The Manchester Literary tour 2026
11am Sunday 1 November
£20
Words, wonderful words. The day before the anniversary of Elizabeth Gaskell's birthday on 29 October 1810, this tour of Manchester will be laden and laced with entertaining and informative tales from a city bulging with stories.
The tour will feature Manchester-born and Manchester-adopted writers – plus some who simply passed through but couldn't help commenting.
We’re not just talking poets and novelists either but artists, actors, politicians and musicians all of whom employed the power of the word. Those linguistical flourishes have come from the pens and mouths of individuals such as Elizabeth Gaskell, Friedrich Engels, Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, Anthony Burgess, Ewan McColl, Howard Jacobson, Len Johnson, Joseph Knox, Christabel Pankhurst, Carol Ann Duffy and others past and present. Not all can be included but expect well-known quotes but expect the unexpected too.
Meet: St Ann's Church, M2 7LF
Finish: HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place. M15 4FN.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Fully accessible
The tour will feature Manchester-born and Manchester-adopted writers – plus some who simply passed through but couldn't help commenting.
We’re not just talking poets and novelists either but artists, actors, politicians and musicians all of whom employed the power of the word. Those linguistical flourishes have come from the pens and mouths of individuals such as Elizabeth Gaskell, Friedrich Engels, Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, Anthony Burgess, Ewan McColl, Howard Jacobson, Len Johnson, Joseph Knox, Christabel Pankhurst, Carol Ann Duffy and others past and present. Not all can be included but expect well-known quotes but expect the unexpected too.
Meet: St Ann's Church, M2 7LF
Finish: HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place. M15 4FN.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Fully accessible
Tickets
£20 adults
Under 12s free
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating
£20 adults
Under 12s free
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating