England · WALKING TOURS IN MANCHESTER
This is the shortlist you would text a friend the night before — 7 walking tours in Manchester, priced, timed, and honest about the weak points.
See Manchester’s key sights on a lively 2.5-hour walking tour, from suffragette history and canals to Chinatown, football, and Chetham’s Library.
“Great itinerary, great guide. From Chinatown to the site of IRA bombing, our guide provided good advice and insightful commentary on the history and social issues affecting Manchester’s development.”
Explore Manchester’s music, football, history, and film locations on a lively 2 to 3 hour walking tour led by a local guide.
“Fantastic Tour Great Guide… loads more than anticipated. Even included locating a hidden Dr Who Tardiness… and Dancing to The Smiths Fun time had.”
Explore Manchester’s wine bars on foot with four tastings, snacks, local stories, and a small group led by Kel.
“4 of us enjoyed a Saturday afternoon in January. Kel is so knowledgeable and fun, we all learnt lots. The locations and wine choices were varied and well chosen. We went to places that we would never have normally have gone to but intend to return to visit a couple of the venues properly. Thank you Kel for a wonderful wine tasting experience.”
Explore Manchester’s key sights, hidden stories, football roots, and local character on this affordable 90-minute guided city walk.
“A great tour by Sam who was very engaging and knowledgeable. Saw a few things I didn’t know about Manchester & I’m from here.”
Explore Manchester’s Madchester era, Smiths and Oasis landmarks, with a witty local guide on this 1-hour-45-minute music walk.
“Jonathan Scholfield was funny, irreverent and had a fund of great stories and a brilliant play list. All 12 of us ( including sone real Mancunian music buffs) had a cracking time. As did the rest of the group. He also spoke loud enough for us slightly hard of hearing”
Explore MediaCity and Salford Quays on a two-hour guided walk with audio headsets, industrial history, IWM North, Old Trafford, and The Lowry.
“I had a great experience on this interesting and informative guided tour of MediaCity and Salford. I accidentally missed my bus so was running late for my tour, but when the tour guide Frank rang me just after 10:30 to check if I was coming, I apologised and explained about missing my bus but he was totally understanding and accepting of that. It turns out that I was the only person on today’s tour, so I ended up having a private leisurely guided tour. Frank was very nice and even offered to take photos of me along the way too.”
Explore Stockport’s food scene on a three-hour walking tour with six tastings, local history, independent vendors, and a market hall lunch.
“Great overall tour. Provided a deeper insight into food history of Stockport. Good mixture of foods and fabulous host who talked to us about the history of all the best small businesses.”
