Exploring the Grand Canals of Manchester. FREE expert tour

Exploring the Grand Canals of Manchester. FREE expert tour

Forget the Grand Canal of Venice, these are the Grand Canals of Manchester on a wonderful waterside wander through secret parts of the city.

By New Manchester Walks

Date and time

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:00 - 13:00 GMT+1

Location

Malmaison Hotel

3 Piccadilly Manchester M1 3AQ United Kingdom

About this event

  • 2 hours

This tour is part of Manchester and Salford councils' programme of official Bridgewater Canal tours

This is a spectacular stroll along the waterways of Manchester, invoking a host of stories industrial and architectural, anecdotal and incidental, as we head west from Piccadilly, along the canals under the city streets towards Britain’s grand canal junction at Castlefield where four waterways cross.

Route: Malmaison – the Venetian-styled Crown Court – Canal Street – Gay Village – Bloom Street power station – under Oxford Street – Lee House – the Ritz – Manchester & Salford Junction Canal detour – the Hacienda – Roman fort – Duke’s 92 – the hut from where you could emigrate to America – Castlefield Canal Basin.

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New Manchester Walks

New Manchester Walks is led by Ed Glinert, Manchester's most energetic and entertaining tour guide, author of Penguin Books' Manchester Compendium and the forthcoming epic history, Manchester: The Biography.