Northern Quarter Nooks, Manchester
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Highlights
- A myriad of great public artworks brought to life by escape game-style clues
- Fascinating insights into Manchester's industrial and artistic revolutions
- Clues sent to your phones with help available, the perfect difficulty for all
- Piccadilly Station to Piccadilly Gardens
Description
Embark on a mesmerizing journey through Manchester's Northern Quarter with this engaging outdoor mystery walk, reminiscent of an escape room but outdoors. Once the heart of the world's textile industry, the Northern Quarter has transformed itself into a thriving hub of culture and alternative commerce, boasting a tapestry of public art, hidden sculptures, and vibrant murals. Now experience all this in an exciting new way with our twisting, puzzle-filled tour through the paint-covered streets.
Along the way, you'll discover a pet shop owner's dream, a haunted pub that moved 40 miles, a number of touching memorials, and lamps that illuminate in more than one way. All this plus puzzles, challenges, great pubs and cafes and plenty of surprises. Immerse yourself in the artistic canvas of the Northern Quarter. This trail is perfect for groups eager to explore the hidden secrets of one of Manchester's best districts and the history that made it what it is today.
How It Works
Your team will receive clues on your phones that, once deciphered, will guide you to interesting and scenic parts of the city. At each of these you will solve riddles, discover facts and unlock your next clue.The route is walking distance and features optional breaks at great pubs, bars and cafes along the way. The clues require no prior knowledge and come with hints to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.
Plan your day
Timings
Start anytime, we recommend some daylight!
2.5 - 3.5 hours across 3.2 km / 2.0 miles
Start Location
Piccadilly Station
End Location
Piccadilly Gardens
Communication Methods
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Reviews
The great things you say about CityDays

LEWLEN
Loved “Mysterious Mews”!! Another great day🙌However two clues were incorrect & misled us causing us to ask for 2 hints …

Colin and co
Another fun day out solving clues and learning new facts about London. Lots of fun, I would definitely recommend it 😀

Explorance UK!
Fantastic, simple fun. Great route, and clues the right level of complexity to make you look and think without getting …

Golden Enigma
Brilliant and well thought out. Lots of fun and ended with a nice drink afterwards after the walk. Saw places in Lond…

Mennie Minds
What a brilliant experience. The trail takes you through bits of central London you'd miss normally. Lots of landmarks …

Jules and Looby
We had such a brilliant in Sheffield. The trail took us to places we didn't know and taught us new things about places …

Comfortably Dumb
Another great adventure around Soho this time. Lots of interesting historical facts and challenging clues.

Behave !
Absolutely brilliant. We had a great time

Heaths
Excellent route, lots of interesting facts - a great afternoon all round!

61
Did this walk as a post birthday get together for my husband with our sons & fiancé a really great way to relax togethe…

TeamGriff
Amazing day! The clues were fun but challenging, and the route was perfect for sightseeing and lots of food and drink s…

Comfortably Dumb
Yet another excellent adventure seeing sides of London we wouldn’t have seen without City Days. Loved the glorious spri…

Team Pawsage
Thoroughly enjoyed this trip around a part of London I’d never visited, despite living here all my life. Great afternoon

Clarkey&chaos
We had a great day on our adventure trail and Gizmo particularly enjoyed being part of the photos

Brett-McStays
A scenic part of London to explore, with some big hills!

The Mulberry Mischief Society
Great experience! It was really fun, well planned and just the right amount of a challenge. Can’t wait to try out more!

Sussex Wanderers
Such a great and fun way to get around London! Took us down paths we didn't know existed, and learned more about the ci…

Solesteppers 24
Such a fun day saw lots of places we had never seen really enjoyed the team work to find the answers highly reccomend …

Mr B and his Princess
This was the best surprise birthday present. We had to find out way on one of the clues as some builders hoardings made…

H & I Team
What a great experience! My partner is Australian but we still learnt lots of facts we didn’t already know, we had a gr…
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