Things to do in Manchester

Manchester Food and Drink

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Mancunians love eating out and with the huge variety and choice of restaurants and eateries available to them you start to see why. Below is a broad guide of where you need to start looking. For recommendations speak to us and we'll let you know our favourites.

Manchester Apollo

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Larger than the Academy but smaller than the MEN Arena this venue has a capacity of 3,500 and is situated in between its two differing rival venues.

The Manchester Academy

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This is a far more intimate venue than others you will come across and exists as the Students Union at Manchester University.

Manchester Arena

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Opened in 1995 the Manchester Arena (previously the MEN Arena) with its capacity of 21,000 people is considered to be one of Europe's biggest indoor concert venues. Everyone who is anyone has graced the arena with either single or multiple tour date appearances.

Salford City Reds

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Football and cricket not your thing - well why not try a bit of Super League rugby at the famous old ground, The Willows, with the Salford City Reds. Promoted back into the Super League where they belong and with ambitious plans for the future with a brand new stadium in the offing the Reds are certainly a team on the up and up.

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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Home to Lancashire County Cricket Club or their more snazzy title of Lancashire Lightning, Manchester's premier cricket ground is, like its footballing neighbour, called Old Trafford.

Manchester United Football Club

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Still widely recognised as one of the biggest, most successful and famous football clubs in the world, Manchester United (the red side of the city) has a pedigree that is second to none.

Manchester City Football Club

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The Blue Moon revolution on the east side of Manchester's footballing divide is alive and well following an Arabian Eastlands revolution that has brought much needed investment in the club and its playing staff.

The Trafford Centre

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Covering over 150 acres with 150,000 sq ft of retail, catering and leisure space, 10,000 free car park spaces and its own bus station the Trafford Centre has to be seen to be believed. Since opening in 1998 it has become a tourist attraction with over 30 million visitors each year.

The Triangle

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Following a loving restoration this grade two listed building which used to house a corn exchange has become a state of the art shopping centre that is called the Triangle.

The Arndale Centre

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Infamous for being the target of a 1996 IRA detonated bomb, the Arndale Centre has since been transformed with the help of a £150m development programme that sees it in its current impressive form today.

Cloud 23 Bar Manchester

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Situated on the 23rd floor of Manchester's tallest building the Beetham Tower which houses luxury appartments and the Hilton hotel, this bar has a unique location and a stylish ever changing ambience thanks to its floor to ceiling windows with views out across Manchester and its surrounds.

The Manchester Wheel

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Situated in Exchange Square in the Millenium Quarter is Manchester's answer to the London Eye without the queues -  "The Manchester Wheel" .
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