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Manchester Tattoo Convention by UKTTA
Manchester City CentreInk, art, and alternative culture - the Manchester Tattoo Convention is a weekend-long celebration of all three. This annual festival...
Roomzzz Manchester City
Manchester City CentreLocated on Manchester’s Princess Street, Roomzzz Manchester City is perfect for visitors looking for culture in Manchester. Chinatown is just...
Northern Flower
Northern QuarterNorthern Flower is the original cool indie florist with beautiful bouquets ready to pick up and take away from their...
Erst
Manchester City Centre"Yet more small plates in Ancoats?" we hear you cry. Well yes, but trust us, Erst is worth your attention....
Evuna Knutsford
KnutsfordEvuna Knutsford brings together playful Spanish tapas dishes and an excellent wine offering.
Roomzzz Manchester Victoria
Manchester City CentreHidden above street level on Manchester’s busy Exchange Square, you’ll find the Roomzzz Manchester Victoria Aparthotel.
Sicilian NQ
Manchester City CentreLocated in the Northern Quarter, this friendly neighbourhood bistro and bar is the place to avanti if it’s a taste of traditional...
Rigatoni’s Altrincham
AltrinchamRigatoni's is a bustling 25-seater Southern Italian pasta kitchen at the top of Shaws Road in Altrincham. Their rotating blackboard...
Bury Market
BuryEverything from fresh fruit and veg to wooden spoons, Bury Market has a dizzying range of stalls selling fresh produce,...
Evuna Manchester NQ
Manchester City CentreThe second city centre Evuna, open since 2013, bagsies a corner spot in the Northern Quarter that provides the outward-facing...
Evuna Manchester Deansgate
Manchester City CentreOctober 2003 saw the first of the four Evunas open, grabbing a prime position on Deansgate and a reputation for...
Piccolino Hale
HaleThere’s no shortage of reliably good restaurants in the Hale-Altrincham-Bowden triangle, and Piccolino Hale is up there with the best...
House of Books and Friends
ManchesterHouse of Books and Friends is a bookshop with a difference. As well as knowledgeable, friendly staff, a great selection...
Unit 9 Cloudwater Taproom
PiccadillyUnit 9 Cloudwater Taproom is right next to the brewery which, incidentally, takes up units seven and eight. Despite the...
Pop Boutique Liverpool
RopewalksRichard Free, the man behind the Pop Boutique mini empire, began collecting vintage clothing in the 1970s and has built...
The Hollies Farm Shop Lower Stretton
WarringtonWith vegetables so fresh they could have been dug up from the field that morning, homemade pies and sausage rolls,...
Coast to Coast
Trafford ParkCoast to Coast is a casual American restaurant at the Trafford Centre. If you’re looking for something that feels more...
Luisco Chocolate
HaighLuisco Chocolate is a quirky little chocolatier in the courtyard at Haigh Woodland Park. It’s the perfect opportunity for a...
Wordsworth Grasmere
GrasmereAt Wordsworth Grasmere you can immerse yourself in the beautiful surroundings which captured the poet's imagination and drove much of...
Beeston Castle
TarporleyBeeston Castle perches atop a rocky crag, looking out over the surrounding Cheshire Plains.
Blossom
ChorltonBlossom is a small, independent florist on Manchester Road in Chorlton. It does beautiful hand-made bouquets and specialises in seasonal,...
Nordic Muse
Northern QuarterNordic Muse is the opposite of fast-fashion or Amazon. This beautifully-curated Tib Street store is full of Scandi inspiration and...
Resurrection
RopewalksThis double-level vintage and music merch store started life in Quiggins Arcade before moving to Bold Street (now the unofficial...
Nerf Action Xperience
Trafford ParkIf you love charging around waving a Nerf blaster with foam ammo popping all around you, then you’re going to...
Thoughtfully Cafe
RopewalksIndependent coffee shop Thoughtfully Cafe is just a few minutes walk from Liverpool ONE but it feels like a world...
The Epicurean West Didsbury
West DidsburyThe Epicurean West Didsbury is the brand’s original craft beer shop, bringing brightly coloured cans to Burton Road.
Lowther Castle & Gardens
Lake DistrictLowther Castle & Gardens is an intriguing attraction. It looks grand enough at first sight, but the castle is literally...
Lunya
Liverpool City CentreWorld-class Catalan deli and restaurant Lunya is a wonderful place to hang out, with tapas and full-bodied meals on offer....
Reserve Wines
West DidsburyReserve Wines was set up by Kate Goodman more than twenty years ago and it’s still going strong. Kate certainly...
Fusion Plate
SaleFusion Plate is a great value Oriental grocery store in Sale with special deals on bulk buys. It also serves...
Isca
LevenshulmeIsca is a natural wine bar and shop on an unassuming street in Levenshulme, brought to you by Caroline Dubois (sommelier...
Cow Liverpool
RopewalksIf the haphazard chaos of charity shops puts you off buying pre-loved clothes, Cow Liverpool is your place to start....
Dishoom
Manchester City CentreDishoom is a legend in its own lunchtime and that’s exactly how it likes things. It’s not enough to serve...
Chatsworth
BaslowThe classic vista of the grand 17th century house overlooking the River Derwent is the most famous image of Chatsworth,...
Yellowhammer
Stockport Town CentreBread, buns and other bakes are the name of the food game at Where The Light Gets In spin-off Yellowhammer...
Ad Hoc
Northern QuarterAd Hoc is a wine shop and bar that’s about as unpretentious as it gets but still knows its albariño...
Black Raven Flowers
SaleBlack Raven Flowers is about as different from Greater Manchester’s other florists as it's possible to be. While most may...
Barbakan Deli
ChorltonThe folks at Barbakan have been nose to the grindstone for over 50 years - they were here long before...
Blakemere Village
NorthwichBlakemere Village is the Cheshire one-stop for shopping, outdoor activities and family-friendly events.
Didsbury Flower Lounge
DidsburyDidsbury Flower Lounge is an award-winning independent florist offering exquisite fresh-cut flowers, house plants with personality and enchanting floral bouquets.
International Beatleweek Festival
Cavern QuarterThe International Beatleweek Festival draws Beatles fans from all over the world. It’s pretty hardcore too – a full week...
Rough Hand Made
Albert DockRough Hand Made is a gorgeous artisan bakery on Albert Dock. Eat in or take away but get there early...
SK1 Records
Stockport Town CentreSK1 Records is more than just a record shop. It’s an important part of the town’s current buzz and it...
The Cheshire Smokehouse
WilmslowThe Cheshire Smokehouse is one of the region’s best places for quality food. It’s just not Christmas round our way...
Vinyl Exchange
Manchester City CentreVinyl Exchange probably has Manchester city centre’s biggest selection of second hand vinyl and certainly the most varied. It’s an...
Opera Grill
ChesterHoused in a Grade II Listed building with a neo-classical facade, Chester's Opera Grill is a grand, 400-seater restaurant from...
The Manchester Shop
Manchester City CentreIf you’re looking for a cooler, classier level of souvenir than a keyring with Manchester printed underneath a big red...
Flourish Didsbury
DidsburyFlourish Didsbury is an award-winning florist with a wide range of houseplants too. It’s great for colourful blooms but also...
Manchester Christmas Markets
Manchester City CentreYou don't have to walk far in Manchester city centre to find one of the many Christmas markets that pop-up...
Kenyon Hall Farm
WarringtonKenyon Hall Farm is the perfect countryside day out all year round. From picking up a premium Fraser Fir Christmas...
Taylors of Sale
SaleTaylors of Sale has been one of the best butchers in Greater Manchester for almost 175 years. You don’t date...
Smithills Open Farm
BoltonIf you've ever wondered what you call a baby alpaca, or which is the biggest and most ferocious owl in...
Port Street Beer House
Northern QuarterPort Street Beer House is the beer lover’s drinking spot. It’s somewhere between a pub and a bar, mixing a...
Federal Manchester NQ
Manchester City CentreKeeping the Northern Quarter fed and watered since 2014, the first Federal is a daytime destination a stone's throw from...
Portobello
HadfieldThe Italian couple who run Portobello in Hadfield know how to make an impression on a local community. Their restaurant...
The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop
GrasmereIf you’ve never tasted this Lakeland speciality before, you're in for a treat. The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop is famous for...
Farmageddon
OrmskirkFarmageddon is the big one. Every year it’s a sellout, welcoming thousands of willing lambs to the slaughter. There are...
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...
Archie’s Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkArchie’s Trafford Centre is another of the eye-popping pink burger and shake sites from the wildly popular Manchester mini-empire. The...
Pavilion Gardens Buxton
BuxtonIt's the variety of attractions and things to do that make Pavilion Gardens Buxton special. This elegant Victorian park and...
Federal Manchester Deansgate
Manchester City CentreAfter keeping the Northern Quarter fed and watered since 2014, Federal claimed another foothole, this time on Deansgate. Dishing up...
Delifonseca Dockside
BrunswickLiverpool's acclaimed deli and restaurant Delifonseca has a loyal following thanks to its irresistible victuals from the UK and beyond.
McQueen Independent
ChorltonMcQueen Independent on Chorlton’s buzzing Beech Road is a fantastic clothes shop for cool brands you don’t find on the...
Wax and Beans
BuryWax and Beans is a vinyl and coffee combo where you can indulge all your passions at once. Affectionately known...
Platt Fields Market Garden
FallowfieldPlatt Fields Market Garden is a muddy bit of the good life in urban Manchester. It’s a fantastic community growing...
Slattery
WhitefieldMuch like Betty’s in Harrogate, a trip to Slattery in Whitefield can be a day out in its own right....
Salut Wines
Manchester City CentreSalut Wines is a proper wine bar of the sort you don’t see very often in the UK. There are...
Hello Oriental
Manchester City CentreThere's three floors of street food fun at Hello Oriental. A Chinese bakery and cafe is joined by Vietnamese restaurant...
Flourish Manchester – Deansgate Square
Manchester City CentreSplit over two levels in one of the retail units at Manchester's most stylish skyscraper neighbourhood, Flourish Manchester - Deansgate...
The Lambing Shed Farm Shop and Kitchen
KnutsfordMoseley Hall Farm is home to 250 cattle, over 2,500 sheep, and in the barn once used for newborn lambs...
Wilderness Hair
RopewalksWilderness Hair is a unique folk herbalist hairdressing experience. Depending on your natural locks, it might just be the place...
Another Heart To Feed NQ
Manchester City CentreAnother Heart To Feed in Manchester's NQ is one of our top brunch spots. It's a coffee shop inspired by...
Chaiiwala Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkChaiiwala Trafford Centre is perfect for snacks, lunches, light meals and even breakfast. The food comes together in a joyful...
Axons of Didsbury
DidsburyAxons of Didsbury is an independent family business, always happy to go the extra mile for their customers.
Chorlton Cheesemongers
ChorltonChorlton Cheesemongers isn’t just a shop that sells cheese. No, it’s a uniquely-adapted, humidity controlled space which specialises British and...
The Pasta Factory
Manchester City CentreSeasonal and made from scratch - there's a homeliness to the food at The Pasta Factory that belies its industrial-sounding...
Epicerie Ludo
ChorltonEpicerie Ludo is a small shop on Beech Road in Chorlton that’s an absolute treasure trove of food and drink.
Soho’s Liverpool
RopewalksSoho's is one of the original vintage clothing stores in Liverpool, and one of the biggest. With a hairdressers, a...
The Epicurean Chorlton
ChorltonThe Epicurean Chorlton is a friendly little beer shop. It may be smaller than its sister site in West Didsbury...
Carringtons
ChorltonAccording to Decanter, ‘Manchester is lucky to have Carringtons’ and in the world of wine that counts for a lot....
Federal Circle Square
Manchester City CentreFederal Cafe Bar in Circle Square on Oxford Road, Manchester is a must-visit for brunch lovers. With a focus on...
Sifters
BurnageSifters is the legendary record shop immortalised in Shakermaker. Apparently Noel Gallagher used to spend his pocket money here. If...
Giraffe Flowers
Northern QuarterGiraffe is a quirky independent florist in the Northern Quarter. Pop in for a bouquet on the way home from...
The Epicurean Heaton Moor
Heaton MoorThe Epicurean Heaton Moor is the Stockport outpost of the self-proclaimed ‘Beer People’. They’re right though. The staff here are...
Afflecks
Manchester City CentreAfflecks, previously known as Afflecks Palace, is a hip indoor market spread over four floors. Established in 1982, it's a...
Slim Chickens Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkPopular for cheap eats, Slim Chickens Trafford Centre is one of the mall's better options with everything cooked to order...
Red Brick Market
Baltic TriangleIf you love thrifting, vintage clothes, handmade jewellery, secondhand vinyl, charming curios, retro homeware, old comics, and the like, you...
Reel Around The Fountain Records
StretfordReel Around The Fountain Records is a vinyl store in Stretford Mall. For an indie record shop, it’s pretty vast....
Heaton Hops
Heaton MoorHeaton Hops is a bar and bottle shop in Heaton Moor. The fridges are packed with bottles and cans from...
Oats And Honey
EcclesWhatever it is you're after, "social sustainable store" Oats And Honey is likely to have it – from Aloë earrings...
Arndale Market
Manchester City CentreThe Arndale Market transformed itself into a food hall long before the trend took off. It's been there for yonks...
Pop Boutique Manchester Oldham Street
Manchester City CentreFamily-run independent Pop Boutique was the first vintage store to open on retro clothing hotspot Oldham Street. It's been in...
Permanent Orbit
St John'sThis part of town isn’t known for clothes shopping but the existence of Permanent Orbit and its neighbour Clints, make...
Ezra & Gil Hilton Street
Northern QuarterIf you want to experience Northern Quarter cafe culture in its purest form, head to Ezra & Gil Hilton Street,...
Frog Flowers
Northern QuarterIf you see a head-turning floral installation in Manchester - adorning the entrance to Albert's Schloss or The Ivy for...
David Wayman Flowers
Manchester City CentreDavid Wayman Flowers is a boutique florist in the heart of Spinningfields – perfect for buying a bunch of flowers...
The Cheese Hamlet
DidsburyThe Cheese Hamlet is a family-run independent business that sells all sorts of delicious food and drink, as well as...
Kingbee Records
ChorltonKingbee Records is a proper old-school record shop. The custard-yellow storefront is a beacon, drawing in music lovers from all...
Haigh Woodland Park
WiganHaigh Woodland Park is a good mix of cultivated prettiness and ancient woodland with plenty of things to do.
Radcliffe Market
RadcliffeEvery town would benefit from its own version of Radcliffe Market. Owned and managed by the local community, it's a...
Companio Bakery
AncoatsCompanio is a small artisan bakery in Ancoats selling a range of sourdough breads, pastries, Viennoiserie and savouries. The almond...
Anywhere Out Of The World
Manchester City CentreIt’s no surprise that Anywhere Out Of The World, a bookshop named after a line from Baudelaire, doesn’t specialise in...
North Taproom: Circle Square
Oxford RoadNorth Taproom: Circle Square is the Manchester outpost of the beloved North Bar in Leeds. It specialises in craft beer...
Out of the Blue
ChorltonOut of the Blue manages to making selling fish cool. It’s a lovely shop with sea-inspired abstract paintings, changing window...
The Italian Club Bakery
RopewalksTracing their roots back to the mountain village of Picinisco near Rome and the seaside city of Bisceglie in Puglia...
Clints Inc
Manchester City CentreShowing that sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it, hit Manchester streetwear brand Clints was born...
Unicorn
ChorltonUnicorn is a well-loved organic co-operative selling vegan produce. There’s an emphasis on Fairtrade and it does everything it can...
Radar Festival
StretfordRadar Festival is a three-day celebration of boundary-pushing rock and metal held at Victoria Warehouse. It’s a relative newcomer to...
Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester City CentrePiccadilly Gardens are concrete rather than floral now but despite a slightly unsavoury reputation it still remains the gateway to...
Whole Bunch Wines Prestwich
PrestwichWhole Bunch Wines is a wine bar and bottle shop in Prestwich specialising in interesting wines and craft beer too.
All Night Flight
Stockport Town CentreAll Night Flight is an independent record shop specialising in left-field electronica, avant-garde and world music.
Salvi’s | Corn Exchange
Manchester City CentreSalvi’s – or Salvi's Mozzarella Bar & Restaurant, to give it its full name – claims to be Manchester's first...
The Ice Cream Farm
TattenhallWith more than 50 flavours of Cheshire Farm ice cream, The Ice Cream Farm is officially the biggest ice cream...
Fred Aldous
Northern QuarterFred Aldous is the shop you need, whatever you’re making. If you’re getting artsy or craftsy, or know someone who...
Manchester Craft and Design Centre
Northern QuarterManchester Craft and Design Centre is a fantastic space to stroll around whether you’re there to buy or just to...
Haute Dolci Trafford
TraffordChocoholics and those with a sweet tooth will feel right at home at Haute Dolci, a dessert cafe situated in...
Hillgate Cakery
Stockport Town CentreHillgate Cakery is a fully vegan, family-run bakery and cafe in Stockport’s Old Town. Housed in a mock-Tudor building, the...
Hello Oriental Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkHello Oriental Trafford Centre is an exciting new opening for anyone looking to escape the corporate blandness of the retail...
The Trading Route
Manchester City CentreThe Trading Route, named for its location near the River Irwell and its ties to Manchester’s industrial heritage, is a...
Emporium M33
SaleEmporium M33 is a treasure trove of small businesses, start-ups and indie makers and producers right in the centre of...
The Trafford Centre
Trafford ParkThe Trafford Centre is a palace-like, ever-expanding shopping and leisure destination, just inside the M60. It's the reason why traffic...
Queer Lit
AncoatsRather than being consigned to one small shelf, Queer Lit celebrates literature that reflects the queer experience throughout the shop....
Pollen Bakery
Greater ManchesterAfter an initial stint tucked away in an archway near Piccadilly, this airy bakery and cafe moved to a spot...
Piccadilly Records
Northern QuarterWhen it comes to music in Manchester this place is the absolute business. Piccadilly Records is the coolest square footage...
Skaus
Mossley HillSet up in January 2017, Skaus's Dan Cameron and Josh Lundon have been about a bit, serving street food at...
Baby E Coffee & Deli
Cavern QuarterSurprisingly inviting for a basement cafe-bar, Baby E Coffee & Deli is a tucked-away spot for brekkie, brunch or lunch...
Sizergh Castle
KendalSizergh Castle, or Sizergh - National Trust as they're calling it nowadays, sits just outside the southern boundary of the...
The British Music Experience
Albert DockHead to The Cunard Building, one of the Three Graces that form Liverpool's iconic waterfront to find The British Music...
Harvey Nichols Second Floor Deli Bar
Manchester City CentreHutch up near one of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the new Second Floor Deli Bar and take in the views...
Cork of the North Sale
SaleCork of the North Sale smudges the line between wine merchant and wine bar even before you’ve had a glass....
Comptoir Libanais
Manchester City CentreComptoir Libanais serves up the bold flavours of Lebanon, its fresh and healthy plates providing much to tempt those following...
Cork of the North Heaton Moor
Heaton MoorYou can probably tell from the pun-tastic name that you don’t need to be a serious grape connoisseur to feel...
So Marrakech
AltrinchamAs well as homewares and style items, concept store So Marrakech has a daytime café, offering a taste of Morocco...
