Manchester Airport 16 min
IWM North (25 min)
Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. National Football Museum (35 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Manchester Art Gallery (32 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. Manchester Museum (28 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. The Whitworth (26 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Fletcher Moss Park (17 min)
Green space donated to the people of Manchester, with original features, sports facilities and cafe. Science and Industry Museum (29 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. Old Trafford (25 min)
Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre (16 min)
Educational observatory museum with science exhibits, the Lovell Radio Telescope, plus outdoor cafe. Manchester Cathedral (33 min)
CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. Bramall Hall (14 min)
Large public space around a 14th-century manor house, with bowling green, cafe and picnic areas. National Trust - Lyme (25 min)
Imposing house, used as Pemberley in TV's Pride and Prejudice, with 1300-acre estate and deer park. Tatton Park (22 min)
Historic estate with Tudor hall, neo-classical mansion, lavish gardens, a deer park and playground. The Lowry (31 min)
Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. Quarry Bank (7 min)
Heritage site from the early Industrial Revolution and home to Europe's most powerful water wheel. | 
