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Manchester Walking Tour The Medieval Quarter

By Ric Frankland
Free cancellation available
Price is £20 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Led by an architect who’s passionate about Manchester’s past and future, this walking tour explores the city through the lens of its buildings, streets and hidden stories.

Unlike standard sightseeing tours, we look at why Manchester looks the way it does… how post-war planning, industrial heritage and modern regeneration have shaped the city you see today.

Expect original photos, architectural insights and thoughtful discussion rather than a rehearsed script.

Each tour is relaxed, conversational and designed for anyone curious about design, place-making and how cities evolve.

Activity location

  • Hanging Bridge
    • Hanging Bridge
    • M3, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 1 New Cathedral St
    • 1 New Cathedral Street
    • M1 1AD, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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standard 2-hour tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:30
Price details
£20.00 x 1 Adult£20.00
Total
Price is £20.00
Until Fri, 15 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Insights into Manchester’s architectural and urban evolution
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Small group size for an interactive experience
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided walking tour led by a qualified architect
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Follow-up email with key references and recommended reading
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Use of archival maps, photos and diagrams during the tour

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Hanging Bridge

  • 5m
A long-lost river crossing once used by monks, traders, and townsfolk.

Manchester Cathedral

  • 10m
Power, faith, and trade carved into stone at the heart of the town.

Manchester Cathedral

  • 5m
The Cathedral Arches - Hidden fragments beneath and around the Cathedral reveal older routes, levels and lost layers of the city.

Victoria Street

  • 10m
Former site of the Palatine Buildings - A once-important civic and religious area, later transformed by roads, railways and redevelopment.

Chetham's Library

  • 10m
A medieval charitable foundation still shaping young lives today (we'll walk around the perimeter, but won't go inside the library)

Victoria Station

  • 10m
How the arrival of the railways dramatically reshaped Manchester’s medieval core.

Long Millgate

  • 10m
Explore the area once home to Manchester Grammar School, the Cathedral School and other historic schools.

New Cathedral Street

  • 10m
Stand in the former heart of Manchester’s medieval market town.

Corn Exchange Manchester

  • 10m
A grand trading building that hints at Manchester’s long history of markets, commerce and exchange.

The Shambles

  • 10m
The Old Wellington Inn & Sinclair's Oyster Bar (The Shambles) - Discover how these 16th-century timber buildings were physically moved, piece by piece, to survive city redevelopment.

Location

Activity location

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    Hanging Bridge
    • Hanging Bridge
    • M3, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    1 New Cathedral St
    • 1 New Cathedral Street
    • M1 1AD, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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