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The Universities & the beautiful garden squares 
3pm Sunday 7 March, 2020
£12

‘A little learning is a dangerous thing’ as Alexander Pope wrote, but in Manchester a lot of learning has become a beautiful thing’. The University of Manchester (UoM) and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) have a combined total of around 70,000 students and a magnificent roll call of achievement: for instance, 25 Nobel Laureates from the UoM. There are some superb buildings in the area, and not just involved with the university, but churches and former houses too. Everywhere you turn there is a story to tell of the great and good from around the world. Meanwhile, in the last few years both UoM and MMU have embarked on a landscaping project that creates beauty in and around the buildings. The result is that this part of the south city centre has becomearguably the most attractive of all city districts. This tour will reveal the beauty, the grandeur and tell the story.


Meet: Oxford Road entrance to All Saints Gardens
Finish: HOME Arts, Tony Wilson Place
Duration: 2 hours (as a maximum)

The Didsbury Tour: The Surprising Manchester Series
3pm Saturday 25 April
£12

Didsbury is a glorious place for a tour, rich in history, full of interesting buildings, with great stories and a bright future. The tour starts at Didsbury Library and finishes at Fletcher Moss with deviations on each side of Wilmslow Road down interesting snickets and smaller streets. There are tales of love, violence, philanthropy and…er…great gardening. Didsbury is associated with many notable figures with stirring biographies. The tour will entertain and delight and make you think.


Meet: Didsbury Library
Finish: Fletcher Moss Park
Duration: 1.5 hours

The Quays, MediaCity & Trafford Wharf: The Surprising Manchester (and Salford & Trafford) Series
Sunday 23 May 3pm
A tour around one of the most dramatic redevelopment areas in Europe. This is a story of the largest civil engineering project of nineteenth century Britain, of rivalry between Manchester and Liverpool, of the first major industrial estate, of a lost deer park, of museums, galleries, Corrie, Blue Peter, Match of the Day and, even, whirlpools. There is so much to tell at The Quays and so much of significance, not just for Manchester, but for the nation and the world. There’s loads of humour the tour and dramatic views.


Meet:  Canal side of the MediaCityUK Metrolink stop
Finish: Canal side of the MediaCityUK Metrolink stop
Duration: 1.5 hours
The Surprising Manchester series takes people out of the centre, to the fascinating suburbs and adjacent areas of the city centre.


Kersal Moor & the River Woods: The Surprising Manchester (and Salford) Series
Sunday 13 September 1pm
This urban yet rural tour is a cracker: for people unfamiliar with the area it will be an absolute surprise and delight. It includes the famous moor, ancient half-timbered buildings, views, river strolls and a spectacular woodland walk. There are ghost stories, tales of executions and massive political rallies. There is, also, many a yarn concerning one of the oldest continuously used sporting areas in the country which has featured archery, golf and once upon a time, a famous (and infamous) race meet. There will be mention, of course, for the latest recruit to the top four divisions of English football, Salford City.


If you book, wear sensible shoes or even boots, and keep an eye on the weather. The walk is fairly steep in places and lasts around 2.5 hours.

Meet: Junction of Moor Lane and Bury New Road
Finish: Junction of Radford Street and Bury New Road
Duration: 2.5 hours (as a maximum)

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