Manchester Airport 26 min
Manchester Cathedral (20 min)
CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. The John Rylands Library (17 min)
Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. People's History Museum (17 min)
Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Manchester Art Gallery (16 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. The Lowry (20 min)
Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. Manchester Central Library (16 min)
Monumental 1930s central library of Manchester, with a domed reading room, free Wi-Fi & a cafe. Manchester City Council (17 min)
City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era Old Trafford (17 min)
Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. Piccadilly Gardens (20 min)
Anchored by a large fountain, this tranquil square features an expansive green space & pavilion. Manchester Museum (13 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. IWM North (20 min)
Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. Heaton Park (23 min)
Urban park with a championship golf course for grown-ups, farm animals and play areas for kids. National Football Museum (19 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. The Whitworth (15 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Science and Industry Museum (15 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. | 
