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2019 PUBLIC WALKS CALENDAR
There's always a new tour on the way
Saturday 19 October
10.30am Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
12.30am The Principal Hotel Tour PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE
Sunday 20 October
3pm Suffragettes, Women & Manchester
UNFORTUNATELY THIS TOUR CAN NO LONGER TAKE PLACE. APOLOGIES. ALL GUESTS WHO HAVE BOOKED SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED.
Saturday 26 October
FREE TOUR
Excelsior Mill, Castlefield & The Bridgewater Canal
Sunday 27 October
EXCLUSIVE 1pm & 3pm Manchester's 'Boldest Building' Tour, The Edgar Wood Centre (aka First Church of Christ Scientist)
Thursday 31 October
5.30pm, 7pm, 9pm Halloween Tours
Saturday 2 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Chapel Street and The Irwell Tour
Saturday 9 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Ford Madox Brown & Pre-Raphaelite Manchester
Saturday 16 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 17 November
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
Saturday 23 November
Sunday 23 November
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
EXCLUSIVE 3pm Manchester's 'Boldest Building' Tour, The Edgar Wood Centre (aka First Church of Christ Scientist)
Thursday 28 November
6pm Friedrich Engels' Birthday Tour
Friday 29 November
6pm Peterloo: The Reality & Drama
Saturday 30 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
13.45pm Engels & Marx in Manchester
Sunday 1 December
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
Saturday 7 December
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Why does Manchester look like it does?
Sunday 8 December
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
Thursday 12 December
3pm Pub walk: seasonal madness Tour
Saturday 14 December
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
10.30am The Principal Hotel Tour
Saturday 11 January
3pm Why does Manchester look like it does?
Saturday 18 January
3pm Old Trafford Tour: the surprising Manchester series
Saturday 25 January
3pm Literary Manchester: Prose & Verse
Saturday 1 February
10.30am The Principal Hotel Tour
Friday 14 February
6pm Forget Paris, Manchester is the city of romance: A Valentine's tour
Saturday 15 February
3pm The Incredible Interiors Tour
Saturday 7 March
3pm The Universities Tour; the surprising Manchester series
Saturday 21 March
3pm Why does Manchester look like it does?
More tours will be announced soon
Please check the website 24 hours before the tours
Your Paypal receipt is your ticket, the receipt may have gone into you spam folder so please check that if you can't find it in your main email inbox.
There's always a new tour on the way
Saturday 19 October
10.30am Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
12.30am The Principal Hotel Tour PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE
Sunday 20 October
3pm Suffragettes, Women & Manchester
UNFORTUNATELY THIS TOUR CAN NO LONGER TAKE PLACE. APOLOGIES. ALL GUESTS WHO HAVE BOOKED SHOULD HAVE BEEN INFORMED.
Saturday 26 October
FREE TOUR
Excelsior Mill, Castlefield & The Bridgewater Canal
Sunday 27 October
EXCLUSIVE 1pm & 3pm Manchester's 'Boldest Building' Tour, The Edgar Wood Centre (aka First Church of Christ Scientist)
Thursday 31 October
5.30pm, 7pm, 9pm Halloween Tours
Saturday 2 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Chapel Street and The Irwell Tour
Saturday 9 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Ford Madox Brown & Pre-Raphaelite Manchester
Saturday 16 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Sunday 17 November
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
Saturday 23 November
Sunday 23 November
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
EXCLUSIVE 3pm Manchester's 'Boldest Building' Tour, The Edgar Wood Centre (aka First Church of Christ Scientist)
Thursday 28 November
6pm Friedrich Engels' Birthday Tour
Friday 29 November
6pm Peterloo: The Reality & Drama
Saturday 30 November
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
13.45pm Engels & Marx in Manchester
Sunday 1 December
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
Saturday 7 December
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
3pm Why does Manchester look like it does?
Sunday 8 December
10.30am The Mayfield abandoned station tour
Thursday 12 December
3pm Pub walk: seasonal madness Tour
Saturday 14 December
12.30pm Chetham's Library and Medieval Buildings EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
10.30am The Principal Hotel Tour
Saturday 11 January
3pm Why does Manchester look like it does?
Saturday 18 January
3pm Old Trafford Tour: the surprising Manchester series
Saturday 25 January
3pm Literary Manchester: Prose & Verse
Saturday 1 February
10.30am The Principal Hotel Tour
Friday 14 February
6pm Forget Paris, Manchester is the city of romance: A Valentine's tour
Saturday 15 February
3pm The Incredible Interiors Tour
Saturday 7 March
3pm The Universities Tour; the surprising Manchester series
Saturday 21 March
3pm Why does Manchester look like it does?
More tours will be announced soon
Please check the website 24 hours before the tours
Your Paypal receipt is your ticket, the receipt may have gone into you spam folder so please check that if you can't find it in your main email inbox.
Here's my favourite quote about Manchester in its nascent industrial days from Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1875. Its meaning is self-evident and although it refers to science the sentiment applies to every other field of endeavour.
‘Men, however great their learning often become indolent and unambitious to improve in knowledge for want of associating with others of similar talents and improvements. But science, like fire, is put in motion by collision. Where a number of such men have frequent opportunities of meeting and conversing together, thought begets thought, and every hint is turned to advantage. A spirit of enquiry glows in every breast.’
‘Men, however great their learning often become indolent and unambitious to improve in knowledge for want of associating with others of similar talents and improvements. But science, like fire, is put in motion by collision. Where a number of such men have frequent opportunities of meeting and conversing together, thought begets thought, and every hint is turned to advantage. A spirit of enquiry glows in every breast.’