As everyone who lives here knows, there’s much more to Manchester than meets the eye. For visitors and locals alike, a great way to get under the surface of the city is to take a tour. We’ve rounded up four of the diverse tours available on Eventbrite right now. They range from the outdoorsy to the urban – something for everyone, we think you’ll agree.
1. Out of Bounds walk at Tatton Park
Join the Rangers for a guided walk in areas not normally open to the public. Sounds good to us. Given that there are more than 1000 acres of Tatton Park that are open to the public, they’ve got to pull something pretty special out of the bag for this one. You’ll learn about the birds, animals and plants that live here.
Tue 12 May, Tatton Park, Knutsford, WA16 6QN, 10am-1pm, £10, www.eventbrite.co.uk
2. Manchester Modern Orbital Infrastructure
Join The Manchester Modernist Society on a day tour around the city’s orbital motorway looking at industrial and infrastructure buildings. Richard Brook, creator of Mainstream Modern is your host, and the tour will include Barton Airport (including a listed control tower and G Noel Hill-designed hangar from 1928), Sharston Bus Depot (1942), Heaton Park Water Inlet Building, and Taylor Young’s concrete factory in Denton (1959), plus the Heaton Park BT tower and many more. Bus will leave from Fairfield Street at the rear of Piccadilly Station at 10am.
Sat 16 May, Dep Fairfield Street, near Piccadilly Station, 10am-5pm, £18/£15, www.eventbrite.co.uk
3. Southern Cemetery tour including the graves of Tony Wilson and Sir Matt Busby
This hugely popular tour returns at the height of summer, with more intriguing facts and information about the largest municipal cemetery in the UK and its famous dead. As Morrissey sang ‘meet me at the cemetery gates’ and that’s indeed where you’ll meet Emma Fox who will lead you to the graves of some of Manchester’s most celebrated residents. Learn more about the first non-stop transatlantic pilot, John Alcock and library legend, John Rylands. Footballers buried here include Sir Matt Busby and Billy Meredith while Tony Wilson grave’s is marked with a headstone designed by Peter Saville and Ben Kelly.
Sun 21 Jun, Southern Cemetery, 2pm-4pm, £8, www.eventbrite.co.uk
4. Manchester and WW1 walking tour
Giving you plenty of time to book ahead, this special Manchester walking tour is led by official tourist guide, Sue McCarthy, who promises that it’s both a great introduction to the city for visitors, as well as including plenty of facts about the city you live in that you might not have noticed before. This particular tour focuses on Manchester’s role in the national effort during World War 1. Meet by the wall map in Victoria station five minutes before the tour starts.
Tue 25 Aug, Victoria Station, 2pm-4pm, £8, www.eventbrite.co.uk
Image: Manchester Modernist Society
- Words:
- Ruth Allan
- Published on:
- Sat 1 Aug 2015
