Valentine's Day Tour - proving Manchester is more romantic than Paris
3pm Saturday 14 February 2026
£20
All cities are built on love and Manchester is no different.
This tour takes in tales of love in bloom, love gone wrong, of sweet encounters and dangerous affairs. It’s a secret sexual history of the city too, of a twilight world, a demi-monde full of adventure and peril, darkness and light, of noble deeds and the horrors of prostitution. There’s a cast of characters such as James Dawson, Lavinia Robinson, Madame Malibran and many others.
Expect to be charmed and alarmed, moved and amused as we stroll the streets on the day of love.
Move over Paris, this is Manchester.
Meet: outside The People's History Museum, Bridge Street, M3 3ER
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating
This tour takes in tales of love in bloom, love gone wrong, of sweet encounters and dangerous affairs. It’s a secret sexual history of the city too, of a twilight world, a demi-monde full of adventure and peril, darkness and light, of noble deeds and the horrors of prostitution. There’s a cast of characters such as James Dawson, Lavinia Robinson, Madame Malibran and many others.
Expect to be charmed and alarmed, moved and amused as we stroll the streets on the day of love.
Move over Paris, this is Manchester.
Meet: outside The People's History Museum, Bridge Street, M3 3ER
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
Fully accessible
Totally fascinating