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Live tours in Manchester

Explore Manchester, United Kingdom, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Manchester Cathedral, Manchester Town Hall and Science and Industry Museum on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

18 live tours From 19,00 €

Explore Manchester live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Northern Quarter is worth asking about: the city's creative quarter of independent shops, bars and street art.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Manchester Cathedral A mediaeval cathedral known for its unusually wide nave.
  • Manchester Town Hall A Victorian Gothic town hall designed by Alfred Waterhouse and completed in 1877.
  • Science and Industry Museum A museum built on the site of the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station.
  • National Football Museum A museum on the history of English football, housed in the former Urbis building.
  • John Rylands Library A neo-Gothic library on Deansgate built to hold a rare book and manuscript collection.
  • Manchester Art Gallery A Victorian art gallery holding a notable Pre-Raphaelite collection.
  • Whitworth Art Gallery An art gallery inside Whitworth Park, extended with a glass wing in 2015.
  • Castlefield A Roman fort site turned Victorian canal basin, with reconstructed gateposts.

Neighbourhoods

  • Northern Quarter the city's creative quarter of independent shops, bars and street art
  • Ancoats a former mill district turned dining destination in converted warehouses
  • Castlefield the canal basin area built on Manchester's Roman and industrial past

Food to know

  • Manchester tart
  • Eccles cakes
  • Lancashire hotpot
  • Chip barm
  • Curry from the Curry Mile

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Good to know about Manchester

Do I need to be in Manchester to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Manchester, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.8 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer English and French; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.