Events
Manchester Tattoo Convention by UKTTA
PiccadillyInk, art, and alternative culture - the Manchester Tattoo Convention is a weekend-long celebration of all three. This annual festival...
Lock 84
PiccadillyLock 84 is the all-day restaurant and bar inside four-star hotel The Reach, which opened on Ducie Street in summer...
The Spirit of Manchester Distillery
Manchester City CentreThree Little Words is housed under the arches at the lesser-visited end of Watson Street, near Beetham Tower. Inside you’ll...
Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly
PiccadillyAfter a multi-million pound refurbishment, Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly is one of the city's major hotels and certainly looks the...
The Reach at Piccadilly
PiccadillyThe Reach at Piccadilly is part of the Marriott’s upmarket Tribute Portfolio collection, meaning it looks and feels more like...
Malmaison Manchester Piccadilly
PiccadillyMalmaison Manchester Piccadilly is an impressive boutique hotel in the perfect spot. It’s just minutes from Manchester Piccadilly train station,...
Rain Bar
Manchester City CentreRain Bar is a pub from JW Lees in an old umbrella factory. It’s a beautiful building and looks even...
Malmaison Manchester Deansgate
Manchester City CentreMalmaison Manchester Deansgate is a cool new boutique hotel in the heart of the city. It has amazing views, two...
Malmaison Liverpool Bar & Grill
Princes DockMalmaison Liverpool Bar & Grill is much more than just another soulless hotel restaurant. With its dockside location and terrace,...
Grand Pacific
Manchester City CentreGrand Pacific is the work of Living Ventures and it easily outshines its sibling venues in terms of pure glamour....
Exhibition
Manchester City CentreExhibition is one of Manchester’s cluster of exciting multi-kitchen concepts (read: food halls) that just seem to be multiplying. In...
The Art School Cellars
Georgian QuarterThe Art School Cellars is part of the renowned Art School restaurant but it is also an atmospheric destination in...
Malmaison Deansgate Bar & Grill
Manchester City CentreMalmaison Deansgate Bar & Grill is a confident operation with prime grass-fed British beef and popular classics. The menu veers...
Malmaison Liverpool
Princes DockMalmaison Liverpool is a dockside delight. This boutique hotel offers stunning views across the city, and cool, characterful rooms and...
Manchester Central
Manchester City CentreIt was built in the 19th century as a railway terminus, then in the 1980s and 1990s it became a...
The Art School
Georgian QuarterLiverpool’s award-winning, fine-dining restaurant The Art School brings together inventive Modern British cooking and an impressive historic setting.
Frederiks
Georgian QuarterOne of the buzziest spots in the Georgian Quarter, Frederiks models itself on the neighbourhood bars of Brooklyn. Think casual...
Manchester River Cruises
Salford QuaysWant to fall in love with your city all over again? Take a boat tour from Manchester River Cruises, and...
Zen Sushiya
WithingtonZen Sushiya is a delightful Japanese restaurant specialising in sushi. It’s a charming place, with helpful staff dressed in traditional...
Twenty Twenty Two
Northern QuarterTwenty Twenty Two is a Northern Quarter hangout with a difference. It has the metro tiles, basement decor and late...
Jonathan Schofield Manchester Tours
Oxford RoadEven if you’ve lived here all your life, you’ll likely learn something new on a Jonathan Schofield Manchester Tour. And...
Dino Falls Adventure Golf
Trafford ParkDino Falls Adventure Golf is the only landmark kids care about in Manchester. You can’t miss the volcano and huge...
Brockholes
SamlesburyBrockholes is the jewel in the crown of Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves with royal visits and a fancy floating...
The Rose & Crown Knutsford
KnutsfordThere's no shortage of ye olde pubs in Knutsford. The thatched roofed White Bear is the most ancient with a...
Titanic Hotel Liverpool
VauxhallTitanic Hotel Liverpool is located on Stanley Dock in a former Victorian warehouse. It’s a massive building – titanic, you...
Planet Ice
AltrinchamPlanet Ice is not just for Christmas. Enjoy year-round indoor skating sessions for a reasonable price.
Sizergh Castle
KendalSizergh Castle, or Sizergh - National Trust as they're calling it nowadays, sits just outside the southern boundary of the...
Café Blah
WithingtonCafé Blah is back in a new location after being priced out of their old home across the road. A...
Classic Football Shirts Shop Manchester
Northern QuarterManchester isn’t just home to two of the best-known football teams in the world - it’s also home to one...
The Museum of Wigan Life
WiganThe Museum of Wigan Life brings together objects from the town’s history in a beguiling collection that’ll delight people who...
The Rum Fox
ClitheroeThe Rum Fox is a new dining destination with all the charm of an old one, housed in the former...
Instituto Cervantes
DeansgateThe Instituto Cervantes is a wonderful place to learn Spanish with enthusiastic native speakers and excellent teaching. Even the building...
Walton Hall & Gardens
WarringtonHead to Walton Hall & Gardens for landscaped grounds, woodland walks, a grand house, and a whole host of fun...
Fell Bistro
LongridgeFell Bistro is the gastronomic endeavour of not one, but two MasterChef: The Professionals finalists. It stands to reason that...
Cork & Canvas
AncoatsCork & Canvas is a sip and paint events company which puts on sessions at venues in and around Manchester...
Pip
DeansgateYou’ll find Pip on the ground floor of Treehouse Hotel Manchester, decked out in the same tastefully playful theme as...
LI-LY by Aiden Byrne
KnutsfordWith just 32 covers and a four-day week, Li-ly by Aiden Byrne is a smaller operation than the Michelin starred...
Something More Productive
WithingtonYou'll find Something More Productive tucked away off Withington High Street, next to the post office. A meeting spot for...
Chatsworth
BaslowThe classic vista of the grand 17th century house overlooking the River Derwent is the most famous image of Chatsworth,...
O’Connell’s
Oxford RoadO’Connell’s is a new Irish bar which has opened on the site of the former Thirsty Scholar. This area just...
The Carlton Club
Whalley RangeThe Carlton Club is Whalley Range. We’ve listed it as a pub, but it’s so much more than that. Originally...
Pavilion Gardens Buxton
BuxtonIt's the variety of attractions and things to do that make Pavilion Gardens Buxton special. This elegant Victorian park and...
Chung Ku
BrunswickChung Ku is very different from Liverpool’s other Chinese restaurants. It’s a modernist icon on the waterfront just south of...
Treehouse Hotel Manchester
DeansgateTreehouse Hotels Manchester is the new kid on the block, bringing a playful and free-spirited hospitality experience in its wake.
Renae
Northern QuarterAlready buzzing Renae is the latest addition to Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter. Centred around a genuine love for...
Food Sorcery Deansgate Square
DeansgateFood Sorcery Deansgate Square is an award-winning cookery school that runs classes on cuisines from all over the world, from...
Camp and Furnace
Baltic TriangleCamp and Furnace is a huge events space with a capacity of 2200. With its two warehouse spaces, this place...
Manchester United Foundation
StretfordManchester United Foundation is an independent charity that supports young people in the local area. Football reaches people in ways...
The Mobberley Ice Cream Company
MobberleyThe Mobberley Ice Cream Company specialises in a back-to-basics approach using milk, cream and sugar. No powdered flavourings, no artificial...
Side Street
St John'sSide Street is another one of those all-day creative spaces that segue (relatively) seamlessly between morning coffee and late-night events....
Leo and Roobs
BlackfriarsNamed after the owner’s kids, Leo and Rubes is a neighbourhood cafe from the folks behind The Black Friar. It’s...
The Red Lion Inn
WhitworthThe Red Lion's location in Whitworth, Rochdale is semi rather than fully rural but in terms of character and style,...
Mamasan Liverpool
Liverpool City CentreSouth Asian cookery is on the cards here, or "a vibrant culinary offering", if you prefer. Three floors are accessed...
Manchester Poetry Library
Oxford RoadWhether you're a reader, a writer, a rhymer or a free-verser, you'll find plenty to inspire you at the Manchester...
Creatures Comedy Club
Northern QuarterCreatures Comedy Club is an independent venue in the Northern Quarter with acts on stage seven nights a week. It’s...
Lost and Found
KnutsfordLost and Found, an elegant restaurant and bar in the old town hall in Knutsford has mastered the art of...
The Ice Cream Farm
TattenhallWith more than 50 flavours of Cheshire Farm ice cream, The Ice Cream Farm is officially the biggest ice cream...
Boom Battle Bar Manchester
Manchester City CentreBoom Battle Bar Manchester is an all-in-one bright neon activity centre in the Printworks. It’s an indoor playground primarily for...
Albert’s Schloss Liverpool
Liverpool City CentreAlbert's Schloss Liverpool is a Bavarian bar that mixes tongue-in-cheek fun with a dedication to high quality food and drink....
Another Place, The Lake
UllswaterAnother Place, The Lake is a Lake District spa hotel that makes full use of its picture-perfect location on the...
Royal Institution Bar
RopewalksThe Royal Institution Bar was created for 'those who enjoy the finer things in life' and serves up well thought-out...
Hotel Football
Old TraffordHotel Football is about as near to Old Trafford as you can get without camping on the penalty spot. Located...
The Salmon of Knowledge
Northern QuarterThe Salmon of Knowledge is an Irish bar in Manchester’s Northern Quarter providing drinker’s wisdom at the bottom of a...
