Most walks, £8.

Shortlisted for the

Manchester TourismAwards

Celebrating Manchesterand its history

New Manchester Walks is an official walks, talks and tours outfit of professionally-trained and qualified Blue Badge and Green Badge guides (plus celebrity guests) with decades of experience in the tourism business in Manchester, Liverpool, London and around the world.

Town Hall tours must be booked through eventbrite. The canal cruise must be booked through www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500.

Most walks cost £8. Where possible please book on eventbrite. This really helps us with admin and preparation. Walks tend to last up to two hours. Canal walks are usually longer.

The leaflet has been compiled by Ed Glinert, long-established Manchester, Liverpool and London journalist and tour guide, and Penguin author.

Many of our tours are picture led. It all adds to the experience.

Most city walks are wheelchair accessible. Canal walks not so.

Book an exhilarating and expertly entertaining tour for your group, club, works outfit, society.

• Panoramic Manchester• The Beatles’ Liverpool • Coronation Street locations• Wild and Wuthering Yorkshire• The Charms and Treasures of Cheshire

HISTORIC MANCHESTER WATERWAYS CRUISE

Sun 5 Nov (£18), Sat 16 Dec (£24) Includes mulled wine and mince pie.Sat 10 Feb (£18)Sat 17 Mar (£18)

Join us for a journey along the Bridgewater Canal, River Irwell and Manchester Ship Canal. Hear stories of the first industrial waterway, Salford’s “Dirty Old Town”, Britain’s greatest inland docks and the last grand hurrah of Victorian engineering and enterprise, the Manchester Ship Canal, as we pass the Lowry Arts Centre, Imperial War Museum North, and the BBC and ITV studios – home of the new Coronation Street set.

Booking essential through Quay Tickets: www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500. The cruise departs from the water by the Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4JR. Cost: £18.

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COACH TRIPS

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Book a speaker for a talk on all aspects of Manchester or London history: architecture, Marx & Engels in Manchester, the Town Hall Murals, Jack the Ripper, L. S. Lowry, Peterloo, the Pankhursts, royal scandal down the ages... We do talks at the Portico Library, Gorton Monastery, Central Library, the St James’s Club and at a variety of hired venues. Contact Ed Glinert or Sue Grimditch at New Manchester Walks for more details.

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Adolphe ValetteAirport Alan TuringAncoatsAngel MeadowAnthony BurgessArchitectureArt Treasures Ashton CanalBeautiful BuildingsBrontesCanal Cruise CanalsCastlefield Charles DickensCentral LibraryCoronation StreetCottonCrimeDark Side of LiverpoolDark Side of Manchester Elizabeth GaskellFame Is The SpurFenian HangingsGeorgian Liverpool Great WarHacienda YearsHidden Gems Hidden Rivers Hitler’s Plans for Manchester HotelsInventionsJeremy Corbyn’s Manchester Jewish Manchester John DaltonJohn Rylands LibraryJoy Division KnutsfordL. S. LowryLiterary 1st Editions and RaritiesLiterary Manchester Coach Tour

Literary Manchester Grand TourLittle IrelandLiverpool in 12 SongsLong Good FridayMacclesfieldManchester By MoonlightManchester in 12 SongsManchester UnitedMarx & Engels Mediaeval Manchester Midland HotelMusic Bus TourMusic: the Hacienda YearsNorthern QuarterPankhurstsPeterloo MassacrePoetryPolitics & PovertyPre-Raphaelite WomenPre-RaphaelitesRadical ManchesterRailwaysReligious ShrinesRoman Manchester Royal ExchangeRussian Manchester Salford QuaysScienceSecret History of Manchester Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n’ RollSlaverySmithsSouthern CemeteryStrangewaysTed HughesThe Manchester ManThomas de QuinceyVictoria ParkVictorian Art & ArchitectureWilliam Shakespeare Women

OUR TOURS THIS SEASON

Sun 1 THE SECRET HISTORY OF MANCHESTER What they’d rather you didn’t know. Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sun 1 ADOLPHE VALETTE – AN IMPRESSION OF MANCHESTER Meet Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 4pm.

Sun 1 MANCHESTER MUSIC – THE HACIENDA YEARS Meet HOME arts centre, 2pm.

Thu 5 THE CASTLEFIELD EXPLORER The unknown jewel revealed. Meet MOSI. Lower Byrom Street, 1.30pm.

Fri 6 THESE ARE THE GREAT ART TREASURES OF MANCHESTER Deposition from the Cross, Autumn Leaves, Work, Adoration of the Golden Calf, the Stations of the Cross. Meet St Ann’s Church, 11am.

Sat 7 Literature Festival Tours LITERARY MANCHESTER COACH TOUR A road trip around Manchester in honour of Love On the Dole, Fame is the Spur, Hard Times, Don Juan, The Masque of Anarchy, Salome Malone and plenty of Anthony Burgess in his centenary year. Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 10.30am. This must be booked through eventbrite.

Sun 8 !NEW! MANCHESTER MUSIC TOUR BY BUS On the road to see Manchester’s legendary music landmarks (with music accompaniment). Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 11am. Please book through eventbrite.

Sun 8 THE MIDLAND HOTEL – THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TOURS Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. For the tour, meet at the hotel entrance. Please book with eventbrite.

Tue 10 THE PANKHURSTS/SUFFRAGETTE CITY This day in 1903 Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union. Find out why and what happened next. Meet St Ann’s Church, 2pm.

Wed 11 JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY & THE ROYAL EXCHANGE Two magnificent buildings linked by one man and one venture. Meet St Ann’s Church, 11am.

Thu 12 Literature Festival Tours ELIZABETH GASKELL’S MANCHESTER Meet St Ann’s Church, 10.30am.

Thu 12 ADOLPHE VALETTE, THE MANCHESTER MONET Meet Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 1.30pm.

Fri 13 !NEW! THESE ARE MANCHESTER’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS From our stock of expert architecture tours. Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm.

Fri 13 THE AWESOME ANCOATS PUB WALK Meet Band on the Wall, Swan Street, 5.30pm.

Sat 14 Literature Festival Tours CHARLES DICKENS’S MANCHESTER – HARD TIMES Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sat 14 Literature Festival Tours THOMAS DE QUINCEY’S MANCHESTER On the trail of the opium-eater. Meet St Ann’s Church, 2pm.

Sun 15 ENGELS & MARX DAY. WALKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!

ENGELS & MARX, PART 1: THE FROCK-COATED COMMUNISTS Meet at the Engels statue outside the HOME arts centre, 10.45am.

ENGELS & MARX, PART 2: THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN MANCHESTER Meet St Ann’s Church, 1pm.

Tue 17 Literature Festival Tours ANTHONY BURGESS’S MANCHESTER The future’s clockwork; the future’s orange. Meet St Ann’s Church, 10.45am.

Tue 17 Literature Festival Tours LITERARY 1ST EDITIONS AND RARITIES The rarely seen treasures of Chetham’s, Rylands, Central Library and the Portico. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 1.30pm.

Wed 18 MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, CHETHAM’S AND THE LOST LEGENDS OF MEDIAEVAL MANCHESTER Bonnie Prince Charlie’s bed, the hanging of Catholic priests, the violence of the Civil War, the Salford Bridge dungeon and the original Rovers Return. Meet Shudehill Metrolink Station, 11am.

Wed 18 HOW MANCHESTER LED THE FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY (On International Anti-Slavery Day). Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 2pm.

Thu 19 THE BIRTH OF COOL Manchester’s stylish modern architecture. Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm.

Sat 21 !NEW! Literature Festival Tours TED HUGHES COUNTRY – HILLS, HYMNS, HEBDEN BRIDGE AND HEPTONSTALL. Meet Mytholmroyd station, 12.30pm.

Sun 22 Literature Festival Tours ON THE TRAIL OF THE BRONTES Meet Haworth Steam Railway Station, 1pm.

Wed 25 Science Festival Walks MANCHESTER: PUSHING BACK THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE Atoms, computers, Graphene. Meet Art Gallery, 11am.

Wed 25 MANCHESTER’S GLORIOUS VICTORIAN ART & ARCHITECTURE Meet Midland Hotel, Peter Street, 2.30pm.

Sat 28 Science Festival Walks ALAN TURING’S MANCHESTER Meet Manchester Museum reception, 11am.

Sat 28 Science Festival Walks JOHN DALTON’S MANCHESTER Meet Art Gallery, 2pm.

Sun 29 THE MACCLESFIELD EXPLORER – BEYOND THE SILK ROAD. Meet Macclesfield railway station, 10.30am. Ends at the Treacle Market.

Sun 29 JOY DIVISION’S MACCLESFIELD For Stephen Morris’s 60th birthday. Meet Macclesfield railway station, 1.30pm.

Sun 29 Science Festival Walks MANCHESTER: WHERE THE RAILWAYS WERE INVENTED Meet Midland Hotel, 11am.

Sun 29 Science Festival Walks 10 MANCHESTER INVENTIONS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD Meet entrance, Beetham Tower. 2pm.

Mon 30 !NEW! CASTLEFIELD EERILY IN THE DARK, PRE-HALLOWEE’EN Romans, Ruins and Rail-roaders. Meet Beetham Tower entrance, 5.30pm.

Tue 31 !NEW! MANCHESTER’S RELIGIOUS SHRINES Exactly 500 years since Martin Luther rocked the Catholic church. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 11am.

Tue 31 !NEW! ANGEL MEADOW IN THE DARK – DEATH, DECAY, DEAD SOULS AND DEVILMENT... ON HALLOWE’EN Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 5.30pm.

October October

LITERATUREFESTIVAL MONTH

Thu 2 JEWISH MANCHESTER DAY Exactly 100 years since the Balfour Declaration rocked the Middle East.

JEWISH MANCHESTER – BUILDING THE NEW JERUSALEM Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

EXPLORING THE OLD JEWISH GHETTO Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 1.30pm.

Thu 2 RADICAL MANCHESTER Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 1.30pm.

Thu 2 MANCHESTER BY MOONLIGHT Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 7pm.

Fri 3 THE HIDDEN GEMS OF MANCHESTER Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sat 4 AIRPORT! Watch the A380 Airbus depart. Meet Manchester Airport railway station barrier, 11am.

Sat 4 !NEW! JEREMY CORBYN’S MANCHESTER A walk for the many, not the few. Led by “Red” Ed Glinert. Meet Central Library, St Peter’s Square, 11am.

Sat 4 THE PETERLOO MASSACRE – 200 YEARS ON Meet Central Library, St Peter’s Square, 2pm.

Sun 5 HISTORIC MANCHESTER WATERWAYS CRUISE Join us for a journey along the Bridgewater canal, River Irwell and Manchester Ship Canal with historical commentary. Meet Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road, 11am. £18. Please book with www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500.

Sun 5 MANCHESTER IN 12 SONGS The sound of the city, courtesy of the Smiths, John Cooper Clarke, Hollies, Oasis, Happy Mondays... Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm.

Mon 6 JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY & THE ROYAL EXCHANGE Two magnificent buildings linked by one man and one venture. Meet St Ann’s church, 12 noon.

Tue 7 RUSSIAN MANCHESTER – FROM RED SQUARE TO ALBERT SQUARE Exactly 100 years since the Bolshevik Revolution. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 11am.

Thu 9 !NEW! Literary Manchester MANCHESTER & THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH POETRY Don Juan, The Masque of Anarchy, The Lady of Shalott, In Memoriam, Astarte Syriaca... Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Thu 9 !NEW! Literary Manchester WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S MANCHESTER What is the city but the people? (Coriolanus). Meet entrance, John Rylands Library, 2pm. Ends with a look at a First Folio.

Fri 10 CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPLORED AND EXPLAINED A chance to see the rarities and 1st editions. Meet outside the library, 11am.

Fri 10 WALK WITH THE HEROES – MANCHESTER & THE GREAT WAR 100 years since the third Battle of Ypres. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 1.30pm.

Sat 11 ANCOATS DAY

THE ANCOATS EXPLORER Meet Band on the Wall, Swan Street, 11am.

NEW ISLINGTON – THE OTHER SIDE OF ANCOATS Meet New Islington Metrolink stop, 1.30pm.

Sun 12 MANCHESTER MUSIC TOUR BY BUS On the road to see Manchester’s legendary music landmarks (with music accompaniment). Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 11am. This must be booked through eventbrite.

Thu 16 L. S. LOWRY’S MANCHESTER Meet Manchester Art Gallery, 1.30pm.

Fri 17 MANCHESTER’S COLLECTION OF PRE-RAPHAELITE MASTERPIECES – EXPLAINED, EXPLORED, EXTOLLED Meet Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 1.30pm.

Sat 18 !NEW! ASHTON CANAL TREK From the city centre to the Portland Basin along the canal with a break at the Velodrome. Meet Malmaison, 3 Piccadilly, 10.30am.

Sun 19 SOUTHERN CEMETERY The final resting place of L. S. Lowry, Matt Busby, Tony Wilson, John Rylands... and the forgotten victim of the Munich Air Disaster. Meet at the Cemetery Gates, Barlow Moor Road, 11am.

Sun 19 THE MIDLAND HOTEL – THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TOURS Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. Please book with eventbrite. For the tour, meet at the hotel entrance.

Wed 22 THE DARK SIDE OF LIVERPOOL Slavery, pirates, assassination, the Militant Tendency, Bill Drummond’s nonsense, that there Titanic and some really nasty stuff. Meet at the Ken Dodd statue, Lime Street station, 12 noon.

Thu 23 THE FENIAN HANGINGS OF 23 NOVEMBER 1867 The dramatic events, 150 years on. Meet Craft Centre, 17 Oak Street, Northern Quarter, 11am.

Thu 23 POLITICS AND POVERTY Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm.

Sat 25 ENGELS & MARX DAY Walkers of the World Unite! (Friedrich Engels birthday celebrations)

ENGELS & MARX, PART 1: THE FROCK-COATED COMMUNISTS Meet at the Engels statue outside the HOME arts centre, 10.45am.

ENGELS & MARX, PART 2: THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN MANCHESTER Meet St Ann’s Church, 1pm.

Sun 26 THE PANKHURSTS OF MANCHESTER Exactly 150 years since women “illegally” voted. Meet St Ann’s Church, 11am.

Sun 26 THE EXHILARATING, ELATING, ECCENTRIC NORTHERN QUARTER Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm.

Sun 26 EXPLORING THE CANALS OF MANCHESTER (WEST TO CASTLEFIELD) Meet Malmaison Hotel, No. 3 Piccadilly, 2pm.

Thu 30 FORMIDABLE WOMEN Meet Manchester Art Gallery, 1.30pm.

Thu 30 MANCHESTER BY MOONLIGHT Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 7pm.

November November

Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia – The Pankhursts

Fri 1 MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, CHETHAM’S AND THE LOST LEGENDS OF MEDIAEVAL MANCHESTER Bonnie Prince Charlie’s bed, the hanging of Catholic priests, the violence of the Civil War, the Salford Bridge dungeon and the original Rovers Return. Meet Shudehill Metrolink Station, 10.30am.

Sat 2 SS GB MANCHESTER Hitler’s Plans for the city. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 11am.

Sat 2 THE SMITHS’ MANCHESTER Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm.

Sun 3 THE SECRET HISTORY OF MANCHESTER What they’d rather you didn’t know. Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sun 3 THE MIDLAND HOTEL – THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TOURS Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. Please book with eventbrite. For the tour, meet at the hotel entrance.

Tue 5 JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY & THE ROYAL EXCHANGE Two magnificent buildings linked by one man and one venture. Meet St Ann’s church, 11am.

Wed 6 THESE ARE THE GREAT ART TREASURES OF MANCHESTER The Deposition from the Cross, Autumn Leaves, Work, Adoration of the Golden Calf, the Stations of the Cross. Meet St Ann’s Church, 11am.

Fri 8 CORONATION STREET LOCATIONS BY TRAM An all-day extravaganza on the anniversary of the first episode, visiting Richard Hillman’s watery grave, the Weatherfield Register Office, the site of the original Rovers Return, Granadaland, Cropper Corner and more. Meet Ashton-under-Lyne Metrolink stop, 10.30am. £12. Ends at Fiz’s restaurant. Please book with eventbrite (and buy an all-day tram and bus ticket).

Sat 9 THE DARK SIDE OF MANCHESTER The Moors Murders, Jimmy Savile, fascists, Nazis and some really bad stuff. Meet St Ann’s Church, 11am.

Sat 9 ANGEL MEADOW – VICTORIAN HELL-HOLE Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 2pm.

Sun 10 MANCHESTER MUSIC TOUR BY BUS On the road to see Manchester’s legendary music landmarks (with music accompaniment). Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 11am. This must be booked through eventbrite.

Thu 14 THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW Crime and punishment, Manchester style. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 1.30pm.

Fri 15 CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPLORED AND EXPLAINED A chance to see the rarities and 1st editions. Meet outside the library, 2pm.

Sat 16 HISTORIC MANCHESTER WATERWAYS CHRISTMAS CRUISE Join us for a journey along the Bridgewater canal, River Irwell and Manchester Ship Canal with historical commentary. Meet Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road, 11am. £24 includes mulled wine and mince pie. Please book with www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500.

Sat 6 SOUTHERN CEMETERY The final resting place of L. S. Lowry, Matt Busby, Tony Wilson, John Rylands... and the forgotten victim of the Munich Air Disaster. Meet at the Cemetery Gates, Barlow Moor Road, 11am.

Sat 6 MANCHESTER MUSIC – THE HACIENDA YEARS Meet HOME arts centre, 2pm.

Sun 7 THE PANKHURSTS OF MANCHESTER Meet St Ann’s Church, 1pm.

Sun 7 THE MIDLAND HOTEL – THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TOURS Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. Please book with eventbrite. For the tour, meet at the hotel entrance.

Tue 9 THE MANCHESTER THAT L. S. LOWRY PAINTED Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Tue 9 COTTON – THE SATANIC MILLS, THE EXQUISITE PALACES, THE RUTHLESS MERCHANTS Meet Engels statue, HOME arts centre, 1.30pm.

Thu 11 !NEW! TEN THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT CASTLEFIELD Meet entrance, Beetham Tower, 11am.

Thu 11 MANCHESTER’S COLLECTION OF PRE-RAPHAELITE MASTERPIECES – EXPLAINED, EXPLORED, EXTOLLED Meet Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 2pm.

Sat 13 THESE ARE MANCHESTER’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS From our stock of eye-opening architecture tours. Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sat 13 STRANGEWAYS The dodgy prison, the old Jewish ghetto, the edgy streets … Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 2pm.

Sun 14 MANCHESTER MUSIC TOUR BY BUS On the road to see Manchester’s legendary music landmarks (with music accompaniment). Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 11am. This must be booked through eventbrite.

Tue 16 MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, CHETHAM’S AND THE LOST LEGENDS OF MEDIAEVAL MANCHESTER Bonnie Prince Charlie’s bed, the hanging of Catholic priests, the violence of the Civil War, the Salford Bridge dungeon and the original Rovers Return. Meet Shudehill Metrolink Station, 10.30am.

Tue 16 THE HIDDEN GEMS OF MANCHESTER Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm.

Thu 18 MANCHESTER’S GLORIOUS VICTORIAN ART & ARCHITECTURE Meet Midland Hotel, Peter Street, 11am.

Thu 18 !NEW! Literary Manchester ON THE LITERARY TRAIL OF THE MANCHESTER MAN Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 2pm.

Wed 24 THE GRAND HOTELS OF MANCHESTER Meet the bell boy with the brown windsor soup at the Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Wed 24 VICTORIA PARK IN THE WINTER Manchester’s idyllic model village in the crisp, clear, winter half-light. Meet Whitworth Art Gallery, 2pm.

Thu 25 !NEW! Literary Manchester FAME IS THE SPUR – THE MANCHESTER OF HOWARD SPRING Meet Central Library, St Peter’s Square, 1.30pm.

Thu 25 ANGEL MEADOW IN THE DARK – DEATH, DECAY, DEAD SOULS AND DEVILMENT Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 5.30pm.

December January 2018

Tue 27 THESE ARE THE GREAT ART TREASURES OF MANCHESTER The Deposition from the Cross, Autumn Leaves, Work, Adoration of the Golden Calf, the Stations of the Cross. Meet St Ann’s Church, 1.30pm.

Wed 28 JEWISH MANCHESTER DAY (FOR PURIM)

JEWISH MANCHESTER – BUILDING THE NEW JERUSALEM Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

EXPLORING THE OLD JEWISH GHETTO Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 1.30pm.

Sat 3 THESE ARE MANCHESTER’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS (Expert architecture tours). Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sat 3 THE PETERLOO MASSACRE – 200 YEARS ON Meet Central Library, St Peter’s Square, 2pm.

Sun 4 SEX & DRUGS & ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sun 4 THE MIDLAND HOTEL – THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TOURS Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. Please book with eventbrite. For the tour, meet at the hotel entrance.

Fri 9 CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPLORED AND EXPLAINED Meet outside the library, 2pm.

Sat 10 AIRPORT! Watch the A380 Airbus depart. Meet Manchester Airport railway station barrier, 11am.

Sat 10 HISTORIC MANCHESTER WATERWAYS CRUISE Join us for a journey along the Bridgewater canal, River Irwell and Manchester Ship Canal with historical commentary. Meet Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road, 11am. £18. Please book with www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500.

Thu 22 THE NORTHERN QUARTER – BOHO MANCHESTER Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm.

Sat 24 !NEW! THE STORY OF MANCHESTER UNITED How United became the world’s most famous football club. Meet National Football Museum, 11am.

Sat 24 MANCHESTER IN 12 SONGS The sound of the city, courtesy of the Smiths, John Cooper Clarke, Hollies, Oasis, Happy Mondays... Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm.

Sun 25 SOUTHERN CEMETERY The final resting place of L. S. Lowry, Matt Busby, Tony Wilson, John Rylands... and the forgotten victim of the Munich Air Disaster. Meet at the Cemetery Gates, Barlow Moor Road, 11am.

Sun 25 THE LOST RIVERS OF MANCHESTER Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 2pm.

Tue 27 JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY & THE ROYAL EXCHANGE Two magnificent buildings linked by one man and one venture. Meet St Ann’s church, 11am.

Thu 1 POLITICS AND POVERTY Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm.

Thu 1 CASTLEFIELD, EERILY IN THE DARK Romans, Ruins and Rail-roaders. Meet Beetham Tower entrance, 5.30pm.

Fri 2 GREAT ESCAPES KNUTSFORD IN THE SPRING The North’s most beautiful village. Meet Knutsford station, 12.15pm.

Sun 4 ENGELS & MARX DAY Walkers of the World Unite!

ENGELS & MARX, PART 1: THE FROCK-COATED COMMUNISTS Meet at the Engels statue outside the HOME arts centre, 10.45am.

ENGELS & MARX, PART 2: THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN MANCHESTER Meet St Ann’s Church, 1pm.

Sun 4 THE MIDLAND HOTEL – THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TOURS Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. Please book with eventbrite. For the tour, meet at the hotel entrance.

Thu 8 CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPLORED AND EXPLAINED Meet outside the library, 1.30pm.

Fri 9 MANCHESTER’S FORMIDABLE WOMEN Meet Midland Hotel, 2pm. In association with Wonder Women week.

Fri 9 THE SECRET HISTORY OF MANCHESTER What they’d rather you didn’t know. Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 5.30pm.

Sat 10 !NEW! THE PRE-RAPHAELITE WOMEN AT MANCHESTER ART GALLERY Meet Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 11am. In association with Wonder Women week.

Sat 10 THE PANKHURSTS OF MANCHESTER Meet St Ann’s Church, 2pm. In association with Wonder Women week.

Sun 11 MANCHESTER MUSIC TOUR BY BUS On the road to see Manchester’s legendary music landmarks (with music accompaniment). Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 11am. This must be booked through eventbrite.

Thu 15 ADOLPHE VALETTE, THE MANCHESTER MONET Meet Art Gallery, Mosley Street, 1.30pm.

Thu 15 ANGEL MEADOW IN THE DARK – DEATH, DECAY, DEAD SOULS AND DEVILMENT Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 5.30pm.

Fri 16 THE HIDDEN GEMS OF MANCHESTER Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sat 17 HISTORIC MANCHESTER WATERWAYS CRUISE Join us for a journey along the Bridgewater canal, River Irwell and Manchester Ship Canal with historical commentary. Meet Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road, 11am. £18. Please book with www.quaytickets.com, 0843 208 0500.

Sat 17 THE LITTLE IRELAND EXPLORER (ON ST PATRICK’S DAY) Meet Engels statue, HOME arts centre, 11am.

Sat 17 ROMAN MANCHESTER What did the Romans ever do for us? Well they... Meet entrance, Beetham Tower, 2pm.

Sun 18 LIVERPOOL IN 12 SONGS The soundtrack to the beat city. From ‘Wondrous Place’ to ‘Two Tribes’. Meet entrance, Anglican Cathedral, 11am.

Sun 18 THE GRAND, GLORIOUS, GEORGIAN LIVERPOOL PUB TOUR The Phil, the Cracke, the Belvedere. Meet Ken Dodd statue, Lime Street station, 2.30pm.

February March

John Everett Millais, Autumn Leaves, 1855–56

Sun 18 EXPLORING THE CANALS OF MANCHESTER (EAST TO SPORTCITY) Meet Malmaison Hotel, No. 3 Piccadilly, 2pm.

Wed 21 THESE ARE MANCHESTER’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS From our stock of expert architecture tours. Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm.

Thu 22 LITERARY MANCHESTER THE GRAND TOUR Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm.

Fri 23 THE HEATON PARK EXPLORER Meet Victoria station wallmap, 11am.

Sat 24 ANCOATS DAY

THE ANCOATS EXPLORER Meet Band on the Wall, Swan Street, 11am.

NEW ISLINGTON – THE OTHER SIDE OF ANCOATS Meet New Islington Metrolink stop, 1.30pm.

Sun 25 Literary Manchester ON THE TRAIL OF THE BRONTES Meet Haworth Steam Railway Station, 1pm.

Fri 30 Good Friday MANCHESTER’S RELIGIOUS SHRINES Divinely approved for Good Friday. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 11am.

Fri 30 Good Friday MANCHESTER MUSIC – THE HACIENDA YEARS Meet HOME arts centre, 2pm.

Fri 30 THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY PUB TOUR “Have It!” Meet Malmaison Hotel, 6pm.

Sat 31 Easter Saturday HOW THE PORT OF MANCHESTER BECAME SALFORD QUAYS AND MEDIA CITY Meet Salford Quays Metrolink stop, 11am.

Sat 31 Easter Saturday THE SMITHS’ MANCHESTER Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 2.30pm.

Sun 1 Easter Sunday ALAN TURING’S MANCHESTER In honour of the tortured genius of the computer age. Meet Manchester Museum reception, 11am.

Sun 1 Easter Sunday THE MIDLAND HOTEL – THE ROLLS ROYCE OF TOURS Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. Please book with eventbrite. For the tour, meet at the hotel entrance.

Mon 2 Easter Monday THE PETERLOO MASSACRE – 200 YEARS ON Meet Central Library, St Peter’s Square, 11am.

March

April

MANCHESTER HIGHLIGHTS Every Saturday at 2pm from the Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens

Our professional, qualified guide will take you around the main sights, the key sites and tell you the best stories, uncovering the greatest glories of the capital of the North.

Starting in Piccadilly Gardens and finishing in Albert Square, we will visit the most important buildings and most interesting locations including Chinatown, the Art Gallery, Central Library, the

Midland Hotel, the Free Trade Hall, the Abraham Lincoln statue and Manchester Town Hall.

New to the city or just looking to be refreshed at parts you have reached before, this is the ideal walk, a taster, a teaser, a trip through town on a timeless tourist trail. It’s a best of everything, taking in the old and the new, the ancient and the artful, the glamorous and the glorious.

Left: The Stations of the Cross inside the Hidden Gem churchRight: The Chinese Imperial Arch in Faulkner Street

THE MIDLAND HOTEL The Rolls Royce of Tours

The Midland is Manchester’s most famous hotel, built on the site of the house from where the magistrates sent the troops into the Peterloo Massacre and the concert hall where Chopin was booed.

– It’s where Rolls is believed to have met Royce.

– It’s where Churchill scoffed 16 oysters and a bottle of champagne – and that was before dinner.

– It’s where Hitler avoided bombing so

Sun 8 October, Sun 19 November, Sun 3 December, Sun 7 January, Sun 4 February, Sun 4 March, Sun 1 April (Easter Sunday) Tea and tour, 2.30pm. Tour only 4pm. For tour, meet at the hotel entrance. Please book with eventbrite.

that it could be the Nazis’ north-west home once they had invaded.

– It’s where George Harrison was refused admission because he wasn’t wearing a tie.

– It’s where the great and good – Derek Jacobi, Princess Anne, Martin O’Neill, Nigel Havers, Van Morrison, Ed Miliband (!), Dave – stay when they come to Manchester.

Hear the history, soak in the sleek style and lounge in its luxurious locations. What a great way of spending two hours or so!

MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Not just in October, but all year round! Tours devised by Penguin author Ed Glinert.

OctoberSat 7 LITERARY MANCHESTER COACH TOUR A road trip around Manchester in

honour of Love On the Dole, Fame is the Spur, Hard Times, Don Juan, The Masque of Anarchy, Salome Malone and plenty of Anthony Burgess in his centenary year. Meet coach stop, Albert Square, 10.30am. This must be booked through eventbrite.

Thu 12 ELIZABETH GASKELL’S MANCHESTER Meet St Ann’s Church, 10.30am.

Sat 14 CHARLES DICKENS’S MANCHESTER – HARD TIMES Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Sat 14 THOMAS DE QUINCEY’S MANCHESTER On the trail of the opium-eater. Meet St Ann’s Church, 2pm.

Tue 17 ANTHONY BURGESS’S MANCHESTER The future’s clockwork; the future’s orange. Meet St Ann’s Church, 10.45am.

Tue 17 LITERARY 1ST EDITIONS AND RARITIES The rarely seen treasures of Chetham’s, Rylands, Central Library and the Portico. Meet Victoria Station wallmap, 1.30pm.

Sat 21 TED HUGHES COUNTRY – HILLS, HYMNS, HEBDEN BRIDGE AND HEPTONSTALL Meet Mytholmroyd station, 12.30pm.

Sun 22 ON THE TRAIL OF THE BRONTES Meet Haworth Steam Railway Station, 1pm.

NovemberThu 9 MANCHESTER & THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH POETRY Don Juan, The

Masque of Anarchy, The Lady of Shalott, In Memoriam, Astarte Syriaca... Meet Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 11am.

Thu 9 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S MANCHESTER What is the city but the people? (Coriolanus). Meet entrance, John Rylands Library, 2pm. Ends with a look at a First Folio.

JanuaryThu 18 ON THE LITERARY TRAIL OF THE MANCHESTER MAN Meet Victoria

Station wallmap, 2pm.

Thu 25 FAME IS THE SPUR – THE MANCHESTER OF HOWARD SPRING Meet Central Library, St Peter’s Square, 1.30pm.

MarchThu 22 LITERARY MANCHESTER: THE GRAND TOUR Meet Visitor Centre,

Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm.

Sun 25 ON THE TRAIL OF THE BRONTES Meet Haworth Steam Railway Station,1pm.

MUSIC BUS TOUR Sun 8 Oct, Sun 12 Nov, Sun 10 Dec, Sun 14 Jan, Sun 11 MarAll at 11am. Bus leaves from the coach stop on Albert Square and lasts about three hours. Please book through eventbrite.

You’ve heard the songs, seen the groups, played the records... now visit the sights and hear the stories where Manchester music history was made on a music bus tour devised by Ed Glinert, official Manchester guide and legendary music historian, co-author of the Fodor’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Traveller series and former Mojo production editor.

We will head “through the city limits” to the legendary shrines, the famous sights, the celebrated sites and hear those great sounds as we hit the road.