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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 city than with anexperienced and knowledgeable tour guide. As well as seeing all themajor landmarks and attractions, you will learn about the city’s secretsand discover the hidden gems that tourists often miss. Further leafletswill be printed to publicise walks and tours from May-December 2010.

Blue and Green Badge Tour GuidesAll of the guided walks listed in the calendar are led by Blue and GreenBadge Tour Guides, who have undertaken extensive training and areregistered with the Institute of Tourist Guiding. Entertaining andinformative, reliable and professional with local and up-to-dateknowledge, these guides love Manchester, and love 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 start time and the guide will be there to meet you. If you wishto guarantee your place on any tour you can contact the guide directly to ensure your place. If there is a large group of you (six or more) bookingis recommended.

Some tours are indicated as pre-booking essential (�) and places onthese tours cannot be guaranteed if not pre-booked beforehand. Theinitials of the guide who does the walk appear next to the walk titles.Please contact the guide directly to book onto the walk. All the guidesinformation and contact details are listed opposite.

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 Spring 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.

Private ToursA range of walking and coach tours can be booked to suit private groups or individuals and costs will vary according to group size andrequirements. Contact the guides directly to find out about their range oftours or call the Guide Booking Agency on +44 (0)161 440 0277 for moreinformation. Private walks can be offered in most European languages.

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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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Jean Bailo (JB)T: 0161 439 2860 M: 07812 129754E: jeanbailo@yahoo.co.ukJean offers regional coach tours, talksand walks. Specialist tours include JohnRylands Library, Manchester Town Halland famous Manchester women.

Anne Beswick (AB)T: 0161 437 4449 M: 07505 691105E: mabeswick@hotmail.comAnne has wide-ranging interestsincluding history, health, science,artistic and multicultural Manchesterand loves to tell stories.

Steve Bourne (SB)T: 01625 526 419 M: 07900 984376E: bourne2fly@yahoo.comWith 35 years experience in the travelindustry on four continents, Stevespecialises in wildlife safaris, transport(airport guide), sport and music tours.

Andrew Derbyshire (AFD)T: 0161 226 3040 M: 07775 668639E: afderbs@yahoo.comAndrew lives in Hulme and providestours by coach and on foot. His specialist areas are the religioushistory and cultural life of Manchester.

Kate Dibble (KD)T: 0161 864 2640 M: 07905 110197E: katedibble@aol.comKate offers guided walks, regional coachtours and talks. Specialisms includeLiterary Manchester, Elizabeth Gaskell,historical and modern Manchester.

John Doughty (JD)T: 0161 428 7392 M: 07799 785166E: johnrdoughty@hotmail.comJohn qualified as a Blue Badge Guide in 1996. A retired university tutor, his specialisms include industrial and landscape archaeology.

Emma Fox (EF)T: 0161 861 8067 M: 07500 774200E: emma@showmemanchester.comA passionate local, Emma’s guided walkson historical and modern Manchesterbring stories, architecture, people, artsand industrial heritage to life.

Suzanne Hindle (SH)M: 07853 181299E: suzannehindle@hotmail.co.ukSuzanne’s tours are passionate about modern Manchester, its future,industrial heritage and the storiesthat make the city tick.

Pauline Lloyd (PL)M: 07723 503702E: pauline.lloyd261@btinternet.comPauline is qualified to guide in French inaddition to English. Her specialisms arefaith tourism, ‘Saints & Sinners’, andManchester's international links.

Sue McCarthy (SM)T: 0161 431 7030 M: 07941 263704E: sue@tourmanchester.co.ukA proud Mancunian, Sue has workedextensively in the tourism industryoffering informative & entertainingtours. Qualified as a guide in 2009.

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.

John Ryan (JR)M: 07590 848100E: info@manchestours.co.ukJohn guides part-time with interests in modern architecture, the Quays, the Gay Village and Manchester’sbroadcasting history.

Barbara Warnock (BW)T: 0161 973 0120E: bhwatno9@hotmail.comBarbara offers coach and walking toursfor groups, individuals and conferences.Specialisms include heritage, culture,urban regeneration and shopping.

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Regular WalksDiscover Manchester (all guides)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreTaking place every Saturday and Sunday 13:00 - 14:30,this is one of Manchester’s most popular guided walks.A qualified tour guide will lead you around the citycentre, giving you a taste of Manchester’s history andculture, as well as showing you the major sites includingManchester Town Hall, the Royal Exchange andManchester Cathedral. No need to book - just turn up at Manchester Visitor Information Centre.

Manchester Town Hall (Blue Badge Guides)Start & finish: MVICTour the sumptuous staterooms and corridors of one of the finest municipal buildings in Britain. Admire theneo-Gothic style, the paintings, furniture and décor, all of which have their own stories to tell aboutManchester. Entry to staterooms subject to availability.

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21st Century Manchester (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: 301 DeansgateCelebrate the city’s modern residential,commercial and civic skyline - with a tourof the best buildings of the last decade.

John Rylands Library (JB/BW) �

Start & finish: John Rylands receptionStep inside this iconic building wherefine architecture meets a uniquecollection of books and manuscripts and hear about one of Manchester’smost enigmatic women.

Modernist Manchester (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: Piccadilly GardensLearning to love the concrete as we takea fresh look at Manchester’s under-loved modernist masterpieces.

Palace Hotel Tour & Tea (KD) �

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

Tour of the Hilton (JB) �

Start & finish: Hilton Hotel lobbyLove it or hate it, get to know it more by joining this walk. Look into placesand spaces, not forgetting of courseCloud 23, the highest bar in Manchester.

Tour of the Radisson Edwardian(former Free Trade Hall) (JB) �

Start: Outside Manchester CentralFinish: Radisson HotelOne of Manchester’s most historic sites, now a five star hotel. Come andsee the signed wall and hear the storyof Peterloo.

Victoria Park, Baths & Sponge! (KD) �

Start & finish: Victoria BathsA walk round Victoria Park, Rusholme toview stunning architecture, followed bytea and cake at Victoria Baths, before a tour of its ‘Restoration’. Cost £11.

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

Chinatown (BW/KD)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreFrom small beginnings, Chinatown hasgrown into a Dragon City. Unlock itssecrets, discover the traditions andculture of this community - what do youknow about Chinese New Year?

Churches Past and Present (AFD)Start: Cathedral | Finish: St Peter’s SqA walk around central Manchester andSalford to illustrate the conurbation’srich and varied religious history.

Manchester Irish (AB)Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreThe Irish have been in Manchester for generations. Hear their stories of struggle, hard work and triumph.

Manchester Lovers (JB) �

Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreSo you thought Paris was the only cityfor luurve! Come along and hear someMancunian love stories.

Manchester’s Markets (POG)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreFrom Medieval to Modern, the story ofMarkets in Manchester. Meet today’sstallholders and re-live the stories ofthe past.

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Manchester Poetry (AB)Start: Town Hall | Finish: City centreFrom the Poet Laureate to the poet ofpunk, hear the poems that tell thestories of the city.

Over the Rainbow - Gay Manchester (AFD)Start: MVIC | Finish: Canal StreetJourney through the turbulent historyof LBGT Manchester, finishing at theonce closeted but now open andvibrant Gay Village.

Romantic Manchester (AB)Start: Town Hall Finish: City centreA Valentine’s Day special. Romanticstories of love thwarted, loveconsummated and love confused.

Sex and Shopping (AB)Start: Hilton Hotel entranceFinish: City centreA 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 RoadM21 9EQ | Finish: Chorlton centreExplore one of Manchester’s mostpopular suburbs, listening tofascinating stories of historical,modern, unusual, creative, independent and foodie Chorlton.

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

Show Me Germanchester (EF)Start: MVIC | Finish: Chetham’s Schoolof 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.

The Northern Quarter (JB)Start: Statue of Queen Victoria,Piccadilly Gardens | Finish: City centreTake a walk through these narrowstreets and hear tales of a bygone erawhile discovering a uniquely vibrantaspect in the heart of Manchester.

Unspun Spinningfields (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: Bridge StreetDiscover Manchester’s shiniest newquarter - and find out why it used to beone of its sleaziest oldest.

Village People (JR)Start: MVIC | Finish: Sackville GardensFrom Manchester’s gayestneighbourhood, the homo heroes andheroines that bring the Village to life.

Heroes & VilliansCranford’s Fascinating Authoress -Elizabeth Gaskell (KD) �

Start: MVIC | Finish: Piccadilly StationBorn 200 years ago, Mrs Gaskell’swriting enthrals you today. We followher footsteps in Manchester then on the train to elegant Knutsford. Cost £26, including coffee, lunch,donations and travel.

Criminal Events (BW)Start & finish: MVICUncover the places, people and crimesthat earned Manchester its reputationas ‘Sin City’ and the Criminal JusticeCentre for the Northwest.

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

Gangs of Manchester - The Story of the Scuttlers (EF) �Start: Barton Arcade | Finish: City centreBased on Andrew Davies’ book aboutBritain’s first youth cult - violentVictorian gangs called ‘scuttlers’. Books signed by author availableafterwards at Marble Arch pub.

Girl Power (JB)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreHear the stories of some of the womenwho helped to make Manchester thecity it is today. Who built a church, a library, a theatre?

Pub Tour - Manchester’s HistoricGentlemen’s Clubs (SH)Start: Sinclairs Oyster Bar (M 1SW)Finish: City centreCome and be entertained over a glassor two as we explore Manchester’shistoric ‘Gentlemen’s Clubs’ wheremoney was made over punch and port!

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

Sherlock Holmes in Manchester (JB)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreSeen the film, now hear the story! Walk the streets in the steps of thegreat man. Who was our own Sherlock?

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

The Women who Made Manchester(AB/PL)Start: MVIC | Finish: ABode HotelA celebration of Manchester women on International Women’s Day - hearstories of strong Manchester womenwho influence Manchester past and present.

The Women who made ManchesterPub Walk & Quiz (AB/PL/SH)Start: Town Hall Tavern (M2 4JA)Finish: City centreA celebration of Manchester women onInternational Women’s Day. Over yourfavourite tipple hear stories of strongManchester women who influenceManchester past and present andcompete in the fun quiz.

Manchester’s PastAncoats Mills to New Islington 21st Century Village (KD)Start: Crown & Kettle, Great AncoatsFinish: Murrays MillsA walk describing the history of the‘world’s first industrial suburb’, lookingclosely at mill developments, andtowards the transformation of a brandnew urban village.

Didsbury - Village Life (SM)Start: Didsbury Library (M20 2DN)Finish: St James ChurchThis tour explores the historical twistsand turns that have shaped thedevelopment of one of the mostpopular suburbs in Manchester.

Family History Hunt (SH)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreBring the pushchair, bring the children,bring granddad! An interactive and funwalk around the city centre uncoveringManchester’s history. Children £1.

Justice for Manchester! (KD) �

Start: Piccadilly Station, Platform 1Finish: City centreSee how law and order has worked (or not!) in Manchester for centuries,before visiting the Civil Justice Centreto explore courtrooms and hear how itworks today. Cost £7, including visit to CJC.

Manchester’s Warehouse Legacy (JD)Start: MOSI | Finish: Piccadilly GardensDuring the Industrial Revolutionwarehouses became an importantfeature of the city’s landscape. Thiswalk traces the development ofwarehousing from the humble canalside warehouse to the ‘Cathedrals ofCommerce’ of the city centre.

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.

Stockport 1 & 2 (JB)Start: Stockport Tourist InformationCentre | Finish: Stockport centreTwo walks looking at the historicmarket town of Stockport. Stockport 1looks at the lower end of town, whileStockport 2 walks to St Mary’s churchand the area around Hopes Carr.

The Canal under the City Streets (JD) Start: Castlefield Basin steps, Liverpool Road | Finish: Dale Street Basin This walk will provide a snapshot of the Rochdale Canal in the early 1850s.As the canal passes under the streets of modern Manchester, the walk offersviews of the city from very unusual angles.

Victorian Underworld (JB) Start: CIS building stepsFinish: Police MuseumBe horrified by tales of life in Victorian Manchester and hear aboutManchester’s own Sherlock Holmes.Finish with a visit to the Police Museum.

Science & NatureFrom Pillar to Post (JB)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreCommunication methods changeconstantly. Will our iconic red postboxes soon be no more? The pillar box as you’ve never noticed before!

Green City Tour (KD)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreA different way of looking at buildings,green parks & waterways, andalternative power sources to see howManchester shapes up as a ‘green city’.

In Sickness and in Health (AB)Start: Bridgewater HallFinish: City centreManchester has incubated cholera andcreated new cancers. See where theyhappened and how we learned to putthings right.

Manchester Wildlife Trails of theRiverbank (SB)Start: Victoria Station | Finish: City centreWith three rivers running through thecity centre, Manchester is home to awide variety of wildlife. To discover more,join our safari for a walk on the wild side.Sensible footwear recommended.

Winter Trees (AB)Start: MVIC | Finish: City centreShhh! Dormant, decorated, sometimesforgotten, Manchester’s trees arewaiting for spring. Hear their stories as they sleep.

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Calendar Guided Walks & ToursJanuary02 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester03 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester03 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 In Sickness and in Health03 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Sherlock Holmes in Manchester06 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library07 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Germanchester09 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 Manchester’s Markets09 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester09 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Girl Power10 Sun 11:30 - 13:30 Manchester Wildlife: Trails of the Riverbank10 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester10 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour13 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Town Hall Tour14 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Victorian Manchester16 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester16 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Saints & Sinners16 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Unspun Spinningfields17 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester17 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Bonjour Manchester: The French Connection21 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Deansgate21 Thu 14:00 - 15:30 Palace Hotel Tour & Tea23 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester23 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Sex and Shopping23 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Village People24 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Gangs of Manchester24 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester24 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Tour of the Hilton24 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour27 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour28 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Manchester28 Thu 13:00 - 14:30 In Sickness and in Health30 Sat 10:30 - 12:00 Didsbury - Village Life30 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester30 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Family History Hunt30 Sat 14:00 - 16:00 Churches Past and Present31 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester31 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Over the Rainbow - Gay Manchester31 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 John Rylands Library

February04 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Thomas De Quincey’s Manchester04 Thu 13:00 - 14:30 Manchester Poetry06 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester07 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester07 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Modernist Manchester10 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 Town Hall Tour11 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Victorian Manchester13 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 Manchester’s Markets13 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester14 Sun 11:00 - 12:30 Chinatown14 Sun 12:00 - 13:30 Romantic Manchester14 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester14 Sun 14:00 - 16:30 Manchester Lovers14 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour20 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester20 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Village People21 Sun 11:30 - 13:30 Manchester Wildlife: Trails of the Riverbank21 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester21 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Tour of the Radisson 21 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Unspun Spinningfields24 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour25 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Chinatown25 Thu 13:00 - 14:30 Sex and Shopping25 Thu 14:00 - 15:30 Green City Tour27 Sat 11:00 - 13:00 Churches Past and Present27 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester27 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Bonjour Manchester: The French Connection28 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester28 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Over the Rainbow - Gay Manchester28 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour

March04 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Manchester06 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester06 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 In Sickness and in Health07 Sun 11:30 - 13:00 Didsbury - Village Life07 Sun 11:30 - 13:00 Girl Power07 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester07 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 21st Century Manchester08 Mon 14:00 - 15:30 The Women who Made Manchester08 Mon 19:30 - 21:30 The Women who Made Manchester

Pub Walk and Quiz10 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 From Pillar to Post10 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library11 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Deansgate13 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 Manchester’s Markets13 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester14 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour14-21 British Tourism Week - Watch out for walks with a difference!17 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library17 Wed 13:00 - 14:30 Manchester Irish19 Fri 10:00 - 11:30 Ancoats Mills to New Islington19 Fri 13:00 - 15:00 Justice for Manchester!20 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester21 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Gangs of Manchester21 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester21 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Tour of the Hilton25 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Germanchester25 Thu 19:00 - 20:30 Pub Tour - Historic Gentlemen’s Clubs27 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester27 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Sex and Shopping27 Sat 14:00 - 16:00 Churches Past and Present28 Sun 11:30 - 13:30 Manchester Wildlife: Trails of the Riverbank28 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester28 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Over the Rainbow - Gay Manchester28 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 John Rylands Library28 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour31 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour

April01 Thu 11:00 - 2:30 Show Me Chorlton03 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester04 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester08 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Stockport 108 Thu 13:00 - 14:30 In Sickness and in Health08 Thu 14:00 - 15:30 The Northern Quarter10 Sat 11:30 - 13:00 Manchester’s Markets10 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester11 Sun 11:30 - 13:30 Manchester Wildlife: Trails of the Riverbank11 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester11 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Modernist Manchester11 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour13 Tue 11:00 - 12:30 Victorian Underworld14 Wed 11:00 - 12:30 John Rylands Library14 Wed 13:00 - 16:00 Victoria Park, Baths, & Sponge!15 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Victorian Manchester15 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Stockport 217 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester17 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Engineering the City18 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester18 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 The Canal under the City Streets22 Thu 11:00 - 12:30 Show Me Manchester24 Sat 10:30 - 12:00 Criminal Events24 Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester24 Sat 14:00 - 15:30 Saints & Sinners25 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Discover Manchester25 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Manchester’s Warehouse Legacy25 Sun 13:00 - 14:30 Over the Rainbow - Gay Manchester25 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Tour of the Radisson 25 Sun 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour28 Wed 14:00 - 15:30 Town Hall Tour29 Thu 09:15 - 16:30 Cranford’s Fascinating Authoress

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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 Blue Badgeand Green Badge guides, and experienced tour andevent organisers. Specialising in everythingManchester - Coronation Street, Lowry, the Town Hall,the Haçienda years, football history, Peterloo, theRadisson Hotel/Free Trade Hall and even the tunnelsunder the city streets.T: +44 (0)7711 606273 M: +44 (0)7884 001315 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 MVIC.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

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Blue and Green Badge Guides are self-employed, freelance guidesqualified with the accrediting body, ITG (Institute of Tour Guiding). The tourist board, Visit Manchester and the Manchester VisitorInformation Centre cannot be help responsible for any non-fulfillmentof obligations by individual tour guides or companies mentioned. Cover image: Town Hall Clock

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