Manchester Airport 17 min
Manchester Museum (25 min.) free wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs plus a busy events programme. Intu Trafford Centre (14 min.) 3-storey mall for fashion and homeware shops department store restaurants and multi-screen cinema. Chill Factore (17 min.) 180m-long indoor slope with artificial snow for skiing and snowboarding plus equipment hire. The Lowry (24 min.) modern performance venue staging opera comedy dance & theater shows plus art exhibitions. The Whitworth (24 min.) visual arts collection surrounded by parkland closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Tatton Park (14 min.) historic estate with tudor hall neo-classical mansion lavish gardens a deer park and playground. The John Rylands Library (24 min.) neo-gothic library (part of university of manchester) with rare books & manuscripts a cafe & shop. The Navigation (1 min) National Football Museum (28 min.) more than 140 000 football-related items plus a kids discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Science And Industry Museum (23 min.) museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world s first modern train stations. Manchester City Council (25 min.) clock tower city hall gothic revival architecture victorian architecture and gothic architecture Manchester Road / Harcourt Road (2 min) Manchester Art Gallery (26 min.) artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Navigation Road (8 min) Church Street (7 min) Iwm North (20 min.) permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war plus family events and activities. Manchester Cathedral (28 min.) cofe building with 13th-century origins chapel of the duke of lancasters regiment and daily tours. Legoland Discovery Centre (18 min.) attraction aimed at kids aged 310 including 4d cinema lego models of local landmarks and rides. |