If you want to get the most of your stay in this most historic of cities, a guided walk may be your best bet. There are hundreds of walking tours on offer (all with qualified Blue and Green Badge Guides), who know the city better than the backs of their own hands. And the thing about Manchester is that you really have no idea what lies behind its innocuous-looking doors, shopfronts and buildings until someone tells you – and when they do, you’ll begin to understand the depth and complexity of a city that has inspired the world for hundreds of years. To get you started, here are some of our recommended Manchester walks.
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…
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…
Outdoors, Walking Tours / Manchester, Northern Quarter
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…
After a soggy Christmas we’re all more than ready for a breath of fresh air. It has to stop raining sometime (doesn’t it?) and when it does you’ll be ready with this list of…
Outdoors, Walking Tours / Castlefield, Spinningfields & Deansgate, Manchester
Take a walk through Castlefield and Spinningfields. What was once on the edge of the city is now very much part of its heart. [nggallery id=3]
Even if Mark Kennedy’s iconic murals no longer grace the exterior of Afflecks, there are still a surprising number of mosaics that adorn Manchester’s streets and buildings. Kath Horwill takes us on a tour of…
Discover Manchester on foot with our creative guide to Manchester walking tours. If you want to get the most of your stay in this most historic of cities, a guided walk may be your best…
Discover Manchester on foot with our creative guide to Manchester walking tours. If you want to get the most of your stay in this most historic of cities, a guided walk may be your best…
Ready for a bracing winter walk? Guest blogger and park lover, Kath Horwill leads us down the garden path If you’re looking for things to do in Manchester over Christmas, a trek round the park…
Guest blogger Emma Sturgess enjoys a tasty excursion around one of the city’s most toothsome neighbourhoods Peter O’Grady is the right man to lead a foodie walking tour around the Northern Quarter. For one, he’s…










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creativetourist: @BibiLynch Hmmm, it just doesn't work. Which is a shame, as Manchester is such a long word.... (I'm thinking Twitter here) # about 14 hours ago.
creativetourist: @BibiLynch Hey up missus, it's an abbreviation of Manchester (but clearly not a very good one)! # about 14 hours ago.
creativetourist: @iamdavekennedy Excellent, now there's an interpretation we *never* considered :) # about 14 hours ago.