Additional Info

• Town/City Name Manchester
• County Greater Manchester
• Population 2.8 Million
• Summary

  Manchester is a city on the north west of England, it one of the 10 metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester. Manchester gained its city status in 1853. Manchester is city steeped in history, architecture, culture, museums, art galleries, musical exports, transport links, scientific and engineering output, media links and sports clubs.

  Manchester is home to some of the country’s best loved popular culture, Coronation Street, Red Dwarf, Cracker, Shameless, Skins, music from the The Stone Roses, Oasis, Take That, The BeeGees, Simply Red, The Verve. Manchester United, the world’s most famous football team lives in the City at Old Trafford.

  The City divided in to 7 main areas,

  • Castlefields a UNESCO world heritage site.

  • Central District for shopping.

  • Spinningfield hosts the library, council building and justice centre. It has in recent years become a hive of new bars and restaurants.

  • Picadilly is mainly made up of a public space with a few cafes.

  • The Civic Quarter filled with important buildings and monuments

  • Canal Street also known as the Gay Village

  • The Northern Quarter is a trendy area filled with quirky bars and restaurants

  Since a cash injection and regeneration 1996 introduced The Printworks, Arndale centre and Corn Exchange the City has thrived as a centre for shopping, eating, drinking and entertainment. Many people in the north regard Manchester as the countries second city alongside Birmingham.

• Brief History

  The first records of Manchester are from Roman times, noted as a moderate settlement called Mamucium or Mancunium in AD 79. The town remained modest throughout the middle ages, it was the textile manufacturing during the 19th century’s industrial revolution that saw huge growth for the city, it became the world’s first industrialised city. The main process was cotton spinning, the city was dubbed Cottonopolis. Across the world ‘manchester’ is the term used for linens such as sheets, pillowcases and towels.

  The Manchester Ship Canal links Manchester to the Irish Sea. The 36 miles waterway starts in Liverpool then travels through the historic counties of Chester and Lancashire. The route includes the world’s only Swing Aqueduct. Construction began on the canal in 1887 at a cost of 15 million pounds. The 6-year project saw the Port of Manchester become the 3rd busiest in the country.

  In the 1970’s and ‘80s containerisation increased meaning most of the ship were too big to pass through the canal leading to the canal becoming privately owned in 2011, the new owners are planning a renovation to increase traffic 10-fold by 2030.

  Manchester has a history steeped in left wing politics, the city set the stage for the Labour party and the suffragette movement. Off the back of this Manchester led the way in promoting new ways of thinking that inspired visitors from all over the world, the saying ‘what Manchester does today, the rest of the world does tomorrow’ is still captured in the City today.

  Not all rose tinted however as Manchester was ravaged with poverty in the Industrial Revolution and the people described as ‘crushed, lying, bleeding fragments’ by an American visitor.

  65% of all the worlds cotton was processed in the county until the 1913.

  During the second world war the ‘Christmas Blitz’ destroyed 100s of warehouses, business premises and offices, 376 people were killed and 30,000 home devastated. The Cathedral and Royal Exchange were also destroyed in the 1940 Christmas Blitz.

  The University of Manchester saw, first person to split the atom in 1917,the first stored-program computer in 1948 and isolated the first graphene in 2004.

  Manchester held the 2002 commonwealth games after a successful redevelopment brough on by several vicious IRA bombings.

• Local Breweries

  Cloudwater Brew Co

  Manchester Brewing Company

  The Runaway Brewery

• Popular Things

  • Breakout Manchester – Test your mental strength
    https://breakoutmanchester.com/

  • Test your swing at Junkyard Golf
    https://www.junkyardgolfclub.co.uk/manchester/

  • Live out a childhood dream and test yourself against the Crystal Maze
    https://the-crystal-maze.com/manchester/

  • Bring the cobbles to life on the coronation street tour
    https://www.itv.com/coronationstreettour/

  • Kicka ball around at Old Trafford
    https://www.manutd.com/en/visit-old-trafford

• Free Things

  • Manchester art gallery is not to be missed
    https://manchesterartgallery.org/microsites/temp_homepage/home.html

  • Visit the Museum of Science and Industry
    https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/

  • See the city sights on a free walking tour
    https://www.freetour.com/

  • Look up in the beautiful Cathedral
    https://www.manchestercathedral.org/

  • Take a relaxing walk in the botanical gardens
    https://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/89218/fletcher_moss_botanical_gardens/category/301/all_parks_playgrounds_and_open_spaces

• For Kids

  • Go Crazy at Chill Factore and Beyond, zip wires, climbing frame, go karts and skiing
    https://www.chillfactore.com/

  • Get bouncing at InflataNation
    https://www.inflatanation.com/

  • Become a detective with a Treasure Trail
    https://www.treasuretrails.co.uk/what-to-do/greater-manchester/manchester

  • Bring TV to life with CBBC Tour at Media City UK
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tours/cbbc-interactive-tour

• For Dogs

  • Have a look around The Lowry
    https://thelowry.com/

  • Take your doggie bowling at dog bowl
    https://blackdogballroom.co.uk/dog-bowl/

• Dog Friendly Bars
  • Kosmonaut
  • The Oast House
  • North Tea Power
• Dog Friendly Restaurants
  • Cottonpolis Food & Liquor
  • The Bay Horse Tavern
  • The Wharf
• Interesting Facts

  Manchester is the birth place if the meat-free diet. Reverend William Cowherd preached about the benefits and virtues of a meat free diet over 200 years ago.

  His congregation followed his teachings and form the very first Vegetarian society which is still going today.

  Manchester is home to the very first library in the world that was free to the public, it is the oldest library in the English-speaking world and is still open to this day.

  It dates back to 1421 and holds over 100,000 printed books.

  Manchester is twinned with St Petersburg and Wuhan in China.

• Hidden Gems

  The 3 minute Theatre, founded in 2011 it is also known as 3MT is located on the ground floor of Affleck’s Palace in the cities Northern Quarter.

  It is known for holding 3-minute-long plays. You also can catch poetry slams, stand-up comedy, acting classes and film screenings.

• Unique to

  Vimto was invented in Manchester! Initially it was a health drink to help battle alcoholism.

• Restaurant 1 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/asian-restaurants/manchester/wings-restaurant-18511
• Restaurant 2 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/indian-restaurants/manchester/mowgli-street-food-10269
• Restaurant 3 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/italian-restaurants/manchester/salvis-northern-quarter-126606
• Restaurant 4 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/asian-restaurants/manchester/ba-na-hills-vietnamese-restaurant-10416
• Restaurant 5 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/american/greater-manchester/7-sins-10866
• Restaurant 6 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/british/manchester/the-piccadilly-tavern-103488
• Pub 1 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/british/manchester/the-piccadilly-tavern-103488
• Pub 2 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/british/manchester/the-shakespeare-public-house-103471
• Pub 3 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/international/manchester/liquorice-cocktail-bar-18364
• Pub 4 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/pubbar/manchester/ape-apple-10531
• Pub 5 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/british/manchester/the-church-inn-11180
• Pub 6 Link https://www.goingout.co.uk/international/manchester/the-ivy-spinningfields-18376
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