TOP PLACES TO VISIT IN MANCHESTER

Manchester is known for its warehouses, cotton mills, railway viaducts, and canals, as you’d expect from the first modern, industrial city, but it is…

Manchester is known for its warehouses, cotton mills, railway viaducts, and canals, as you’d expect from the first modern, industrial city, but it is also full of iconic architecture, from the Beetham Tower and the Town Hall to the Lowry in Salford Quays and the Imperial War Museum North. 

 

Manchester was the first city to industrialize, because of the Industrial Revolution. During the 19th century it had the nickname Cottonopolis because it had so many cotton mills. The middle of Manchester is important because of its network of canals and mills built during its 19th-century development.

 

According to Oxford University Press, Manchester derived its name from Mamucium, the Roman name for the 1st century-settlement and fort. Mamucium itself is a Latinised form of the Celtic meaning “breast-shaped hill”. The Latin name for Manchester is often given as Mancuniun.

 

It’s easily one of the most fun cities to visit in England. It’s one of those cities that has a little something for everyone,  even if you happen to be visiting from larger cities like; London, Manchester is without a doubt worth making that 2-hour train journey to experience.

 

As the commercial and cultural capital of Lancashire, Manchester is a celebrated center for the arts, media, and higher education. Together with Salford and eight other municipalities, it forms the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, in which some three million people now live.

 

Like Liverpool, Manchester has undergone something of a renaissance with the introduction of initiatives such as the Castlefield project, with its museum complex on Liverpool Road. The extension of the city’s entertainment and sports facilities has also considerably enhanced its appeal for tourists. Notable examples include the excellent Opera House, with its roster of theatrical and music performances, and the thrilling Chill Factor, Britain’s longest and widest indoor ski slope. It has also become a favorite for shoppers with an enormous range of retail opportunities, including the elegant shops of St. Anne’s Square, King Street, and the Royal Exchange, as well as the large covered market halls of Bolton Arcade, 

 

Top places to visit when in Manchester are 

 

1 Castlefield which is the  “Urban Heritage Park,” Castlefield is an excellent place to begin exploring Manchester, and a walk among the lovingly restored Victorian houses along the old canals or through the reconstructed Roman Fort is time well spent. Be sure to explore the Bridgewater Canal, constructed in 1761 to transport coal from the mines at Worsley to Manchester, and the many old warehouses that have been restored and turned into offices, shops, hotels, and restaurants. A trip on one of the Bridgewater tour boats is highly recommended

 

Other interesting tourist attractions include the Castlefield Art Gallery, with its exhibitions of contemporary art, and Bridgewater Hall, home to the Hallé Orchestra and first-class concerts. The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is on the site of the world’s oldest railroad station. Its 12 galleries include the Power Hall, with water and steam-driven machines from the golden age of the textile industry, as well as vintage made-in-Manchester cars, including a rare 1904 Rolls Royce. The history of the city from Roman times through the Industrial Revolution to the present day is documented in the Station Building. The Air and Space Gallery is another must-see and is home to numerous historic aircraft, including a replica of Triplane 1 by A. V. Roe, the first British plane to successfully fly.

 

Also worth visiting for its collections of fighting vehicles and aircraft is Imperial War Museum North. Highlights include audiovisual presentations and exhibits dealing with the history of warfare and its role in shaping civilization, as well as large machines such as tanks, aircraft, artillery, and handheld weaponry.

 

Manchester Cathedral dates mostly from 1422 to 1506 and was raised to cathedral status in 1847. Particularly attractive are its chapels on both sides of the nave and choir, built between 1486 and 1508 with further additions and alterations in almost every subsequent century. Particularly notable are the choir stalls, with some of the most richly decorated miser cords in the country. St. John’s Chapel is the chapel of the Manchester Regiment, and the little Lady Chapel has a wooden screen dating from 1440. The octagonal chapterhouse, built in 1465, has murals that include a figure of Christ in modern dress.

 

Another religious site worth visiting is St. Mary’s Catholic Church, built in 1794 and also known locally as “The Hidden Gem.” Don’t let the structure’s rather plain exterior stop you from popping in for a look inside, where you’ll find numerous fine Victorian carvings. Highlights include the marble high altar, statues of saints, and a unique Expressionist-style stations of the cross, going for a guided tour of Manchester is highly recommended

 

Furthermore, the National Football Museum is home to two of Europe’s top football teams – Man City and Man United – Manchester is a great place to pay homage to the country’s favorite sport. First stop should be the National Football Museum. This football shrine features fascinating memorabilia related to the sport, including such gems as the very first rulebook, as well as historic trophies and clothing. A variety of great short movies show the history of the sport, while fun hands-on (and feet-on, for that matter) displays provide plenty of additional entertainment for youngsters.

 

It’s also worth paying a visit to one (or both) of the Manchester teams’ home stadiums. Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium offers a variety of fun tour options, including behind-the-scenes and deluxe dinner tours, while Old Trafford – home to Manchester United – offers guided tours that allow access to private boxes and the chance to tread the field itself.

 

Chetham’s Hospital, just north of Manchester Cathedral, dates in part to 1422. Originally a residence for priests, it’s now home to a music school and Chetham Library, one of the oldest public libraries in England. In continuous use since 1653, the library has more than 100,000 books, more than half of them printed before 1850. Chetham’s is also famous as the meeting place of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels during Marx’s visit to Manchester.

 

Other libraries of note are the Manchester Central Library next door to the Town Hall, and the Portico Library, which houses the literary collection of Dalton and Joule, founders of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. The Victorian John Rylands Library, now part of Manchester University, is also worth seeing for its many special collections, including medieval texts, a Gutenberg Bible, and collection of early printing by William Caxton.

  

The Manchester Art Gallery possesses one of the largest art collections in Britain outside of London. The gallery includes works by the pre-Raphaelites; Flemish masters of the 17th century; French impressionists, including Gauguin, Manet, and Monet; and German artists such as Max Ernst. There are also pieces from well-known English artists, including Stubbs, Constable, and Turner, while the sculpture collection includes works by Rodin, Maillol, Jacob Epstein, and Henry Moore.

 

For more arts and culture tourist attractions, check out Manchester’s international center for contemporary visual arts and independent film, located at 70 Oxford Street.

 

The history of Manchester encompasses its change from a minor Lancastrian township into the pre-eminent industrial metropolis of the United Kingdom and the world. 

 

 Manchester began expanding “at an astonishing rate” around the turn of the 19th century as part of a process of unplanned urbanization brought on by a boom in textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. 

 

The transformation took little more than a century.

Having evolved from a Roman cast rum in Celtic Britain, in the Victorian era Manchester and London had major innings on this as well but started build on the coastal region of the country was the site of one of the world’s first passenger railway station and many scientific achievements of great importance.   

 

 

Manchester also led the political and economic reform of 19th century Britain as the vanguard of free trade.

 

The mid-20th century saw a decline in Manchester’s industrial importance, prompting a depression in social and economic conditions. Subsequent investment, gentrification and rebranding from the 1990s onwards changed its fortunes and reinvigorated Manchester as a post-industrial city with multiple sporting, broadcasting and educational institutions. 

 

There are so many landmarks to see, encounter and experience when in Manchester, for the City is one that has evolved and has a very rich culture. 

 

Manchester is Britain’s new cultural capital. The city may have been built on the heavy industry of the Industrial Revolution but since the 2002 Commonwealth Games, it has re-invented itself as a world capital of the arts. 

 

The Culture of Manchester is notable artistically, architecturally, theatrically and musically, though being the 5th largest city in the United Kingdom by population

 

As a commercial and cultural capital of Lancashire, Manchester is a celebrated center for the arts, media, and higher education. It has a vast array of social centres, pubs, restaurants . There are several reasons I would recommend Manchester as a City to visit and explore all the wonders it offers, such as 

 

It has the most intriguing art gallery, It’s has the country’s top arts centre, It hosts the most dynamic festivals, It’s home to some of the best libraries, It has the coolest music scene, It’s one of the best places for urban living, It celebrates industrial heritage, It has some fantastic places to stay , It’s about to get some serious investment,  It’s home to boundary-pushing chefs that have exciting Menus from which one can choose such as Yetti’s Kitchen  at 299 Liverpool road, m300qn Manchester, United Kingdom  which is rated 4.6 based on 2 reviews “Speedy delivery, friendly service the kind of atmosphere that relaxes one and caterers to every kind if occasion from birthdays , weddings, bar mitzvah, home warming, child dedications, work or corporate events, hen and stag events and many more.  

 

Yetti’s Kitchen brings the people together, plans out all the logistics of food and waiting services required, with amazing and well cooked food. Both at the restaurant and at events their Catering services have been contracted for. 

 

The versatility of the Menu and Employees of the Restaurant is second to none, customer friendly, quick service, vast palate variety and the essence of Love felt throughout your experience at the Restaurant from the moment you step in till you have eaten and encountered the full ambiance of the restaurant to your heart’s content that invariably you become a regular customer. I would definitely place high stakes on you passing by there on your next visit to Manchester City.

 

“Amazing and well cooked food”.
“5 Star rating from me and now a regular customer”