Manchester Airport 41 min
The Whitworth (38 min.) visual arts collection surrounded by parkland closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. National Football Museum (32 min.) more than 140 000 football-related items plus a kids discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Shibden Hall (29 min.) timber-framed manor with period rooms restored gardens a mini-railway a boating lake and woods. Manchester City Council (36 min.) clock tower city hall gothic revival architecture victorian architecture and gothic architecture Manchester Cathedral (32 min.) cofe building with 13th-century origins chapel of the duke of lancasters regiment and daily tours. Science And Industry Museum (33 min.) museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world s first modern train stations. Eureka The National Children S Museum (26 min.) interactive museum for kids aged 0-11 offering learning through play with a nursery and a cafe. East Lancashire Railway Luxury Dining Trains (26 min.) beer Junction Inn (11 min) National Trust - Marsden Moor Estate (16 min.) Heaton Park. (25 min.) urban park with a championship golf course for grown-ups farm animals and play areas for kids. Manchester Museum (37 min.) free wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs plus a busy events programme. Hollingworth Lake (22 min.) 130-acre recreational lake for swimming boating & fishing with an educational visitor center. The John Rylands Library (35 min.) neo-gothic library (part of university of manchester) with rare books & manuscripts a cafe & shop. Manchester Art Gallery (37 min.) artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. |