Where to go

City Centre
Music venue
Low Four Studio

Old Granada Studios has announced Low Four: a new studio and music project that will stream and archive live music performance as part of a new generation of music TV programming. The inclusion of a viewing balcony also means that these recordings, along with special events and concerts, will be made open to a few […]

Mr Thomas’s Chop House
City Centre
Restaurant
Mr Thomas’s Chop House

Mr Thomas’s Chop House first opened as a public house in 1870. It has beautiful arches and Victorian tiling, does classic British cooking and has an excellent wine list.

City Centre
Bar or Pub
Peveril Of The Peak

Iconic Manchester pub adorned with the sorts of bottle green, yellow and brown Victorian tiles that are a reclamation yard’s dream – this gem of a boozer is named after Sir Walter Scott’s novel of the same name and was a favourite hang-out of Eric Cantona.

City Centre
Bar or Pub
Ape & Apple

The Ape & Apple is a traditional Joseph Holt’s pub on John Dalton Street in Manchester. Expect cask ales, a good choice of whisky and a menu of traditional pub grub.

Royal Exchange Theatre
City Centre
Theatre
Royal Exchange Theatre

The Royal Exchange is one of the most celebrated theatres in the country, highly regarded for both new writing and its take on the classics.

Manchester Opera House by Phil Tragen
City Centre
Theatre
Manchester Opera House

A commercial touring theatre, the Manchester Opera House is reopening in August 2021, all set to host the city’s finest mainstream theatrical productions, music gigs, opera and ballet.

People's History Museum Manchester
City Centre
Museum
People’s History Museum

People’s History Museum, the home of ‘ideas worth fighting for’, is the only museum in the UK dedicated to the history of British democracy.

City Centre
Place of worship
Friends’ Meeting House

A range of meeting rooms and conferencing facilities for hire – from an intimate space for a city centre meeting, to a conference facility in a hall that can seat 400 people with a suite of break out rooms.

The seats and stage in The Bridgewater Hall
City Centre
Music venue
The Bridgewater Hall

One of Manchester’s most important cultural buildings, The Bridgewater Hall attracts the biggest names in classical music.

Albert Hall on Peter street Manchester
City Centre
Music venue
Albert Hall

Built as a Methodist chapel in 1910, Albert Hall is now one of Manchester’s most iconic and most stunning music venues.