Manchester Airport 19 min
The Lowry (12 min) Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. National Football Museum (13 min) More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. The Whitworth (11 min) Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Manchester Art Gallery (10 min) Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Manchester City Council (10 min) City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era Science and Industry Museum (7 min) Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. IWM North (14 min) Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. Chill Factore (13 min) 180m-long, indoor slope with artificial snow for skiing and snowboarding, plus equipment hire. Manchester Museum (11 min) Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. Manchester United Museum & Stadium Tour (9 min) Access to areas of Old Trafford normally restricted to players plus displays about the club's past. The John Rylands Library (8 min) Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. People's History Museum (10 min) Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Manchester Cathedral (13 min) CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. The Quays (10 min) Old Trafford (4 min) Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. |