Manchester Airport 33 min
Intu Trafford Centre (22 min.) 3-storey mall for fashion and homeware shops department store restaurants and multi-screen cinema. Manchester Central Library (12 min.) monumental 1930s central library of manchester with a domed reading room free wi-fi & a cafe. Iwm North (20 min.) permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war plus family events and activities. People S History Museum (10 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 Whitworth (17 min.) visual arts collection surrounded by parkland closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Salford Central (9 min) Manchester Museum (15 min.) free wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs plus a busy events programme. Science And Industry Museum (11 min.) museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world s first modern train stations. Manchester Cathedral (9 min.) cofe building with 13th-century origins chapel of the duke of lancasters regiment and daily tours. The John Rylands Library (12 min.) neo-gothic library (part of university of manchester) with rare books & manuscripts a cafe & shop. Old Trafford (17 min.) home of manchester united offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75 000 seats for matches. Manchester Oxford Road (15 min) Deansgate (12 min) Manchester Piccadilly (12 min) Manchester City Council (13 min.) clock tower city hall gothic revival architecture victorian architecture and gothic architecture The Lowry (18 min.) modern performance venue staging opera comedy dance & theater shows plus art exhibitions. Heaton Park. (15 min.) urban park with a championship golf course for grown-ups farm animals and play areas for kids. |