Manchester Guided Walks & Tours 2010 May - September
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Guided Walks & Tours 2010 Manchester Guided Walks & Tours Whether you’re visiting Manchester for a day or you’ve known the city for years, there is no better way of exploring the area than with an experienced and knowledgeable tour guide. As well as seeing the major landmarks and attractions, you will learn about the city’s secrets and discover hidden gems that visitors often miss.
Blue and Green Badge Tour Guides
Whitworth Art Gallery
All of the guided walks listed in this calendar are led by Blue and Green Badge Tour Guides, who have undertaken extensive training and are registered with the Institute of Tourist Guiding. Manchester guides are entertaining and informative, reliable and professional, with up-to-date knowledge, they love Manchester and are keen to show you why!
Enjoy a tour For the majority of the walks in this booklet, pre-booking is not necessary. Just arrive at the start location five minutes before the designated time and the guide will be there to meet you. If you wish to guarantee your place on any tour, please contact the guide directly. If you have a large group (six or more), booking is recommended.
Central Libary
Some tours are indicated as pre-booking essential (☎) and places on these tours cannot be guaranteed if not booked beforehand. The initials of the guide leading the tour appear next to the walk titles. Please contact the guide directly to book onto the walk. All the guides information and contact details are listed on pages 9-10. Alternatively, book via the Manchester Visitor Information Centre (MVIC), located in the Town Hall Extension, Lloyd Street, Manchester, M60 2LA, telephone +44 (0)871 222 8223* or email touristinformation@visitmanchester.com. Please note, MVIC will be moving location in Summer 2010. For more information on this, go to www.visitmanchester.com or call the centre (the number will not change).
Prices
To book a tour call +44 (0)871 222 8223*
Tours cost £6 for adults, £5 for concessions, unless otherwise stated. Payment should be made directly to the guide on the day of the tour, or beforehand on some pre-booked tours - the guide responsible will advise.
*Calls to this number are charged at 10p per minute including VAT from a BT landline, charges from other networks or mobile operators may vary.
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Regular Walks Discover Manchester Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Taking place every Saturday and Sunday from 13:00 - 14:30, this is one of Manchester’s most popular guided walks. A qualified tour guide will lead you around the city centre, giving you a taste of Manchester’s history and culture, as well as showing you the major sites including Manchester Town Hall, the Royal Exchange and Manchester Cathedral. No need to book - just turn up at Manchester Visitor Information Centre.
Manchester Town Hall ☎ Start & finish: MVIC Tour the sumptuous staterooms and corridors of one of the finest municipal buildings in Britain. Admire the neo-Gothic style, the paintings, furniture and décor, all of which have their own stories to tell about Manchester. Entry to staterooms subject to availability.
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Buildings of Manchester Architecture Revealed (JA) D Start: MVIC | Finish: Law Courts Join this tour and see everything from the Athens of the north to the soaring skyscrapers of the modern. City of Squares (BW) Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centre Amble through open spaces surrounded by fine buildings which form the heart of this historic city and a focus for its people.
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Hilton Tour and Cream Tea (JB) ☎ Start: Hilton Hotel lobby | Finish: Cloud 23 Love it or hate it, get to know it more. Look into places and spaces and end with a sumptuous cream tea in Cloud 23! Cost £15 including cream tea. John Rylands Library (JB/BW) ☎ Start & finish: John Rylands reception Step inside this iconic building where fine architecture houses a unique collection of books and manuscripts. Hear about one of the most enigmatic women of Manchester. Living in the City (JED/HF) D Start: Oklahoma, M4 1ES Finish: Near Castlefield Tempted by city living? Or just curious? Spot key locations, gain insider nuggets from our city-living, city-relaxing guides.
John Rylands Library
Manchester Cathedral and Medieval Manchester (JB) Start: Cathedral | Finish: Victoria Station Truly a mix of ancient and modern, we see the Angel Stone and the vibrantly coloured stained glass windows. Manchester Uncovered (JA) D Start: MVIC | Finish: Urbis This tour cherry picks its way through the city, unveiling its hidden gems, its architecture and history, its modern and historic buildings.
MVIC - Manchester Visitor Information Centre ☎ - Pre-booking essential - No disabled access D - Sensible footwear recommended
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Modernist Manchester (JR) Start: MVIC | Finish: Piccadilly Gardens Learn to love the concrete, glass and steel of Manchester’s modernist masterpieces. Palace Hotel Tour and Cream Tea (KD) ☎ D Start & finish: Palace Hotel Tour this testament to 19th century commerce, now a sumptuous hotel with decor to dream of. Cost £15 including cream tea. Spinningfields Unspun (JR) Start: MVIC | Finish: Bridge Street From sleaze to skyscrapers, how Manchester’s notorious neighbourhood became a beacon for its future. Tour of the Radisson Hotel (former Free Trade Hall) (JB) ☎ Start: Manchester Central Finish: Peter Street One of Manchester’s most historic sites is now a five star hotel. Hear the story of Peterloo and see the signed wall.
Creative Manchester Fac 51 Music Walk (JA) D Start: MVIC | Finish: Haçienda Look into the history of Factory Records; the bands and fans that came from across the world to experience the phenomena of Madchester. Manchester in Poetry (AB) D Start: Town Hall | Finish: Cathedral From the Poet Laureate to the poet of punk, hear the poems that tell the stories of the city. Manchester Music Makers Explore (SM) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Manchesters musical legacy; covering a variety of genres from the 1960s to the present day. Manchester, Music and the Media (MC) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Enjoy Manchester’s film and TV locations. Explore its music legacy and print media. Look ahead to its wireless, fibre-optic future.
Sculpture and Art in the Streets I (ES) Start: Queen Victoria statue, Piccadilly Gardens | Finish: City centre War memorials, monuments, modern sculptures and murals; a ceramic pineapple, a pavement poem. Public artwork is all around, but often missed - discover it around the Northern Quarter/Cathedral. Sculpture and Art in the Streets II (ES) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre War memorials, monuments, modern sculptures and murals; a family adrift, a touchstone. Public artwork is all around, but often missed - discover it in the central area. Sculpture and Art in the Streets III (ES) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre War memorials, monuments, modern sculptures and murals; a bronze sentry, Archimedes. Public artwork is all around, but often missed - discover it around Chinatown/Piccadilly. Show Me Chorlton - Arts Festival (EF) Start: Richardson’s Bakery, Beech Road, M21 9EQ | Finish: Chorlton centre Experience the buzz of Chorlton during its Arts Festival. Visit exhibits and venues while exploring its creative and independent heart. Free Transmission (JR) Start & finish: MVIC Manchester’s TV and radio stars of the past, present and future. TV Heroes and Locations (SH) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Uncover how Manchester has been used as a back drop to some of your favourite TV and film productions. Walk the Boards Theatre Walk (JA) D Start: Harvey Nichols Finish: Granada Studios Trace the history of Manchester’s theatrical past and present; relive the lives and tragedies of both the performers and their companies.
Cultural Manchester 21st Century Manchester: The Birth of Cool (JA) D Start: MVIC | Finish: Northern Quarter Sleek and chic, bold and breaking the new frontier. Manchester is the 21st century city with all the ingredients of the modern international player. American Connections (BW) Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centre Discover something about the Americans who influenced the life of our city and the Mancunians who changed the USA. Art in Manchester: A Tale of Two Cities (JA) D Start: MVIC | Finish: Murray Mills Join us as we travel from the atmospheres of Valette’s Edwardian Palaces to the mills and streets of Lowry’s iconic Manchester. Bonjour Manchester: The French Connection (PL) Start: Town Hall | Finish: Victoria Station This entertaining walk explores Manchester’s links with France, including an Impressionist painter, the Somme, Saint Denis and ‘King Eric’. Chinatown (KD/BW) Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centre From small beginnings, Chinatown has grown into a Dragon City. Unlock its secrets, discover the traditions and culture of this community in the heart of the city. City of Culture (BW) D Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centre A walk which traces the history, development and establishment of the public demonstrations of social, religious, intellectual and artistic activities which characterise ‘Manchester Society’. Discover Higher Stockport (JB) D Start: Stockport Tourist Information Centre | Finish: Merseyway shops Of moon graves, mad hatters and sober brewers! Walk through the graveyard of St Mary’s Church, Hopes Carr and end in Merseyway area.
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Discover Stockport (JB) D Start: Stockport Tourist Information Centre | Finish: Stockport market Hear the stories from the Merseyway and Underbank areas, meet a former Lord Mayor of London and a Cheshire farmer. Football Footsteps (SB) Start: Malmaison | Finish: City centre Discover some of Manchester’s football stories on a walk through the city centre. Immigrants of Manchester (RA) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre From Germany, Ireland, Armenia and beyond: learn about the European immigrants who have left their mark on the city. Like a Good Wine? (EF/JED/HF/PL/SH/SM) Start: Central Library | Finish: City centre Or at least passable? Where to catch a drink in Manchester if you’re maturing nicely. Four stops. One posh. No trainers! Manchester Neighbourhoods: Hulme (JR) Start & finish: Hulme Library, Stretford Road Regenerated not once, but twice. Luxury cars, disastrous architecture and the birth of Factory, Hulme’s had it all. Manchester Neighbourhoods: New Islington (JR) Start: Daily Express Building, Great Ancoats Street | Finish: Piccadilly Basin Royal Mills, chips, canals and art deco masterpiece. How the newest city quarter is taking inspiration from the past. Manchester’s Convention Quarter (DS) Start: Peace Gardens | Finish: Great Northern Warehouse Something for everyone! Theatre and music, old and new. Industry and politics plus supernatural goings on! The ultimate in entertainment.
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John Rylands Library
Hat Works
Northern Quarter (JA) D Start: MVIC | Finish: Urbis This tour winds its way through the once forgotten, now pulsating heart, of a colourful new epicentre, Manchester’s own vieux quartier.
Show Me Manchester (EF) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Historical, radical, ever-changing and fun. Explore the story, the heart and the soul of this vibrant, original, modern city.
Over the Rainbow: Gay Manchester (AFD/ES) Start: Town Hall | Finish: Canal Street Journey with us through the turbulent history of LBGT Manchester, finishing at the once closeted but now open and vibrant Gay Village.
So What is Happening at The Quays? (AFD) Start & finish: Salford Tourist Office in The Lowry A walk around the former Salford Docks which answers the question ‘so what is happening at The Quays?’
Resurrect Salford’s Totem Pole! (PL) Start: The Lowry | Finish: The Quays Special free walk at The Quays. Hear about the Salford Sioux and how Salford’s Canadian totem pole is being resurrected.
The French Discover Manchester (PL) Start: MVIC | Finish: Chetham’s School of Music A must for French speakers! Our popular Discover Manchester walk - history, culture, the major sights with commentary in French.
Sex and Shopping (AB) D Start: Hilton Hotel Finish: Harvey Nichols A walk along Deansgate is a tempting experience. Designer elegance, Victorian brothels and the birth of shopping; all human life is here. Show Me Chorlton (EF) Start: Richardson’s Bakery, Beech Road, M21 9EQ | Finish: Chorlton centre Explore one of Manchester’s most popular suburbs, listening to fascinating stories of historical, modern, unusual, creative, independent and foodie Chorlton. Piccadilly Gardens
Show Me Germanchester (EF) Start: Town Hall | Finish: Chetham’s School of Music Explore the influential lives of creative, commercial, controversial, mercenary, medical and sporting Manchester based Germans including Engels and Hallé.
MVIC - Manchester Visitor Information Centre ☎ - Pre-booking essential - No disabled access D - Sensible footwear recommended
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This Sporting City (All Guides) Start: Queen Victoria statue, Piccadilly Gardens | Finish: City centre Manchester IS football; come with us to find out why and to celebrate the many other sporting achievements of the city. Village People (JR) Start: MVIC | Finish: Sackville Gardens The personalities, pubs and places of the Gay Village. Where is the Northern Quarter? (JB) Start: Statue of Queen Victoria Piccadilly Gardens | Finish: City centre Take a walk through these narrow streets and hear tales of a bygone era while discovering Manchester’s newest quarter.
Manchester Art Gallery
Heroes and Villains Annie Horniman’s Manchester (JB) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Hear the story of the first lady of Repertory Theatre and how she would have seen Manchester. Cranford’s Fascinating Authoress Elizabeth Gaskell (KD) ☎ D Start: Town Hall Finish: Piccadilly Station Born 200 years ago, Mrs Gaskell’s writing still enthrals today. Follow her footsteps in Manchester, then by train to Knutsford. Cost £26 including coffee, lunch, donations and travel. Gaskell at Rylands and Plymouth Grove (KD) ☎ D Start: John Rylands Library Finish: City centre A close-up look at a Gaskell exhibition at Rylands before a visit to her former home. Cost £9 including tea, cake and donation. Girl Power Manchester Style (JB) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Hear the stories of some of the women who helped shape Manchester. Who built a library, a church, a theatre? John Dalton: The Man and his Manchester (JD) Start: MVIC | Finish: Town Hall A celebration of the life of John Dalton, the father of modern chemistry, who lived in Manchester for 52 years. Saints and Sinners (PL/JR) Start: Manchester Art Gallery Finish: Cathedral A walk that chills and inspires! Discover some of the villains and the virtuous from Manchester’s colourful past.
Simpsonopolis (JR) Start: MVIC | Finish: 301 Deansgate Exploring the work of Manchester’s signature architect Ian Simpson. The Women Who Made Manchester (AB/PL/SH) Start: People’s History Museum Finish: City centre Hear the stories of the strong women of Manchester whose influence past and present has made this city great.
Historical Manchester 1960s & 1970s Manchester (SH) Start & finish: MVIC Don’t trim your sideburns just yet as we uncover where disco was invented by Jimmy Saville and the glory days of George Best!
Rochdale Canal
1980s & 1990s Manchester (SH) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Dust off your ‘baggys’ as we discover Madchester music, the IRA bomb and the resurrection of a new city. Cotton Capital of the World (ES) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Walk the streets of Manchester’s grand district of cotton warehouses and around the Exchange - learn about the cloth that gave the city an international reputation. Canalside Manchester (JR) Start: MVIC | Finish: Castlefield Discover a peaceful towpath walk through the heart of the city, telling the story of the Village, Haçienda and Castlefield.
Manchester markets
Canal Under the City Streets (JD) Show Me Thomas De Quincey’s Manchester (EF) Start: Chetham’s School of Music, main gate | Finish: City centre Celebrate the life and times of the Manchester born problem teenager, prolific essayist and opium addict. Explore the Shock City of his era (1785- 1859).
D Start: Castlefield Basin steps, Liverpool Road | Finish: Dale Street Basin Offering unusual views of the city, this walk provides a snapshot of the Rochdale Canal in the early 1850s.
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Didsbury - Village Life (SM) Start: Didsbury Library, Wilmslow Road, M20 2DN | Finish: St James Church, Stenner Lane This tour explores the historical twists and turns that have shaped the development of Didsbury; one of the most popular Manchester suburbs. Family History Hunt (SH) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Leave the Playstation at home! Bring the children, bring all the family! An interactive and fun walk around the city centre. Cost £10 per family/£5 per single parent family.
Peveril of the Peak
Hot Metal: The Manchester Press (JR) Start: MVIC | Finish: Daily Express Building, Great Ancoats Street The Northern Fleet Street. The story of long days in the Printworks and long nights in the Press Club. In Sickness and in Health (AB) D Start & finish: Bridgewater Hall Disease and sickness abounded in Victorian Manchester. We’ve incubated plagues and created cancers and we’ve helped to cure them too. Roads, Canals and Railways of Castlefield (JD) D Start: White Lion, Liverpool Road. Finish: Museum of Science and Industry Manchester’s Roman fort was built where routes along the Irwell and Medlock Valleys met. Today all roads lead to Manchester.
Manchester Art Gallery
Show Me Victorian Manchester (EF) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Discover why Cottonopolis was the Shock City. Explore the polarising effect of industrialisation through anecdotes, architecture, culture and people.
MVIC - Manchester Visitor Information Centre ☎ - Pre-booking essential - No disabled access D - Sensible footwear recommended
Spindles, Slump & Sexy Lycra: the Textile Tour (KD) Start: Queen Victoria statue, Piccadilly Gardens | Finish: City centre From weavers’ cottages through palazzo warehouses to university 3-D, trace the history and future of Manchester textiles through architecture and materials.
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Stretford and the Millionaire (KD) ☎ Start: Trafford Old Town Hall Finish: Longford Park A look at Stretford history especially the Longford area and John Rylands. The Manchester Brand: From Cotton to Vimto (SH) Start: MVIC | Finish: City centre Manchester has always nurtured entrepreuneurs; this is the city that sold cotton, Vimto, Rolls Royce cars and the Hallé orchestra to the world! Victorian Crime and Punishment (RA) Start: MVIC | Finish: Town Hall Discover the grim secrets of Victorian crime and punishment in Manchester and the scuttlers of the Deansgate slums. Victorian Underworld (JB) ☎ Start: CIS building steps Finish: Police Museum Be horrified by tales of life in Victorian Manchester and hear about Manchester’s own Sherlock Holmes. Those Dark Satanic Mills (JD) Start: Deansgate Station Finish: Piccadilly Station What did it feel like to work, live and die in the mills of the cotton capital of the world? Where Two Rivers Meet (JD) Start: Victoria Bridge in front of the Cathedral | Finish: Piccadilly A walk exploring the birth of industry in Manchester when watermills developed along the Rivers Irk and Irwell. Wigs, Water & Wheels - Georgian Manchester (DS) Start: Peace Gardens Finish: Castlefield The world’s first passenger railway and England’s first canal. Witness the start of the Industrial Revolution and hear about its people and the Learned Pig!
Civil Justice Centre
Radical Manchester City of Crime (BW) Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centre Uncover the evidence of the people, the places and the events that earned Manchester its reputation as ‘Sin City’. Defiance and Capitulation (JD) Start: St Ann’s Church Finish: Cathedral In 1642 Manchester repelled a week long attack from Royalist forces. However, in 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie marched in unopposed. Justice for Manchester! (KD) ☎ Start: Piccadilly Station Finish: Civil Justice Centre See how law and order has worked here for centuries, before visiting the Civil Justice Centre to explore courtrooms and hear what happens nowadays. Cost £8 including visit to CJC. Lunchtime ‘Yes M’Lord’ 60 minute tour (SH) Start: Civil Justice Centre Finish: Town Hall Learn about Manchester’s developments in Law, uncovering stories about Manchester’s legal brains past and present, law courts and New Bailey Prison. Cost £6 including sandwich and drink. Money, Money, Manchester! (DS) Start: Town Hall Finish: Piccadilly Gardens Why was banking so important to Manchester? Find out which owner narrowly escaped ruin with a bit of quick thinking and which public house has been both a library and a bank? Romans, Rebels and Riots - Military Manchester (DS) Start: Museum of Science and Industry Finish: Cathedral Manchester’s military roots explained. Find out why it was bombed and see where it rebelled. Why did Mrs Bingle unveil the Cenotaph and where can you still see a cannon?
Show Me Deansgate (EF) Start: Chetham’s School of Music Finish: Deansgate Politics, filthy rich, filthier poor, death, war, sex, philanthropy, stunning architecture and cutting edge Manchester, all on one street! Siege of Manchester (RA) Start: Cathedral | Finish: City centre For Crown or Cromwell? Hear the story of the siege of Manchester and the personalities behind the action. The Gangs of Manchester: Story of the Scuttlers (EF) ☎ Start: Barton Arcade Finish: City centre Hear the shocking story of the late Victorian gangs called Scuttlers who fought violent battles in the Manchester streets. Book via www.quaytickets.com
Arndale shopping centre
Science and Nature Engineering the City (AB) D Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centre Manchester is a city that gets things done. Hear of the men whose ideas and ingenuity built a new world. Green City Tour (KD) D Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centre A different way of looking at buildings, green parks and waterways, and alternative power sources to see how Manchester shapes up as a ‘green city’. Manchester markets
Take a Walk on the Wild Side (SB)
D Start: Victoria Station | Finish: City centre Join our guide to experience some of Manchester’s varied wildlife along one of four different trails. Talk of the Trees (AB) D Start: Town Hall Finish: St John’s Gardens Manchester’s trees are like its people, urban and beautiful. Learn what types are growing and hear their stories.
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Anne Beswick (AB) T: 0161 437 4449 M: 07505 691105 E: mabeswick@hotmail.com Anne has a wide range of interests. General tours, history, horticulture or modern gems, all told with a wealth of good stories.
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Steve Bourne (SB) T: 01625 526 419 M: 07900 984376 E: bourne2fly@yahoo.com With 35 years’ experience in the travel industry worldwide, Steve specialises in wildlife safaris, transport (airport guide), sport and music tours.
Mark Coleman (MC) M: 07590 519671 E: mark.coleman@hotmail.co.uk Mark adores music, media, Manchester and alliteration. He knows Manchester inside out and loves to share its fascinating stories.
John Alker (JA)
John Consterdine (JC)
T: 01706 642209 M: 07759 173786 E: john_alker@yahoo.co.uk A local FE and visiting HE lecturer, John’s specialisms are in the arts, performing and visual, plus a mixture of imaginative walks through the city.
M: 07946 239221 E: theconsterdines@ntlworld.com The only guide in Manchester to offer black-cab taxi tours for up to five people in comfort - football stadiums, The Quays and Manchester’s suburbs.
Robert Arcangeli (RA)
Joan Davies (JED)
M: 07914 173881 E: robarcangeli@hotmail.co.uk As Manchester’s youngest guide, Robert’s interests include political and social history from the Romans and Victorians to the present day.
T: 0161 832 5861 M: 07803 124476 E: joanedavies@btinternet.com City-centre resident, theatre reviewer and economics tutor, Joan offers tours on Manchester’s political and economic history, cultural life and city-centre living.
Jean Bailo (JB)
Andrew Derbyshire (AFD)
T: 0161 439 2860 M: 07812 129754 E: jeanbailo@yahoo.co.uk Offers walks talks and tours of Manchester and the Northwest past and present.
T: 0161 226 3040 M: 07775 668639 E: afderbs@yahoo.com Tours by coach or on foot. Specialist areas include the religious history and cultural life of Manchester.
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Kate Dibble (KD)
Sue McCarthy (SM)
T: 0161 864 2640 M: 07905 110197 E: katedibble@aol.com Blue Badge guided tours include modern and historical Manchester, Palace Hotel, Town Hall, literature especially Elizabeth Gaskell. Offers regional coach tours.
T: 0161 431 7030 M: 07941 263704 E: sue@tourmanchester.co.uk Sue has worked in tourism for many years. She offers guided walks, coach tours, airport transfers and meet and greet services.
John Doughty (JD)
Peter O’Grady (POG)
T: 0161 428 7392 M: 07799 785166 E: johnrdoughty@hotmail.com Qualified as a Blue Badge Guide in 1996. Former university tutor specialising in industrial and landscape archaeology.
T: 0161 431 5315 M: 07923 925566 E: peter@mancuniantours.com Enthusiastic and knowledgeable, Peter was born and worked in Manchester for over 40 years. His tours are informative and fun.
Emma Fox (EF)
John Ryan (JR)
T: 0161 861 8067 M: 07500 774200 E: emma@showmemanchester.com A Mancunian, passionate about historical and modern Manchester. Have architecture, people, arts, industrial heritage brought to life with her coach or walking tours.
M: 07590 848100 E: info@manchestours.co.uk John is Mancunian by choice, not birth. Specialisms include the modern city, LGBT Manchester, popular culture, food and drink.
Helen Freeborough (HLF)
Denise Sackett (DS)
T: 0161 834 6729 M: 07946 620808 E: helen@thesavvypartnership.co.uk City centre resident, coach and walking tours. Lively and entertaining, will share Manchester including 21st century city, arts, music, shopping and food.
T: 0161 928 9874 M: 07724 123526 E: manchestercityguides@hotmail.com A ‘naturalised’ Mancunian, Denise has spent 20 years exploring the city. See it through her eyes - a fresh take on things so familiar that they have become invisible!
Suzanne Hindle (SH)
Elizabeth Sibbering (ES)
M: 07853 181299 E: suzannehindle@hotmail.co.uk On Suzanne’s tours you discover what makes the city tick, including passionate stories about modern Manchester and past industrial heritage.
M: 07887 676076 E: sibby@tourguidemanchester.com An enthusiastic, lively and entertaining guide; a born and bred Lancashire local, who loves sharing her knowledge of all things Manchester.
Pauline Lloyd (PL)
Barbara Warnock (BW)
T: 0161 480 8692 M: 07723 503702 E: pauline.lloyd261@btinternet.com Qualified to guide in both French and English, Pauline’s specialisms are faith tourism, ‘Saints & Sinners’, and Manchester’s international links.
T: 0161 973 0120 E: bhwatno9@hotmail.com Coach and walking tours of Manchester and Northwest England for groups, individuals and conferences. Specialisms include heritage, culture, urban regeneration and shopping.
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Discover Manchester Manchester, Music and the Media The French Discover Manchester Village People Village People Manchester Music Makers Discover Manchester Town Hall Tour Canalside Manchester Resurrect Salford’s Totem Pole! City of Squares The Gangs of Manchester Like a Good Wine? So What is Happening at The Quays? Discover Manchester Living in the City Modernist Manchester Discover Manchester John Dalton: The Man and his Manchester Manchester Neighbourhoods: Hulme The Women who Made Manchester Talk of the Trees Town Hall Tour 21st Century Manchester: The Birth of Cool Architecture Revealed Spinningfields Unspun So What is Happening at The Quays? Sculpture and Art in the Streets I Discover Manchester Money, Money, Manchester! Hot Metal: The Manchester Press TV Heroes and Locations Didsbury - Village Life Discover Manchester Town Hall Tour Transmission Palace Hotel Tour and Cream Tea Show Me Germanchester Spindles, Slump & Sexy Lycra So What is Happening at The Quays? Discover Manchester TV Heroes and Locations Victorian Crime and Punishment Simpsonopolis Discover Manchester Show Me Chorlton - Arts Festival Manchester’s Convention Quarter Immigrants of Manchester Manchester Neighbourhoods: New Islington John Rylands Library Manchester Cathedral & Medieval Manchester Girl Power Manchester Style In Sickness and in Health Town Hall Tour Manchester Uncovered Walk the Boards Theatre Walk So What is Happening at The Quays? Discover Manchester Siege of Manchester Tour of the Radisson Hotel Discover Manchester Over the Rainbow: Gay Manchester The Gangs of Manchester John Rylands Library
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Other walks and tours BBC Manchester Tours
New Manchester Walks
BBC Manchester is offering the chance to take a peek behind the scenes. Take a look at the studios, try presenting the weather or have fun making your own radio drama complete with sound effects. T: +44 (0)370 901 1227 W: www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours
Walks, talks, panoramic coach tours, airport meetand-greet and hotel transfers run by qualified Blue Badge and Green Badge guides, and experienced tour and event organisers. Specialising in everything Manchester. Private tours available. M: +44 (0)7769 298068 W: www.newmanchesterwalks.com
Flecky Bennett’s Manchester Ghost Walk Flecky will guide you around the back streets and passageways telling stories of ghosts and the sinister side of his city! Manchester’s only weekly ghost walk. T: +44 (0)7775 313208 W: www.manchesterghostwalk.co.uk
hearmanchester.com Explore the vibrant history of the Rochdale Canal with a free audio trail, available to download. W: www.hearmanchester.com
Walk Talk Tours Hear about Manchester’s Roman and industrial past; discover a Hidden Gem, colourful characters at the Cathedral and more. Download or hire a preloaded MP3 player from the Manchester Visitor Information Centre. T: +44 (0)1625 612 564 W: www.walktalktour.com
Wiseguides
Industrial Powerhouse celebrates the rich industrial heritage of the Northwest with a wide variety of self-guided walks, audio trails and itineraries. W: www.industrialpowerhouse.co.uk
Wiseguides provide customised guided tours and group events throughout the North of England in all European languages. T: +44 (0)161 773 0692 W: www.wiseguides.co.uk
Manchester Ship Canal Cruises
Private Tours
Relax and enjoy a fascinating six hour, 35 mile journey along this famous inland waterway with Mersey Ferries. Regular cruises run April to September from Salford Quays to Liverpool. Tickets include return travel by bus. Adults £36, Seniors/Child £34. T: +44 (0)151 330 1444 W: www.merseyferries.co.uk
A range of walking and coach tours can be booked to suit private groups or individuals and costs will vary according to group size and requirements. Contact the guides directly to arrange private tours. Alternatively, call the Guide Booking Agency on +44 (0)161 440 0277 for more information. Private walks can be offered in most European languages.
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Blue and Green Badge Guides are self-employed, freelance guides qualified with the accrediting body, ITG (Institute of Tourist Guiding). The tourist board, Visit Manchester and the Manchester Visitor Information Centre cannot be held responsible for any non-fulfilment of obligations by individual tour guides or companies mentioned. Cover image: John Rylands Library