Ah, the great outdoors: all that fresh air, rosy cheeks and innocent entertainment. If you’re tired of city living, head outside – and there’s no better place to begin, thanks to our guides to interesting, unusual and distinctly cultural outdoor events and outdoor activities. From film festivals in the Lake District to art biennials in the gardens of stately homes, as well as the UK’s finest sculpture park over in that there Yorkshire, it’s all here.
A pair of beehives looks as out of place here as a Jersey cow at Piccadilly Station
The fight to save our honeybees starts here: in the city’s museums and galleries, hotels and art projects. Standing on the roof of Manchester Art Gallery, the city is a grey landscape of brick and…
To see the art takes days; you start in the centre & follow a network of trails to find it
In our new sculpture park series, we discover the UK’s largest haul of site-specific sculpture – in a forest in the Lakes. When you think of Land Art, you might think of Robert Smithson’s epic…
Styles range from abstract graffiti to photorealism, using anything from spray cans to stencils
The story of how a former public toilet became the focal point for Northern Quarter street art. The Out House project began life as a simple idea: to re-use a dour toilet block as a…
This is not solely a historic garden. It is a place of experimentation
Brantwood’s Sally Beamish has not only restored a historic garden – she has furthered Ruskin’s sustainable dream. Sally Beamish has overseen quite a few changes during her time as head gardener of the Brantwood Estate,…
Hundreds of runners clad in light suits will animate canal, bridges & public spaces
“Human fireflies moving in choreographed patterns”: public art project Speed of Light descends on Salford. Joggers along The Quays’ waterfront have long been a familiar sight; those Lycra-clad bodies a living, sweating part of the…
One of Britain's most important post-war artworks can be found in a field in the Lakes
A monument to a forgotten man – and one of Europe’s key lost works of Modernism On the site of a former gunpowder works, nestled amongst the woods and just a short distance from the…
Famous graves & a crematorium set up under the slogan Save the Land for the Living
Graveyard tours are all the rage; we take a roll-call of Southern Cemetery’s famous interments. Inevitably, The Smiths will be brandished. How could they not? Their celebration in song of its hallowed ground is firmly…
It's a new way of looking at the city, through the eyes of one of its oldest residents
Tick, tock, goes the clock. Get bird’s eye view of the city via Manchester Town Hall’s latest walking tour If you were going to explore a city, the most obvious way would be to walk…
After a Manchester day out? If you’re after a lil’ romantic break, this grand country house ticks all the boxes. Just a short drive from Manchester, Lyme Park is an Elizabethan stately home best recognised…
Better known for country houses and cream teas, the National Trust leads two Manchester walking tours with a twist, finds Mark Slattery. If you are a public transport commuter travelling all four corners of Manchester…
Tours of Manchester can be a bit predictable: take one of Northern Quarter Stories’ Manchester walks, though, and you’ll see the city in a whole new light. Imagine if you could suddenly experience and enjoy…
The Manchester Weekender isn’t just about art, music and, um, flaneurs; it also presents a series of weird and wonderful walking tours, says Ben East. One of the Manchester Weekender’s most pleasing aspects is that…
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