MIGHTY NEW PROGRAMME OF TOURS FOR WINTER 2022 AND SPRING 2023 WILL BE POSTED BY 12 NOVEMBER
The Calendar of Public Walks
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Calender of tours 2022/23
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Thursday 24 November
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of the University of Manchester with interior visits
Interior visits to superb buildings old and so brand new the polish still shows through. Some of these places will make your jaw drop. There are wonderful stories of truly world-changing importance.
Saturday 26 November
12noon The Secrets of Littleborough FREE
A walking tour of Littleborough's heritage and urban environment, sponsored by Urban Roam.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 27 November
3pm Engels & Marx in Manchester
A day before Friedrich Engels' birthday we trace the story of two men and Manchester’s role in creating a world ideology. Friedrich Engels', co-author of The Communist Manifesto, lived for 22 years in the city and Marx would visit him for long periods.
Saturday 3 December
10.30am: Architecture & Planning: why does Manchester look like it does?
A story of how the city was formed and the forces that shaped it.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Saturday 10 December
10.30am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
1pm Secrets of Ancoats and New Islington
Has any area of the UK been transformed so utterly than this fascinating area of mills, canals, new development and controversy? The answer is no. So join me for a stroll around the most interesting urban story in modern Britain with an extra special visit inside an 1820s mill.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Sunday 11 December
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 17 December
10.30am Sleazy & Sinister Manchester
It's grubby, it's funny, it's really worth coming along. Expect the unexpected. There'll be the odd possession and haunting story too.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
2023
Sunday 1 January
Noon New Year's Day Tour
Start 2023 with a fresh, informative and amusing tour of the city.
Saturday 7 January
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 8 January
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 14 January
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 21 January
10.30am The Tour of Uninteresting Objects
We miss so much strolling the city centre because they aren't obvious yet often they provide delight and real insights into the story of Manchester and the country. Come on this tour to find out about some of the secrets of the city.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 4 February
1030am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 11 February
Secrets of Stockport
We go up and down and all around exploring the great stories of this sandstone town. Fine buildings to see, music to listen to, tragedies to weep over and how to count your life by moons.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 12 February
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 18 February
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
1pm Manchester: The Necropolis
'Rattle his bones over the stones; he’s only a pauper, whom nobody owns'. A tour around city centre’s secret and not so secret graveyards telling tales on the deceased.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Thursday 23 February
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of the University of Manchester with interior visits
Interior visits to superb buildings old and so brand new the polish still shows through. Some of these places will make your jaw drop. There are wonderful stories of truly world-changing importance.
Saturday 11 March
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
Sunday 12 March
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 18 March
11am The Didsbury Tour
A trip around this lively area of the city revealing fascinating facts, curious buildings and fine buildings and lots of local personalities.
Sunday 19 March
11am Secrets of Ancoats and New Islington
Has any area of the UK been transformed so utterly than this fascinating area of mills, canals, new development and controversy? The answer is no. So join me for a stroll around the most interesting urban story in modern Britain with an extra special visit inside an 1820s mill.
Saturday 1 April
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 8 April
10.30am The Tour of Uninteresting Objects
We miss so much strolling the city centre because they aren't obvious yet often they provide delight and real insights into the story of Manchester and the country. Come on this tour to find out about some of the secrets of the city.
1pm The Secrets of Chorlton: The Surprising Manchester Series
From a hamlet on a road to nowhere to desirable suburb the story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a fascinating tale of people, places and events. This tour will explore the characters that inhabited the suburb, the good, the bad and the ugly,
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 9 April
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 4 May
10.30am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
THESE ARE SOME GUEST COMMENTS
Saturday 13 May
10am Secrets of Knutsford
An amazing town with amazing architecture and great stories.
Sunday 14 May
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Thursday 25 May
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of the University of Manchester with interior visits
Interior visits to superb buildings old and so brand new the polish still shows through. Some of these places will make your jaw drop. There are wonderful stories of truly world-changing importance.
Saturday 3 June
Secrets of Stockport
We go up and down and all around exploring the great stories of this sandstone town. Fine buildings to see, music to listen to, tragedies to weep over and how to count your life by moons.
Sunday 4 June
11am Secrets of Ancoats and New Islington
Has any area of the UK been transformed so utterly than this fascinating area of mills, canals, new development and controversy? The answer is no. So join me for a stroll around the most interesting urban story in modern Britain with an extra special visit inside an 1820s mill.
Saturday 17 June
10.30am Truly Madly Brutal
The architecture of the sixties and seventies is often derided and sometimes that is justified but there are also splendid examples in Manchester that were built in an atmosphere of hope and excitement.
1pm Manchester: The Necropolis
'Rattle his bones over the stones; he’s only a pauper, whom nobody owns'. A tour around city centre’s secret and not so secret graveyards telling tales on the deceased.
Sunday 25 June
7am EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Tunnels Tour
You have to be fit and you have to have waders but this is a very special totally bizarre experience.
Saturday 1 July
10.30am The Quays & MediaCity
Grand modern architecture, great stories from the past and present and a future - the Quays is a landscape unlike any other area in UK inland cities.
Sunday 2 July
11am Castlefield, St John's and Deansgate Square
Rich history and monumental present in which change has been the only constant.
Saturday 8 July
10.30am The Secrets of Chapel Street and Greengate
Remarkable stories, exclusive access to a cracking tower high above the twin cities and entrance into a seventeenth century building.
Saturday 25 July
10.30am Alexandra Park and Whalley Range
A fine park and a fascinating suburb with loads of stories to tell, there'll be music too.
Saturday 5 August
10.30am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 19 August
10.30am The Peterloo Massacre Tour
The definitive tour about a moment that helped shape the future of the nature.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 27 August
7am EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Tunnels Tour
You have to be fit and you have to have waders but this is a very special totally bizarre experience.
Saturday 9 September
1pm Death, Beauty & Beer Tour of Brooklands, Sale
Start at Sale Cemetery with so many illustrious dead, then to beautiful Walton Gardens and we finish in a pub for more chat and stories - and beer, if you wish.
Saturday 9 September
10am Secrets of Knutsford
An amazing town with amazing architecture and great stories.
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Salford Lads Club Tour
(plus Middlewood Locks and Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal)
The finest and last lads' club in the country with stunning interiors and moving stories.
Saturday 16 September
11am The Didsbury Tour
A trip around this lively area of the city revealing fascinating facts, curious buildings and fine buildings and lots of local personalities.
Saturday 23 September
10.30am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Gorton Monastery
A special building, a great history and a totally remarkable story of reinvention. Get the lowdown on a beautiful structure in east Manchester.
Saturday 14 October
3pm Suffragettes, Women & the City: A Manchester Anniversary Tour
In October the Suffragettes raised their first ‘Votes for Women’ banner. This was an epic moment in the fight for equal rights, this tour marks that and so many other heroic moments.
Saturday 21 October
10.30am The Pan-African Congress, Slavery, and Thomas Clarkson Tour: A Manchester Anniversary Tour
The city was at the heart of the anti-slavery movements in the UK and Empire yet its mainstay product, cotton, was largely slave-picked. Epic history and a contradiction explored.
Tuesday 31 October
6pm. 8pm Halloween The Ghosts of Manchester – spooks guaranteed
A rip-roaring and fascinating tour of the haunted areas of Manchester, finishing in a dark place for a surprise.
There is only one Halloween tour at 8pm.
REMEMBER THERE ARE VOUCHERS AND DEALS AVAILABLE HERE
More tours will be announced soon
Please check the website 24 hours before the tours
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REMEMBER THERE ARE VOUCHERS AND DEALS AVAILABLE HERE
Thursday 24 November
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of the University of Manchester with interior visits
Interior visits to superb buildings old and so brand new the polish still shows through. Some of these places will make your jaw drop. There are wonderful stories of truly world-changing importance.
Saturday 26 November
12noon The Secrets of Littleborough FREE
A walking tour of Littleborough's heritage and urban environment, sponsored by Urban Roam.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 27 November
3pm Engels & Marx in Manchester
A day before Friedrich Engels' birthday we trace the story of two men and Manchester’s role in creating a world ideology. Friedrich Engels', co-author of The Communist Manifesto, lived for 22 years in the city and Marx would visit him for long periods.
Saturday 3 December
10.30am: Architecture & Planning: why does Manchester look like it does?
A story of how the city was formed and the forces that shaped it.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Saturday 10 December
10.30am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
1pm Secrets of Ancoats and New Islington
Has any area of the UK been transformed so utterly than this fascinating area of mills, canals, new development and controversy? The answer is no. So join me for a stroll around the most interesting urban story in modern Britain with an extra special visit inside an 1820s mill.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Sunday 11 December
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 17 December
10.30am Sleazy & Sinister Manchester
It's grubby, it's funny, it's really worth coming along. Expect the unexpected. There'll be the odd possession and haunting story too.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
2023
Sunday 1 January
Noon New Year's Day Tour
Start 2023 with a fresh, informative and amusing tour of the city.
Saturday 7 January
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 8 January
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 14 January
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 21 January
10.30am The Tour of Uninteresting Objects
We miss so much strolling the city centre because they aren't obvious yet often they provide delight and real insights into the story of Manchester and the country. Come on this tour to find out about some of the secrets of the city.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 4 February
1030am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 11 February
Secrets of Stockport
We go up and down and all around exploring the great stories of this sandstone town. Fine buildings to see, music to listen to, tragedies to weep over and how to count your life by moons.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 12 February
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 18 February
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
1pm Manchester: The Necropolis
'Rattle his bones over the stones; he’s only a pauper, whom nobody owns'. A tour around city centre’s secret and not so secret graveyards telling tales on the deceased.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Thursday 23 February
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of the University of Manchester with interior visits
Interior visits to superb buildings old and so brand new the polish still shows through. Some of these places will make your jaw drop. There are wonderful stories of truly world-changing importance.
Saturday 11 March
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
Sunday 12 March
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 18 March
11am The Didsbury Tour
A trip around this lively area of the city revealing fascinating facts, curious buildings and fine buildings and lots of local personalities.
Sunday 19 March
11am Secrets of Ancoats and New Islington
Has any area of the UK been transformed so utterly than this fascinating area of mills, canals, new development and controversy? The answer is no. So join me for a stroll around the most interesting urban story in modern Britain with an extra special visit inside an 1820s mill.
Saturday 1 April
10am EXCLUSIVE TOURS: New Century, 1963 design perfection
Even though completed in 1963 this remains state-of the-art auditorium after a splendid restoration. It comes with the bonus of a fabulous new food hall and college. There are just five tours this autumn for guests to get the lowdown or relive memories of the great gigs and other events that have taken place here.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 8 April
10.30am The Tour of Uninteresting Objects
We miss so much strolling the city centre because they aren't obvious yet often they provide delight and real insights into the story of Manchester and the country. Come on this tour to find out about some of the secrets of the city.
1pm The Secrets of Chorlton: The Surprising Manchester Series
From a hamlet on a road to nowhere to desirable suburb the story of Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a fascinating tale of people, places and events. This tour will explore the characters that inhabited the suburb, the good, the bad and the ugly,
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 9 April
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Saturday 4 May
10.30am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
THESE ARE SOME GUEST COMMENTS
Saturday 13 May
10am Secrets of Knutsford
An amazing town with amazing architecture and great stories.
Sunday 14 May
11am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Heaton Hall and Park
This is a love story in stone, the passion between a young married couple turned into architecture. At the same time the utterly stunning interiors are all about music, so naturally amongst the lovely stories there will be playing music. This is one tour not to miss.
Thursday 25 May
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of the University of Manchester with interior visits
Interior visits to superb buildings old and so brand new the polish still shows through. Some of these places will make your jaw drop. There are wonderful stories of truly world-changing importance.
Saturday 3 June
Secrets of Stockport
We go up and down and all around exploring the great stories of this sandstone town. Fine buildings to see, music to listen to, tragedies to weep over and how to count your life by moons.
Sunday 4 June
11am Secrets of Ancoats and New Islington
Has any area of the UK been transformed so utterly than this fascinating area of mills, canals, new development and controversy? The answer is no. So join me for a stroll around the most interesting urban story in modern Britain with an extra special visit inside an 1820s mill.
Saturday 17 June
10.30am Truly Madly Brutal
The architecture of the sixties and seventies is often derided and sometimes that is justified but there are also splendid examples in Manchester that were built in an atmosphere of hope and excitement.
1pm Manchester: The Necropolis
'Rattle his bones over the stones; he’s only a pauper, whom nobody owns'. A tour around city centre’s secret and not so secret graveyards telling tales on the deceased.
Sunday 25 June
7am EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Tunnels Tour
You have to be fit and you have to have waders but this is a very special totally bizarre experience.
Saturday 1 July
10.30am The Quays & MediaCity
Grand modern architecture, great stories from the past and present and a future - the Quays is a landscape unlike any other area in UK inland cities.
Sunday 2 July
11am Castlefield, St John's and Deansgate Square
Rich history and monumental present in which change has been the only constant.
Saturday 8 July
10.30am The Secrets of Chapel Street and Greengate
Remarkable stories, exclusive access to a cracking tower high above the twin cities and entrance into a seventeenth century building.
Saturday 25 July
10.30am Alexandra Park and Whalley Range
A fine park and a fascinating suburb with loads of stories to tell, there'll be music too.
Saturday 5 August
10.30am Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tour (Refuge Assurance)
The most spectacular terracotta building in the North of England. The Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel is a beauty and on this tour you learn its secrets.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Saturday 19 August
10.30am The Peterloo Massacre Tour
The definitive tour about a moment that helped shape the future of the nature.
The Saturday Walkabout Series
The Manchester Music Walkabout 1pm every Saturday; The Manchester Pub Walkabout 3pm every Saturday.
Total entertainment, brilliant stories, great fun.
Sunday 27 August
7am EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Tunnels Tour
You have to be fit and you have to have waders but this is a very special totally bizarre experience.
Saturday 9 September
1pm Death, Beauty & Beer Tour of Brooklands, Sale
Start at Sale Cemetery with so many illustrious dead, then to beautiful Walton Gardens and we finish in a pub for more chat and stories - and beer, if you wish.
Saturday 9 September
10am Secrets of Knutsford
An amazing town with amazing architecture and great stories.
3pm EXCLUSIVE: Salford Lads Club Tour
(plus Middlewood Locks and Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal)
The finest and last lads' club in the country with stunning interiors and moving stories.
Saturday 16 September
11am The Didsbury Tour
A trip around this lively area of the city revealing fascinating facts, curious buildings and fine buildings and lots of local personalities.
Saturday 23 September
10.30am EXCLUSIVE: The Secrets of Gorton Monastery
A special building, a great history and a totally remarkable story of reinvention. Get the lowdown on a beautiful structure in east Manchester.
Saturday 14 October
3pm Suffragettes, Women & the City: A Manchester Anniversary Tour
In October the Suffragettes raised their first ‘Votes for Women’ banner. This was an epic moment in the fight for equal rights, this tour marks that and so many other heroic moments.
Saturday 21 October
10.30am The Pan-African Congress, Slavery, and Thomas Clarkson Tour: A Manchester Anniversary Tour
The city was at the heart of the anti-slavery movements in the UK and Empire yet its mainstay product, cotton, was largely slave-picked. Epic history and a contradiction explored.
Tuesday 31 October
6pm. 8pm Halloween The Ghosts of Manchester – spooks guaranteed
A rip-roaring and fascinating tour of the haunted areas of Manchester, finishing in a dark place for a surprise.
There is only one Halloween tour at 8pm.
REMEMBER THERE ARE VOUCHERS AND DEALS AVAILABLE HERE
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.