 1 story
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Greater Manchester
Salford is known today for the Georgian and Victorian core along Chapel Street, for Islington Mill's music, art and studio spaces inside a converted Victorian cotton mill, and for Peel Park and the University of…
5 events / 9 venues
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Greater Manchester
A 2000s office-led redevelopment forming Manchester's financial and legal district; Hardman Square and The Avenue restaurant strip; the People's History Museum and Manchester Civil Justice Centre on the riverside.
62 events / 10 venues / 1 story
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Wythenshawe is Manchester's large garden-city district, planned from the 1920s around tree-lined neighbourhoods and green space, with Wythenshawe Park, the restored Wythenshawe Hall and the civic centre around the…
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The best events, restaurants, nightlife, music and culture in Manchester, curated weekly by locals who know the city inside out.
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From the independent shops and street art of the Northern Quarter to the canal-side restaurants of Ancoats, the cocktail bars of Deansgate and the village charm of Didsbury. Explore every corner of Manchester with our area guides, curated city stories and real-time what's on listings.
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