Manchester is far more than a grey provincial city preoccupied with the business of making money. The bales of cotton goods awaiting export have gone from the grand warehouses styled like palaces, and the cotton mills no longer hum with the sound of machinery. Yet the buildings remain in all their glory of tiles, terracotta and stained glass converted to hotels, offices, chic apartments, hipster bars, fine eateries or gritty drinking dens. The textile trade may have disappeared, but you can find sustainable fashion in the old rag-trade district, and top quality coats and jackets are still being hand-sewn in the last remaining family-owned clothing factory. This book will also take you to alternative Manchester Radical Manchester from Peterloo to the Pankhursts, Literary Manchester from Elizabeth Gaskell to Anthony Burgess, and of course to Madchester, the crazy music scene of Morrissey, Tony Wilson, the Hacienda and Factory Records.
AUTHORS: Julian Treuherz was born in Littleborough and went to school in Manchester, when he first got to know the city. He later returned to work as a curator at the Manchester Art Gallery before disappearing down the M62 to run the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. He is an expert on Victorian art and the Pre-Raphaelites. Peter de Figueiredo was brought up in Cheshire, studying architecture at the Manchester School of Art and urban design at the University of Manchester, leading to a career in historic buildings' conservation. For many years he was based at the Manchester office of English Heritage, before running his own consultancy.
SELLING POINTS: .
The ultimate insider's guide to Manchester .
Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides .
Part of the international 111 Places series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide .
Fully illustrated with 111 full-page colour photographs .
Revised and updated edition
By:
Julian Treuherz,
Peter de Figueiredo
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 205mm,
Width: 135mm,
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9783740826451
ISBN 10: 3740826452
Series: 111 Places
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
20 Stories Way up there | 10 31 Toad Lane Birthplace of the Co-op | 12 Afflecks A visit to retroland | 14 Alexandra Park, Oldham Oldham’s green oasis | 16 Altrincham Market Food, flowers, fads and fashion | 18 Ancoats Mills No longer dark and satanic | 20 Angel Meadow Park with a hidden past | 22 Anita Street A street for crossword addicts? | 24 Another Hand All hands on deck | 26 Anthony Burgess Foundation Haunt of the literati | 28 Banners of the People From Whit Walks to Ban the Bomb | 30 Barton Arcade Under crystal domes | 32 Barton Swing Aqueduct A wonder of the waterway world | 34 Beaumont Organic The future of fashion? | 36 Blackfriars Two nations: the rich and the poor | 38 The Boulder in the Quad When the Lake District came to Manchester | 40 Bridgewater Basin Aquatic urban oasis | 42 Britannia Hotel (formerly Watts Warehouse) Domain of a merchant prince | 44 Bury Market Black pudding and Chorley cakes | 46 Castlefield Railway Viaducts The march of the giants | 48 Cathedral Choir ‘Rabbit’s Revenge’ | 50 Central Ref Therefore get wisdom | 52 Chinese Garden at RHS Bridgewater Painting a picture in plants | 54 Chorlton Water Park Grebes, bats and hula hoops | 56 Closing Cotton Prices at the Royal Exchange The end of an era | 58 Contact Theatre The face of carbon zero | 60 The Curry Mile India on a plate | 62 Dale Street Filming the Big Apple | 64 Deadstock General Store Retail is detail | 66 Dormouse Chocolates Manchester’s first bean to bar | 68 East Lancashire Railway Steaming ahead | 70 Edgar Wood in Middleton Artistry in architecture | 72 Egyptian Tomb Journey into the netherworld | 74 Elizabeth Gaskell’s House Victorian literary life | 76 Ellenroad Engine House The world’s biggest working steam engine | 78 Engels’ Beard Radical facial hair | 80 esea contemporary Small gallery, global reach | 82 FAC 251 Where Factory Records ended its days | 84 Fairfield Moravian Settlement Village of vision | 86 Fireground Fighting the flames | 88 Form Lifestyle Store Small but perfectly formed | 90 Frank Sidebottom The man with the papier-mâché head | 92 Free Trade Hall Where the Madchester sound took root | 94 Gay Village A proud history of queer culture | 96 George Best’s Mini Booze, birds and fast cars | 98 The Glade of Light Memorial to the Arena Bombing | 100 Hallé St Peter’s Bringing music to the people | 102 Hanging Ditch An ancient bridge revealed | 104 Hat Works Historical headgear | 106 Haweswater Aqueduct Mural A neglected Manchester sculptor | 108 Higher Ground Casual dining, seasonal sharing | 110 Holy Name of Jesus Masterpiece by the designer of the hansom cab | 112 Imperial War Museum North Deconstructivism at Salford Quays | 114 Jandol Lebanese delight | 116 John Rylands Library Entrance Hall Valhalla of the book | 118 Karl Marx’s Desk The oldest public library in Britain | 120 Kiku Glamour in the Northern Quarter | 122 Kim’s Kitchen Brutalism meets kitsch | 124 Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel Tiles by the mile | 126 LANX Choose Lancashire shoes | 128 Lark Hill Place Remembrance of Salford past | 130 Legh Road, Knutsford The Witches’ Sabbath | 132 Library Walk Link A beautiful folly? | 134 Little David Street A secret place revealed | 136 Mackie Mayor Cuisine from eight kitchens | 138 Man City Changing Room The Soul of the Squad | 140 The Manchester Baby Freddie’s world-changing computer | 142 Manchester Jewish Museum Look, listen, learn and eat | 144 Manchester Poplars As seen in St John’s Gardens | 146 Marble Arch Pub with a theatrical touch | 148 Mark Addy Memorial The people’s hero | 150 Mayfield Park From Grot Spot to Green Space | 152 Minut Men Concrete totems of the sixties | 154 The Monastery Lifting the spirits | 156 the modernist Celebrating brutalism | 158 Monument to Vimto Have you got the bottle? | 160 Mr Lowry’s Stockport Dominated by the viaduct | 162 Mr Thomas’s Chop House Manchester’s first gastropub | 164 National Cycling Centre Sport, speed and centrifugal force | 166 Ordsall Hall Old house, new garden | 168 The Pankhurst Centre Where the suffragette movement began | 170 Peterloo Memorial Manchester’s massacre of the innocents | 172 Peveril of the Peak Here’s to Nancy | 174 Plaza Cinema Stockport’s silver screen | 176 Police Museum A night in the slammer | 178 Portico Library Hidden literary oasis | 180 Post Box, Corporation Street It survived the IRA bomb | 182 Private White V.C. British craftsmanship at its best | 184 Richmond Tea Rooms Through the looking glass | 186 Rochdale Town Hall Municipal magnificence | 188 Runaway Brewery Behind the scenes at the microbrewery | 190 Salford Lads’ Club Not just for Smiths fans | 192 Sifters When Liam and Noel were still speaking | 194 Southern Cemetery Gates The gates that inspired Morrissey | 196 The Spärrows Cross-border comfort food | 198 Sperm Whale Skeleton 300 dollars’ worth of bones | 200 St George’s, Stockport And glory shone around | 202 Staircase House A historic house you can touch | 204 Stockport Air Raid Shelters The Chestergate Hotel | 206 The Temple From water closet to watering place | 208 Tower of Light The world’s most beautiful flue | 210 Twenty Twenty Two Bats in the basement | 212 Unicorn Grocery Did you bring your own bag? | 214 Valette’s Albert Square Still in the heart of Manchester | 216 Victoria Baths A water palace refreshed | 218 Walkden Gardens A garden of many rooms | 220 The Wash House Rinse and spin | 222 Where the Light Gets In Not so much a meal as an experience | 224 Whitworth Garden Art in the park | 226 Worsley Delph Coals to Manchester | 228 Yes Positive thinking on four floors | 230
Julian Treuherz was born in Littleborough and went to school in Manchester, when he first got to know the city. He later returned to work as a curator at the Manchester Art Gallery before disappearing down the M62 to run the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. He is an expert on Victorian art and the Pre-Raphaelites. Peter de Figueiredo was brought up in Cheshire, studying architecture at the Manchester School of Art and urban design at the University of Manchester, leading to a career in historic buildings' conservation. For many years he was based at the Manchester office of English Heritage, before running his own consultancy.
