May - September

ManchesterGuided Walks & Tours 2010

Manchester Guided Walks & ToursWhether 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 anexperienced and knowledgeable tour guide. As well as seeing the majorlandmarks and attractions, you will learn about the city’s secrets anddiscover hidden gems that visitors often miss.

Blue and Green Badge Tour GuidesAll of the guided walks listed in this calendar are led by Blue and GreenBadge Tour Guides, who have undertaken extensive training and areregistered with the Institute of Tourist Guiding. Manchester guides areentertaining and informative, reliable and professional, with up-to-dateknowledge, they love Manchester and are keen to show you why!

Enjoy a tourFor the majority of the walks in this booklet, pre-booking is notnecessary. Just arrive at the start location five minutes before thedesignated 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.

Some tours are indicated as pre-booking essential (�) and places onthese tours cannot be guaranteed if not booked beforehand. The initialsof the guide leading the tour appear next to the walk titles. Please contactthe guide directly to book onto the walk. All the guides information andcontact 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 emailtouristinformation@visitmanchester.com. Please note, MVIC will bemoving location in Summer 2010. For more information on this, go towww.visitmanchester.com or call the centre (the number will not change).

PricesTours cost £6 for adults, £5 for concessions, unless otherwise stated.Payment should be made directly to the guide on the day of the tour, orbeforehand on some pre-booked tours - the guide responsible will advise.

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Manchester Cathedral

To book a tour call+44 (0)871 222 8223*

*Calls to this number are charged at 10p per minuteincluding VAT from a BT landline, charges from other

networks or mobile operators may vary.

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Regular WalksDiscover Manchester Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreTaking place every Saturday andSunday from 13:00 - 14:30, this isone of Manchester’s most popularguided walks. A qualified tourguide will lead you around the city centre, giving you a taste ofManchester’s history and culture,as well as showing you the majorsites including Manchester TownHall, the Royal Exchange andManchester Cathedral. No need tobook - just turn up at ManchesterVisitor Information Centre.

Manchester Town Hall�Start & finish: MVICTour the sumptuous stateroomsand corridors of one of the finestmunicipal buildings in Britain.Admire the neo-Gothic style, thepaintings, furniture and décor, allof which have their own stories totell about Manchester. Entry tostaterooms subject to availability.

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Buildings ofManchesterArchitecture Revealed (JA) D

Start: MVIC | Finish: Law CourtsJoin this tour and see everything fromthe Athens of the north to the soaringskyscrapers of the modern.

City of Squares (BW)Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreAmble through open spacessurrounded by fine buildings whichform the heart of this historic city and a focus for its people.

Hilton Tour and Cream Tea (JB) �Start: Hilton Hotel lobby | Finish: Cloud 23Love 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 receptionStep inside this iconic building wherefine architecture houses a uniquecollection of books and manuscripts.Hear about one of the most enigmaticwomen of Manchester.

Living in the City (JED/HF)D

Start: Oklahoma, M4 1ESFinish: Near CastlefieldTempted by city living? Or just curious? Spot key locations, gaininsider nuggets from our city-living,city-relaxing guides.

Manchester Cathedral and MedievalManchester (JB)Start: Cathedral | Finish: Victoria StationTruly a mix of ancient and modern, we see the Angel Stone and the vibrantlycoloured stained glass windows.

Manchester Uncovered (JA) D

Start: MVIC | Finish: UrbisThis tour cherry picks its way throughthe city, unveiling its hidden gems, its architecture and history, its modern and historic buildings.

Modernist Manchester (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: Piccadilly GardensLearn to love the concrete, glass and steel of Manchester’smodernist masterpieces.

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Start & finish: Palace HotelTour this testament to 19th centurycommerce, now a sumptuous hotel with decor to dream of. Cost £15including cream tea.

Spinningfields Unspun (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: Bridge StreetFrom sleaze to skyscrapers, howManchester’s notorious neighbourhoodbecame a beacon for its future.

Tour of the Radisson Hotel (former

Free Trade Hall) (JB) �Start: Manchester CentralFinish: Peter StreetOne of Manchester’s most historic sitesis now a five star hotel. Hear the story of Peterloo and see the signed wall.

Creative ManchesterFac 51 Music Walk (JA) D

Start: MVIC | Finish: HaçiendaLook into the history of FactoryRecords; the bands and fans that camefrom across the world to experiencethe phenomena of Madchester.

Manchester in Poetry (AB) D

Start: Town Hall | Finish: CathedralFrom the Poet Laureate to the poet of punk, hear the poems that tell thestories of the city.

Manchester Music MakersExplore (SM)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreManchesters musical legacy; covering a variety of genres from the 1960s tothe present day.

Manchester, Music and the Media (MC)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreEnjoy Manchester’s film and TVlocations. Explore its music legacy andprint media. Look ahead to its wireless,fibre-optic future.

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Sculpture and Art in the Streets I (ES)Start: Queen Victoria statue,Piccadilly Gardens | Finish: City centreWar memorials, monuments, modernsculptures and murals; a ceramicpineapple, a pavement poem. Publicartwork is all around, but often missed- discover it around the NorthernQuarter/Cathedral.

Sculpture and Art in the Streets II (ES)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreWar memorials, monuments, modernsculptures and murals; a family adrift, a touchstone. Public artwork is allaround, but often missed - discover it in the central area.

Sculpture and Art in the Streets III (ES)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreWar memorials, monuments, modernsculptures and murals; a bronze sentry,Archimedes. Public artwork is allaround, but often missed - discover it around Chinatown/Piccadilly.

Show Me Chorlton - Arts Festival (EF)Start: Richardson’s Bakery, Beech Road,M21 9EQ | Finish: Chorlton centreExperience the buzz of Chorlton duringits Arts Festival. Visit exhibits andvenues while exploring its creative and independent heart. Free

Transmission (JR)Start & finish: MVICManchester’s TV and radio stars of the past, present and future.

TV Heroes and Locations (SH)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreUncover how Manchester has beenused as a back drop to some of yourfavourite TV and film productions.

Walk the Boards Theatre Walk (JA) DStart: Harvey NicholsFinish: Granada StudiosTrace the history of Manchester’stheatrical past and present; relive the lives and tragedies of both theperformers and their companies.

Cultural Manchester21st Century Manchester: The Birthof Cool (JA) D

Start: MVIC | Finish: Northern QuarterSleek and chic, bold and breaking thenew frontier. Manchester is the 21stcentury city with all the ingredients of the modern international player.

American Connections (BW)Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreDiscover something about theAmericans who influenced the life of our city and the Mancunians whochanged the USA.

Art in Manchester: A Tale of TwoCities (JA) D

Start: MVIC | Finish: Murray MillsJoin us as we travel from theatmospheres of Valette’s EdwardianPalaces to the mills and streets ofLowry’s iconic Manchester.

Bonjour Manchester: The FrenchConnection (PL)Start: Town Hall | Finish: Victoria StationThis entertaining walk exploresManchester’s links with France,including an Impressionist painter, the Somme, Saint Denis and ‘King Eric’.

Chinatown (KD/BW)Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreFrom small beginnings, Chinatown hasgrown into a Dragon City. Unlock itssecrets, discover the traditions andculture of this community in the heartof the city.

City of Culture (BW) D

Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreA walk which traces the history,development and establishment of the public demonstrations of social,religious, intellectual and artisticactivities which characterise‘Manchester Society’.

Discover Higher Stockport (JB) D

Start: Stockport Tourist InformationCentre | Finish: Merseyway shopsOf moon graves, mad hatters and sober brewers! Walk through thegraveyard of St Mary’s Church, HopesCarr and end in Merseyway area.

Discover Stockport (JB) D

Start: Stockport Tourist InformationCentre | Finish: Stockport marketHear the stories from the Merseywayand Underbank areas, meet a formerLord Mayor of London and a Cheshire farmer.

Football Footsteps (SB)Start: Malmaison | Finish: City centreDiscover some of Manchester’s football stories on a walk through the city centre.

Immigrants of Manchester (RA)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreFrom Germany, Ireland, Armenia and beyond: learn about the Europeanimmigrants who have left their mark on the city.

Like a Good Wine? (EF/JED/HF/PL/SH/SM)Start: Central Library | Finish: City centreOr at least passable? Where to catch a drink in Manchester if you’rematuring 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 architectureand the birth of Factory, Hulme’s had it all.

Manchester Neighbourhoods: NewIslington (JR)Start: Daily Express Building, GreatAncoats Street | Finish: Piccadilly BasinRoyal Mills, chips, canals and art deco masterpiece. How the newest city quarter is taking inspiration fromthe past.

Manchester’s Convention Quarter (DS)Start: Peace Gardens | Finish: GreatNorthern WarehouseSomething for everyone! Theatre and music, old and new. Industry andpolitics plus supernatural goings on!The ultimate in entertainment.

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Northern Quarter (JA) D

Start: MVIC | Finish: UrbisThis tour winds its way through theonce forgotten, now pulsating heart, of a colourful new epicentre,Manchester’s own vieux quartier.

Over the Rainbow: Gay Manchester(AFD/ES)Start: Town Hall | Finish: Canal StreetJourney with us through the turbulenthistory of LBGT Manchester, finishing at the once closeted but now open andvibrant Gay Village.

Resurrect Salford’s Totem Pole! (PL)Start: The Lowry | Finish: The QuaysSpecial free walk at The Quays. Hearabout the Salford Sioux and howSalford’s Canadian totem pole is being resurrected.

Sex and Shopping (AB) D

Start: Hilton HotelFinish: Harvey NicholsA walk along Deansgate is a temptingexperience. Designer elegance,Victorian brothels and the birth ofshopping; all human life is here.

Show Me Chorlton (EF)Start: Richardson’s Bakery, Beech Road,M21 9EQ | Finish: Chorlton centreExplore one of Manchester’s mostpopular suburbs, listening tofascinating stories of historical,modern, unusual, creative, independentand foodie Chorlton.

Show Me Germanchester (EF)Start: Town Hall | Finish: Chetham’sSchool of MusicExplore the influential lives of creative,commercial, controversial, mercenary,medical and sporting Manchesterbased Germans including Engels and Hallé.

Show Me Manchester (EF)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreHistorical, radical, ever-changing andfun. Explore the story, the heart andthe soul of this vibrant, original,modern city.

So What is Happening at The Quays?(AFD)Start & finish: Salford Tourist Office inThe LowryA walk around the former SalfordDocks which answers the question ‘sowhat is happening at The Quays?’

The French Discover Manchester (PL)Start: MVIC | Finish: Chetham’s Schoolof MusicA must for French speakers! Ourpopular Discover Manchester walk - history, culture, the major sights -with commentary in French.

This Sporting City (All Guides)Start: Queen Victoria statue, PiccadillyGardens | Finish: City centreManchester IS football; come with us tofind out why and to celebrate the manyother sporting achievements of the city.

Village People (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: Sackville GardensThe personalities, pubs and places ofthe Gay Village.

Where is the Northern Quarter? (JB)Start: Statue of Queen VictoriaPiccadilly Gardens | Finish: City centreTake a walk through these narrowstreets and hear tales of a bygone era while discovering Manchester’snewest quarter.

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Heroes and VillainsAnnie Horniman’s Manchester (JB)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreHear the story of the first lady ofRepertory Theatre and how she would have seen Manchester.

Cranford’s Fascinating Authoress

Elizabeth Gaskell (KD) � D

Start: Town HallFinish: Piccadilly StationBorn 200 years ago, Mrs Gaskell’swriting still enthrals today. Follow herfootsteps in Manchester, then by trainto Knutsford. Cost £26 including coffee,lunch, donations and travel.

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Grove (KD) � D

Start: John Rylands LibraryFinish: City centreA close-up look at a Gaskell exhibitionat Rylands before a visit to her formerhome. Cost £9 including tea, cake and donation.

Girl Power Manchester Style (JB)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreHear the stories of some of the womenwho helped shape Manchester. Whobuilt a library, a church, a theatre?

John Dalton: The Man and hisManchester (JD)Start: MVIC | Finish: Town HallA celebration of the life of John Dalton,the father of modern chemistry, wholived in Manchester for 52 years.

Saints and Sinners (PL/JR)Start: Manchester Art GalleryFinish: CathedralA walk that chills and inspires! Discoversome of the villains and the virtuousfrom Manchester’s colourful past.

Show Me Thomas De Quincey’sManchester (EF)Start: Chetham’s School of Music, main gate | Finish: City centreCelebrate the life and times of theManchester born problem teenager,prolific essayist and opium addict.Explore the Shock City of his era (1785- 1859).

Simpsonopolis (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: 301 DeansgateExploring the work of Manchester’ssignature architect Ian Simpson.

The Women Who Made Manchester(AB/PL/SH)Start: People’s History MuseumFinish: City centreHear the stories of the strong womenof Manchester whose influence pastand present has made this city great.

HistoricalManchester1960s & 1970s Manchester (SH)Start & finish: MVICDon’t trim your sideburns just yet as we uncover where disco was inventedby Jimmy Saville and the glory days of George Best!

1980s & 1990s Manchester (SH)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreDust off your ‘baggys’ as we discoverMadchester music, the IRA bomb andthe resurrection of a new city.

Cotton Capital of the World (ES)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreWalk 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: CastlefieldDiscover a peaceful towpath walkthrough the heart of the city, telling the story of the Village, Haçienda andCastlefield.

Canal Under the City Streets (JD) D

Start: Castlefield Basin steps, LiverpoolRoad | Finish: Dale Street BasinOffering unusual views of the city, this walk provides a snapshot of theRochdale 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 LaneThis tour explores the historical twistsand turns that have shaped thedevelopment of Didsbury; one of themost popular Manchester suburbs.

Family History Hunt (SH)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreLeave the Playstation at home! Bring the children, bring all the family!An interactive and fun walk around thecity centre. Cost £10 per family/£5 persingle parent family.

Hot Metal: The Manchester Press (JR)

Start: MVIC | Finish: Daily ExpressBuilding, Great Ancoats StreetThe Northern Fleet Street. The story of long days in the Printworks and longnights in the Press Club.

In Sickness and in Health (AB) D

Start & finish: Bridgewater HallDisease and sickness abounded inVictorian Manchester. We’ve incubatedplagues and created cancers and we’vehelped to cure them too.

Roads, Canals and Railways of Castlefield (JD) D

Start: White Lion, Liverpool Road.Finish: Museum of Science and IndustryManchester’s Roman fort was builtwhere routes along the Irwell andMedlock Valleys met. Today all roadslead to Manchester.

Show Me Victorian Manchester (EF)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreDiscover why Cottonopolis was theShock City. Explore the polarising effectof industrialisation through anecdotes,architecture, culture and people.

Spindles, Slump & Sexy Lycra: theTextile Tour (KD)Start: Queen Victoria statue, PiccadillyGardens | Finish: City centreFrom weavers’ cottages through palazzowarehouses to university 3-D, trace thehistory and future of Manchester textilesthrough architecture and materials.

Stretford and the Millionaire (KD) �Start: Trafford Old Town HallFinish: Longford ParkA look at Stretford history especiallythe Longford area and John Rylands.

The Manchester Brand: From Cottonto Vimto (SH)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreManchester has always nurturedentrepreuneurs; this is the city thatsold cotton, Vimto, Rolls Royce cars andthe Hallé orchestra to the world!

Victorian Crime and Punishment (RA)Start: MVIC | Finish: Town HallDiscover the grim secrets of Victoriancrime and punishment in Manchesterand the scuttlers of the Deansgate slums.

Victorian Underworld (JB) �Start: CIS building stepsFinish: Police MuseumBe horrified by tales of life in Victorian Manchester and hear aboutManchester’s own Sherlock Holmes.

Those Dark Satanic Mills (JD)Start: Deansgate StationFinish: Piccadilly StationWhat did it feel like to work, live anddie in the mills of the cotton capital of the world?

Where Two Rivers Meet (JD) Start: Victoria Bridge in front of theCathedral | Finish: PiccadillyA walk exploring the birth of industry inManchester when watermills developedalong the Rivers Irk and Irwell.

Wigs, Water & Wheels - GeorgianManchester (DS)Start: Peace GardensFinish: CastlefieldThe world’s first passenger railway andEngland’s first canal. Witness the startof the Industrial Revolution and hearabout its people and the Learned Pig!

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Radical ManchesterCity of Crime (BW)Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreUncover the evidence of the people, theplaces and the events that earnedManchester its reputation as ‘Sin City’.

Defiance and Capitulation (JD)Start: St Ann’s ChurchFinish: CathedralIn 1642 Manchester repelled a weeklong attack from Royalist forces.However, in 1745 Bonnie Prince Charliemarched in unopposed.

Justice for Manchester! (KD) �Start: Piccadilly StationFinish: Civil Justice CentreSee how law and order has workedhere for centuries, before visiting theCivil Justice Centre to explorecourtrooms and hear what happensnowadays. Cost £8 including visit to CJC.

Lunchtime ‘Yes M’Lord’ 60 minutetour (SH)Start: Civil Justice CentreFinish: Town HallLearn about Manchester’sdevelopments in Law, uncoveringstories about Manchester’s legal brainspast and present, law courts and NewBailey Prison. Cost £6 includingsandwich and drink.

Money, Money, Manchester! (DS)Start: Town HallFinish: Piccadilly GardensWhy was banking so important toManchester? Find out which ownernarrowly escaped ruin with a bit ofquick thinking and which public househas been both a library and a bank?

Romans, Rebels and Riots - MilitaryManchester (DS)Start: Museum of Science and IndustryFinish: CathedralManchester’s military roots explained.Find out why it was bombed and seewhere it rebelled. Why did Mrs Bingleunveil the Cenotaph and where can youstill see a cannon?

Show Me Deansgate (EF)Start: Chetham’s School of MusicFinish: DeansgatePolitics, filthy rich, filthier poor, death,war, sex, philanthropy, stunningarchitecture and cutting edgeManchester, all on one street!

Siege of Manchester (RA)Start: Cathedral | Finish: City centreFor Crown or Cromwell? Hear the storyof the siege of Manchester and thepersonalities behind the action.

The Gangs of Manchester: Story of

the Scuttlers (EF) � Start: Barton ArcadeFinish: City centreHear the shocking story of the lateVictorian gangs called Scuttlers whofought violent battles in the Manchesterstreets. Book via www.quaytickets.com

Science and NatureEngineering the City (AB) D

Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreManchester is a city that gets thingsdone. Hear of the men whose ideas and ingenuity built a new world.

Green City Tour (KD) D

Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreA different way of looking at buildings,green parks and waterways, andalternative power sources to see howManchester shapes up as a ‘green city’.

Take a Walk on the Wild Side (SB) D

Start: Victoria Station | Finish: City centreJoin our guide to experience some ofManchester’s varied wildlife along oneof four different trails.

Talk of the Trees (AB) D

Start: Town HallFinish: St John’s GardensManchester’s trees are like its people,urban and beautiful. Learn what typesare growing and hear their stories.

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John Alker (JA)T: 01706 642209 M: 07759 173786E: john_alker@yahoo.co.ukA local FE and visiting HE lecturer,John’s specialisms are in the arts,performing and visual, plus amixture of imaginative walks through the city.

Steve Bourne (SB)T: 01625 526 419 M: 07900 984376E: bourne2fly@yahoo.comWith 35 years’ experience in the travel industry worldwide, Steve specialises in wildlife safaris,transport (airport guide), sport andmusic tours.

Mark Coleman (MC)M: 07590 519671E: mark.coleman@hotmail.co.ukMark adores music, media,Manchester and alliteration. He knows Manchester inside out andloves to share its fascinating stories.

John Consterdine (JC)M: 07946 239221E: theconsterdines@ntlworld.comThe only guide in Manchester tooffer black-cab taxi tours for up to five people in comfort - footballstadiums, The Quays andManchester’s suburbs.

Robert Arcangeli (RA)M: 07914 173881E: robarcangeli@hotmail.co.ukAs Manchester’s youngest guide,Robert’s interests include politicaland social history from the Romansand Victorians to the present day.

Joan Davies (JED)T: 0161 832 5861 M: 07803 124476E: joanedavies@btinternet.comCity-centre resident, theatrereviewer and economics tutor, Joanoffers tours on Manchester’s politicaland economic history, cultural lifeand city-centre living.

Jean Bailo (JB)T: 0161 439 2860 M: 07812 129754E: jeanbailo@yahoo.co.ukOffers walks talks and tours ofManchester and the Northwest past and present.

Andrew Derbyshire (AFD)T: 0161 226 3040 M: 07775 668639E: afderbs@yahoo.comTours by coach or on foot. Specialistareas include the religious historyand cultural life of Manchester.

Anne Beswick (AB)T: 0161 437 4449 M: 07505 691105E: mabeswick@hotmail.comAnne has a wide range of interests.General tours, history, horticultureor modern gems, all told with awealth of good stories.

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John Doughty (JD)T: 0161 428 7392 M: 07799 785166E: johnrdoughty@hotmail.comQualified as a Blue Badge Guide in 1996. Former university tutorspecialising in industrial andlandscape archaeology.

Peter O’Grady (POG)T: 0161 431 5315 M: 07923 925566E: peter@mancuniantours.comEnthusiastic and knowledgeable,Peter was born and worked inManchester for over 40 years. His tours are informative and fun.

Emma Fox (EF)T: 0161 861 8067 M: 07500 774200E: emma@showmemanchester.comA Mancunian, passionate abouthistorical and modern Manchester.Have architecture, people, arts,industrial heritage brought to lifewith her coach or walking tours.

John Ryan (JR)M: 07590 848100E: info@manchestours.co.ukJohn is Mancunian by choice, not birth. Specialisms include the modern city, LGBT Manchester,popular culture, food and drink.

Helen Freeborough (HLF)T: 0161 834 6729 M: 07946 620808E: helen@thesavvypartnership.co.ukCity centre resident, coach andwalking tours. Lively andentertaining, will share Manchesterincluding 21st century city, arts,music, shopping and food.

Denise Sackett (DS)T: 0161 928 9874 M: 07724 123526E: manchestercityguides@hotmail.comA ‘naturalised’ Mancunian, Denisehas spent 20 years exploring the city.See it through her eyes - a fresh takeon things so familiar that they havebecome invisible!

Suzanne Hindle (SH)M: 07853 181299E: suzannehindle@hotmail.co.ukOn Suzanne’s tours you  discoverwhat makes the city tick,including  passionate stories about modern Manchester and past industrial heritage.

Elizabeth Sibbering (ES)M: 07887 676076E: sibby@tourguidemanchester.comAn enthusiastic, lively andentertaining guide; a born and bred Lancashire local, who lovessharing her knowledge of all things Manchester.

Kate Dibble (KD)T: 0161 864 2640 M: 07905 110197E: katedibble@aol.comBlue Badge guided tours includemodern and historical Manchester,Palace Hotel, Town Hall, literatureespecially Elizabeth Gaskell. Offersregional  coach tours.

Pauline Lloyd (PL)T: 0161 480 8692 M: 07723 503702E: pauline.lloyd261@btinternet.comQualified to guide in both Frenchand English, Pauline’s specialismsare faith tourism, ‘Saints & Sinners’,and Manchester’s internationallinks.

Barbara Warnock (BW)T: 0161 973 0120E: bhwatno9@hotmail.comCoach and walking tours of Manchesterand Northwest England for groups,individuals and conferences.Specialisms include heritage, culture,urban regeneration and shopping.

Sue McCarthy (SM)T: 0161 431 7030 M: 07941 263704E: sue@tourmanchester.co.ukSue has worked in tourism for manyyears. She offers guided walks, coachtours, airport transfers and meet andgreet services.

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May01 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester01 Sat 14:00 - 16:00 Manchester, Music and the Media01 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 The French Discover Manchester01 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Village People02 Sun 12:00 - 13:30 Village People02 Sun 12:30 - 14:00 Manchester Music Makers02 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester02 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour03 Mon 14:00 - 15:30 Canalside Manchester03 Mon 14:00 - 15:30 Resurrect Salford’s Totem Pole!05 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 City of Squares06 Thu 11:00 - 13:00 The Gangs of Manchester06 Thu 18:30 - 20:30 Like a Good Wine? 08 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?08 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester08 Sat 13:00 - 14:45 Living in the City08 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Modernist Manchester09 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester09 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 John Dalton: The Man and his Manchester09 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Manchester Neighbourhoods: Hulme10 Mon 14:00 - 15:30 The Women who Made Manchester11 Tue 14:00 - 16:00 Talk of the Trees12 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour14 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 21st Century Manchester: The Birth of Cool14 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Architecture Revealed15 Sat 11:00 - 12:30 Spinningfields Unspun15 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?15 Sat 12:00 - 13:30 Sculpture and Art in the Streets I15 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester15 Sat 13:30 - 15:00 Money, Money, Manchester!15 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Hot Metal: The Manchester Press15 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 TV Heroes and Locations16 Sun 11:30 - 13:00 Didsbury - Village Life16 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester16 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour16 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Transmission17 Mon 14:00 - 15:30 Palace Hotel Tour and Cream Tea19 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Germanchester19 Wed 14:00 - 16:00 Spindles, Slump & Sexy Lycra22 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?22 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester22 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 TV Heroes and Locations22 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Victorian Crime and Punishment22 Sat 14:30 - 16:00 Simpsonopolis23 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester23 Sun 13:15 - 14:45 Show Me Chorlton - Arts Festival23 Sun 13:30 - 15:00 Manchester’s Convention Quarter23 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Immigrants of Manchester23 Sun 14:30 - 16:00 Manchester Neighbourhoods: New Islington26 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library26 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Manchester Cathedral & Medieval Manchester26 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Girl Power Manchester Style26 Wed 14:00 - 16:00 In Sickness and in Health26 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour28 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 Manchester Uncovered28 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Walk the Boards Theatre Walk29 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?29 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester29 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Siege of Manchester30 Sun 11:00 - 12:30 Tour of the Radisson Hotel30 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester30 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 Over the Rainbow: Gay Manchester30 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 The Gangs of Manchester30 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 John Rylands Library

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June03 Thu 14:00 - 16:00 Engineering the City04 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 Manchester Uncovered04 Fri 14:00 - 16:00 Family History Hunt04 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Art in Manchester: A Tale of Two Cities 05 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?05 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester05 Sat 13:00 - 14:45 Living in the City05 Sat 14:30 - 16:00 Football Footsteps06 Sun 12:30 - 14:00 This Sporting City06 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester06 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour09 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour10 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Discover Stockport10 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Victorian Manchester10 Thu 14:00 - 15:30 Where is the Northern Quarter?10 Thu 18:30 - 20:30 Like a Good Wine?11 Fri 10:00 - 12:00 Green City Tour11 Fri 13:30 - 15:30 Justice for Manchester!12 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?12 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester12 Sat 13:30 - 15:00 Romans, Rebels and Riots13 Sun 11:00 - 12:30 American Connections13 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester13 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Defiance and Capitulation13 Sun 14:00 - 16:30 Hilton Tour and Cream Tea13 Sun 14:00 - 16:00 Talk of the Trees15 Tue 11:00 - 12:30 Victorian Underworld16 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library17 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Discover Higher Stockport17 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Thomas De Quincey’s Manchester17 Thu 14:00 - 16:00 Manchester in Poetry18 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 21st Century Manchester: The Birth of Cool18 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Northern Quarter19 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 Canalside Manchester19 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?19 Sat 12:00 - 13:30 Sculpture and Art in the Streets II19 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester19 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Saints and Sinners19 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Victorian Crime and Punishment19 Sat 14:30 - 16:00 Village People20 Sun 11:30 - 13:00 Modernist Manchester20 Sun 12:00 - 14:00 Take a Walk on the Wild Side20 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester20 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Immigrants of Manchester20 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 John Rylands Library20 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour20 Sun 14:30 - 16:00 Spinningfields Unspun23 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Manchester Cathedral & Medieval Manchester23 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour24 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Manchester26 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?26 Sat 12:00 - 13:30 Cotton Capital of the World26 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester26 Sat 13:30 - 15:00 Wigs, Water & Wheels26 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Siege of Manchester27 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester27 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 The Gangs of Manchester27 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 Over the Rainbow: Gay Manchester27 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Canal Under the City Streets27 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 The Manchester Brand: From Cotton to Vimto

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July01 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Deansgate01 Thu 14:00 - 16:00 Talk of the Trees01 Thu 18:30 - 20:30 Like a Good Wine?03 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?03 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester03 Sat 13:00 - 14:45 Living in the City03 Sat 13:30 - 15:00 Manchester’s Convention Quarter03 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Canalside Manchester03 Sat 14:00 - 16:00 Stretford and the Millionaire04 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester04 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour08 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Discover Stockport08 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Germanchester08 Thu 14:00 - 15:30 Annie Horniman’s Manchester08 Thu 14:00 - 15:30 The Women who Made Manchester09 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 Manchester Uncovered09 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Fac 51 Music Walk09 Fri 17:30 - 20:30 Football Footsteps pub walk10 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?10 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester10 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Hot Metal: The Manchester Press10 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Victorian Crime and Punishment10 Sat 15:00 - 16:30 This Sporting City11 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester11 Sun 13:30 - 15:00 Romans, Rebels and Riots11 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Immigrants of Manchester11 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Where Two Rivers Meet14 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Bonjour Manchester: The French Connection14 Wed 14:00 - 16:00 Manchester in Poetry14 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour15 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Discover Higher Stockport15 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 This Sporting City15 Thu 12:00 - 13:00 Lunchtime ‘Yes M’Lord’ Tour16 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 Manchester Uncovered16 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Architecture Revealed17 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?17 Sat 12:00 - 13:30 Sculpture and Art in the Streets III17 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester17 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Siege of Manchester18 Sun 12:00 - 14:00 Take a Walk on the Wild Side18 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester18 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour20 Tue 14:00 - 16:30 Gaskell at Rylands and Plymouth Grove21 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 City of Culture21 Wed 13:00 - 14:30 This Sporting City23 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 Manchester Uncovered23 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Walk the Boards Theatre Walk24 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?24 Sat 12:00 - 13:30 Cotton Capital of the World24 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester24 Sat 14:00 - 16:00 Manchester, Music and the Media25 Sun 11:00 - 12:30 Tour of the Radisson Hotel25 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 Over the Rainbow: Gay Manchester25 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester25 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 The Gangs of Manchester25 Sun 14:00 - 16:00 In Sickness and in Health25 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 John Rylands Library25 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Simpsonopolis25 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Those Dark Satanic Mills28 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library28 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Manchester Cathedral & Medieval Manchester28 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Victorian Manchester28 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Girl Power Manchester Style28 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour30 Fri 14:00 - 16:00 Family History Hunt31 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 So What is Happening at The Quays?31 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester

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August01 Sun 12:00 - 14:00 Take a Walk on the Wild Side01 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester01 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour01 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Transmission05 Thu 18:30 - 20:30 Like a Good Wine?06 Fri 14:00 - 15:30 This Sporting City07 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester07 Sat 13:00 - 14:45 Living in the City07 Sat 14:30 - 16:00 Football Footsteps08 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester08 Sun 13:30 - 15:00 Money, Money, Manchester!08 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Roads, Canals and Railways of Castlefield11 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library11 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour14 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester14 Sat 13:30 - 15:00 Manchester’s Convention Quarter14 Sat 14:00 - 16:00 Manchester, Music and the Media15 Sun 12:00 - 13:30 Sculpture and Art in the Streets I15 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester15 Sun 14:00 - 16:00 Engineering the City15 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour18 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Thomas De Quincey’s Manchester19 Thu 14:00 - 16:00 Manchester in Poetry20 Fri 14:00 - 16:00 Family History Hunt20 Fri 19:00 - 20:30 Village People21 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester21 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Saints and Sinners21 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Victorian Crime and Punishment22 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester22 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Canal Under the City Streets 22 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Immigrants of Manchester25 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Manchester Cathedral & Medieval Manchester25 Wed 12:00 - 13:30 Show Me Manchester25 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 John Rylands Library25 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour27 Fri 14:00 - 15:30 Village People28 Sat 11:00 - 12:30 City of Crime28 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester28 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Siege of Manchester29 Sun 12:00 - 13:30 Cotton Capital of the World29 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester29 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 The Gangs of Manchester29 Sun 14:00 - 16:30 Hilton Tour and Cream Tea

September02 Thu 18:30 - 20:30 Like a Good Wine?03 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 21st Century Manchester: The Birth of Cool03 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Fac 51 Music Walk04 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester04 Sat 13:00 - 14:45 Living in the City04 Sat 13:30 - 15:00 Wigs, Water & Wheels 04 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Manchester Neighbourhoods: Hulme05 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester05 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Manchester Neighbourhoods: New Islington05 Sun 14:00 - 16:00 Talk of the Trees05 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour08 Wed 09:15 - 16:30 Cranford’s Fascinating Authoress08 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Chorlton08 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour11 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 Modernist Manchester11 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester11 Sat 14:00 - 16:00 Manchester, Music and the Media11 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Spinningfields Unspun12 Sun 14:30 - 16:00 Canalside Manchester12 Sun 12:00 - 13:30 Hot Metal: The Manchester Press12 Sun 12:00 - 14:00 Take a Walk on the Wild Side12 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester13 Mon 14:00 - 15:30 Bonjour Manchester: The French Connection15 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour16 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Deansgate16 Thu 14:00 - 16:00 In Sickness and in Health17 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 Manchester Uncovered17 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Architecture Revealed18 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester18 Sat 13:30 - 15:00 Romans, Rebels and Riots18 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Victorian Crime and Punishment19 Sun 12:00 - 14:00 Football Footsteps19 Sun 12:00 - 13:30 Sculpture and Art in the Streets II19 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester19 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Immigrants of Manchester19 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour23 Thu 13:00 - 14:30 The Women who Made Manchester24 Fri 11:00 - 12:45 Manchester Uncovered24 Fri 13:00 - 14:30 1960s and 1970s Manchester24 Fri 14:30 - 14:30 Art in Manchester: A Tale of Two Cities25 Sat 11:00 - 12:30 Chinatown25 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester25 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 1980s and 1990s Manchester25 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Siege of Manchester26 Sun 11:30 - 13:00 Didsbury - Village Life26 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester26 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 Over the Rainbow: Gay Manchester26 Sun 13:00 - 15:00 The Gangs of Manchester26 Sun 14:00 - 16:00 Sex and Shopping29 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library

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BBC Manchester ToursBBC 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 yourown radio drama complete with sound effects.T: +44 (0)370 901 1227 W: www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours

Flecky Bennett’s Manchester Ghost WalkFlecky will guide you around the back streets andpassageways telling stories of ghosts and the sinisterside of his city! Manchester’s only weekly ghost walk.T: +44 (0)7775 313208 W: www.manchesterghostwalk.co.uk

hearmanchester.comExplore the vibrant history of the Rochdale Canal with a free audio trail, available to download.W: www.hearmanchester.com

Industrial PowerhouseIndustrial Powerhouse celebrates the rich industrialheritage of the Northwest with a wide variety of self-guided walks, audio trails and itineraries.W: www.industrialpowerhouse.co.uk

Manchester Ship Canal Cruises Relax and enjoy a fascinating six hour, 35 mile journeyalong this famous inland waterway with MerseyFerries. Regular cruises run April to September fromSalford Quays to Liverpool. Tickets include return travelby bus. Adults £36, Seniors/Child £34.T: +44 (0)151 330 1444 W: www.merseyferries.co.uk

New Manchester WalksWalks, talks, panoramic coach tours, airport meet-and-greet and hotel transfers run by qualified BlueBadge 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

Walk Talk ToursHear about Manchester’s Roman and industrial past;discover a Hidden Gem, colourful characters at theCathedral and more. Download or hire a preloadedMP3 player from the Manchester Visitor Information Centre.T: +44 (0)1625 612 564 W: www.walktalktour.com

WiseguidesWiseguides 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

Private ToursA range of walking and coach tours can be booked tosuit private groups or individuals and costs will varyaccording to group size and requirements. Contact theguides directly to arrange private tours. Alternatively,call the Guide Booking Agency on +44 (0)161 440 0277for more information. Private walks can be offered inmost 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 guidesor companies mentioned. Cover image: John Rylands Library

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