Discover Secret Manchester: hidden places off the beaten track, historical oddities, quirky bars, sites of the unusual and the unknown.
Place
Jodrell Bank
A world-leading observatory that played a significant role in the Cold War, Jodrell Bank is a unique Manchester attract…
Victoria Baths
Widely regarded as the finest and most intact historic bathhouse in the country, Victoria Baths is currently being rest…
People's History Museum
The People's History Museum is a museum devoted to labour history, located inside a baroque hydraulic power station tha…
Manchester Chinatown
The third largest Chinatown in Europe, Manchester Chinatown is a pioneer of its kind and is developing to this day to c…
Chetham's Library
Where Marx and Engels met to research and write The Communist Manifesto, Chetham's Library is the oldest free public li…
Castlefield
Home to a reconstructed Roman fort and the world's first passenger railway, Castlefield is so full of history it has be…
RHS Garden Bridgewater
A former private estate, the RHS Garden Bridgewater has become one of the largest restorative gardening projects in Eur…
Manchester Cathedral
The church where the wedding bells never stopped ringing, in the 19th century Manchester Cathedral hosted over 1,000 we…
Fletcher Moss Park
An historic botanical garden in Didsbury Manchester, Fletcher Moss Park is the birthplace of one of the precursors to t…
Escape To Freight Island
'A long forgotten freight depot from the city's industrial past reimagined as a cultural space', Escape To Freight Isla…
Peckforton Castle
Gatehouse, portcullis, dry moat, arrow-slits for windows, Peckforton Castle has all the hallmarks of a medieval fortres…
Mackie Mayor
Housed in a grade 2 listed building from 1858, Mackie Mayor is an eclectic foodhall that boasts a diverse and delicious…
Strangeways Prison
The site of 100 executions and a 25 day prison riot, the longest ever recorded in the UK, Strangeways Prison is notorio…