Polly Checkland Harding

Federation House in Manchester is a pop-up project space that provides opportunities for artists, artist groups and artist development agencies.

63 Degrees is brings French cuisine to Manchester’s Northern Quarter; the Parisian Moreau family who run it pride themselves on cooking with fresh ingredients.

Under New Management in Salford has replaced Corridor Bar. It’s worlds away from the concept bars of the Manchester’s Northern Quarter – which is no bad thing.

The Botanist on Deansgate, Manchester, does botanical cocktails and toothsome food with aplomb.

Winner of the 2017 Art Fund Museum of the Year Award, The Hepworth in Wakefield is easily one of the leading cultural highlights of the North.

The Everyman Theatre on Liverpool’s Hope Street reopened in March 2014 after extensive renovation. It is twinned with the Playhouse on Williamson Square.

Formerly known as Fyg, Wood. in Manchester’s northern quarter has undergone a revamp and re-brand: newly decked out with a stunning bar made from blocks of, you guessed it, wood, the former deli has been transformed into a wine bar.

The Mental Health Museum in Wakefield is home to a variety of mental health–related artefacts from the 19th century to the present day.

Set over 500 acres, Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the best open-air gallery in the UK and an international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture.

The Midland Hotel in Morecambe is famous for its curved Art Deco shape.

Worth a detour from Liverpool, Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight is a fantastic gallery with one of the UK’s finest art collections.

Northern Quarter cocktail bar, not – we repeat NOT – a pawn shop