This Slow Saturday at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester is an opportunity to book a timed visit with additional restricted capacity in the gallery, so you can enjoy Castlefield Gallery’s new exhibitions The Annotated Reader and The Naming of Things at your own pace. Capacity is limited and pre booking is essential.
Omid Asadi’s solo show ‘Resonance and Remnants’ brings large-scale site-specific installation to Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery.
free entryCar park in central Manchester close to The Bridgewater Hall and HOME.
Manchester’s leading party venue, with two floors of music and six bars.
The Deansgate is located in the heart of Manchester. A traditional pub with homemade food and real ales, this is truly one of the greatest watering holes in Manchester.
The 47-storey Beetham Tower is, by some distance, the tallest building in Manchester.
A real ale boozer underneath the railway arches.
Situated in the railway arches of Deansgate, Atlas is an elegant, quality bar specialising in nearly 600 gins from around the world.
Food Sorcery is a popular cookery school now opening in the centre of Manchester after years of success in East Didsbury.
Standing on the corner of a junction opposite The Bridgewater Hall, The Briton’s Protection is Manchester’s oldest pub. It has occupied the same spot since 1795, going under the equally patriotic name The Ancient Britain.
Indian Tiffin Room is a restaurant specialising in Indian street food, with branches in Cheadle and Manchester. This is the information for the Manchester venue.
The Life Centre, just off Deansgate in Manchester, is a place which offers yoga and Pilates classes for people of all abilities.
The Pankhurst Centre’s new permanent exhibition offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of the people behind the iconic Pankhurst name.
free entry
Discover the organic inspiration behind the work of Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and others in the new show at the Hepworth Wakefield.
£10, with concessions
‘The Art of the Potter: Ceramics and Sculpture from 1930 to Now’ at the Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the gallery’s growing collection of ceramics and sculpture.
from £0.00
‘If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 – 2022’ is a new exhibition of sculpture at the Hepworth Wakefield.
from £0.00
Find out how the first tourists to the Lake District (a time before mobile phones, specialist clothing and TripAdvisor reviews) experienced the area, in this fascinating new exhibition.
from £6.00
Get ready for the drama and grandeur of the ancient world in ‘Return of the Gods’ at Liverpool’s World Museum.
£8 with concessions
Not only one of Britain’s most picturesque national parks, the Lake District is also brimming with culture. Here’s what’s on over the next few months.
free entry
See ‘Traces of Displacement’, the Whitworth’s major new exhibition which uses the gallery’s collection to explore the issue of forced displacement.
free entry
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