Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel

Name: Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel
Address: Blackfriars Street, Manchester, M3 2EQ

Creative Tourist Last Updated 31 January 2018

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Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel

Blackfriars Street, Manchester, M3 2EQ

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The Renaissance Hotel is still open for business but due to be demolished, sometime, in the near future. It will be a quite a relief when it goes. In terms of huge buildings with little merit, it’s up there with the worst of what arguably wrecked Manchester’s natural layout and scale in the 1960’s/70’s period.

The plan is for the site is to engage with the River Irwell, immediately behind, in a way that the city has talked of but not managed as yet. Dreams of a River Park and fine walkway all the way to The Quays from this area seem more than well intentioned and we really hope they come to pass.

What's on near Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel

Until 31 Jul 2026

City Centre

Cocktail Tasting Masterclass at The Botanist

You can get the behind the bar and mix with the best of them in a cocktail making masterclass from The Botanist on Deansgate.

From £39.95

Until 28 Aug 2028

ActivityCity Centre

The Manchester Cheese Crawl

Eat your way through the dairy based delights of Manchester, with the Manchester Cheese Crawl walking tour.

From £25

Dancing at Lughnasa at the Royal Exchange Theatre

Until 8 Nov

TheatreCity Centre

Dancing at Lughnasa at the Royal Exchange Theatre

Sheffield Theatres and the Royal Exchange Theatre join forces to revive Friel’s extraordinary play in a major new co-production, directed by Elizabeth Newman.

From £12.00

A title treatment for Singin' in the Rain which is yellow on a navy blue background

29 Nov – 18 Jan 2026

TheatreManchester

Singin’ in the Rain at the Royal Exchange Theatre

A joyous, tap-dancing classic returns – Singin’ in the Rain lights up Christmas 2025 at the Royal Exchange.

From £10.00

13 Dec

TourManchester

Bombed and Besieged: Manchester at War

Marking the anniversary of the Christmas Blitz, this walking tour explores Manchester’s history of conflict, from the English Civil Wars to the World Wars and beyond.

From £20.00

Jonathan Schofield Walking Tours Halloween

31 Oct

TourManchester

Halloween: The Ghosts of Manchester

Explore Manchester’s creepiest corners this Halloween, when Jonathan Schofield Tours will reveal the city’s ghosts with the most.

From £25.00

Photo of the John Rylands Library from outside

29 Nov

TourCity Centre

Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx in Manchester

Explore the ways in which Manchester helped shape and reinforce the ideas of the fathers of communism, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.

From £20.00

Frockdolly decorations at People's History Museum

20 Nov – 23 Nov

ActivityCity Centre

Winter Makers Markets at People’s History Museum

Head to People’s History Museum for a handmade celebration of the festive season, with makers markets, crafty workshops and live music.

Free entry

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Where to go near Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel

City Centre

Restaurant

Pip
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Harvey Nichols Manchester

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City Centre

Restaurant

Banyan Bar & Kitchen

Banyan Bar & Kitchen has an industrial but welcoming look and a global menu. All the venue details are right here.

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Restaurant

The Corn Exchange

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City Centre

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Aston’s Of Manchester

In Royal Exchange Arcade, Aston’s of Manchester is a tobacconist that recently branched out into whisky sales. In their shop you’ll find an interesting selection of bottles to buy, including

City Centre

Shop

Waterstones Manchester Deansgate

The ‘biggest bookshop in the North’ right here in Manchester.

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Chinatown, Manchester

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The Quays, Greater Manchester

The Quays is home to MediaCityUK (the largest media hub in Europe) and studios purpose-built for the BBC’s move up North in 2011.

Chorlton, Manchester

Chorlton is a left-leaning suburb a few miles south of Manchester’s city centre (and only 10-odd minutes away by tram). A sprawling hive of artisan coffee shops, boutique clothing stores,…

Culture Guides

Music in the North

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Hofesh Shechter - Theatre of Dreams at Lowry

Theatre in the North

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Family things to do in the North

Get ready for a suitably spooky October, with Pumpkin delight, theatre, workshops and all sorts of hair-raising fun!

A white mattress is burning in a black rocky landscape.

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