Manchester’s Rebirth and Renewal: A Self Guided Audio Tour
ID: GYG507485-890962
Category:
Country: United Kingdom
Duration:
01:15 hours
Description
Glimpse the booming city's future on a self-guided walking tour around its industrial past explore, learn and fall in love with the city’s rebirth and renewal.
Journey into Manchester’s recent past and see how the city has rebuilt itself, sometimes literally, from the ashes. This walking tour takes you through the city center, Spinningfields, and Castlefield where you’ll hear key stories about Manchester’s journey from industrial relic to modern metropolis.
Our tour begins in front of Mackie Mayor food hall in the NOMA district, where dangerous slums have been replaced by ground-breakingly modern buildings like the National Football Museum. As you wind your way through the city centre, seeing the wonderful Mancunian mix of old and new, you’ll learn about the factory owner who wanted a worker’s revolution, Manchester’s most terrifying days and nights, the scruffy statue of Abraham Lincoln, and what happened to the Hacienda night club. On the way to the Midland hotel where our tour ends, I’ll show you a perfectly adequate Manchester Cathedral, and a theatre hidden inside the Royal Exchange Building.
Along the way you’ll have the chance to:
• Visit Sadler’s Yard and hear about James Sadler, the first Englishman to take to the skies in a hot air balloon, who once brought a cat with him
• See the desk where Karl Marx worked while writing the communist manifesto in Chetham's Library
• Have a drink in the bustling Shambles Square
• Do some shopping in the Arndale centre or Market Street
• Take in Manchester City Council, our townhall, while enjoying a drink on Albert Square
• Sip on refreshing cocktails in Spinningfields
• Shoot your own atmospheric thriller movie
• Walk along an old railway with the best views of the modern city
• Spot hidden horses along the canal
• Find Old Granada Studios where Dragons’ Den and RuPaul's Drag Race UK are filmed
By the end of this 75 minute tour, you’ll be left with a sense of excitement – not only for what Manchester is now, but what it might become.
Highlights
- Discover and learn the rich History in Manchester
- Hear from producer Marlow Upton, a traveler, historian and tour enthusiast
- Do it all in 75 minutes or linger at stops along the way
- Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
- Use the virtual tour option at home
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
he tour uses a mobile app. You will need to download the app and then use the voucher code provided to download the tour
It is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace
You can download the tour at any time, before or after your booking date. It is best to download the tour before you set off for the starting point
When the download is complete, you will see a screen with a photo of the starting point and directions to it. The red start button will become active when you are at the starting point
The tour follows a set route and includes turn-by-turn directions. It works best if you start it in the right place and follow the directions from one location to the next Please note that you'll need to use your own mobile device and headphones for this tour. The tour is only available in English.
Tour begins at the Mackie Mayor in the Northern Quarter. The easiest way to get here would be to walk from the Shudehill tram stop through the northern quarter.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.
