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Exploring Manchester could keep you busy for months with architecture, museums, galleries and theatres to experience. There are hundreds of activities for any interest within minutes. Manchester is a dramatic blend of old and new. It’s inviting, edgy, exciting and will keep you entertained.

Enjoy a little retail therapy as you check out the funky, chic, high street and bargain fashions of Manchester. Saturdays Tib Street Fashion Market is the place to find unique one of a kind designs at affordable prices. The Market is the testing ground for up-coming new designers and gives shoppers the opportunity to own designer fashion and accessories for reasonable prices.

For true High Street fashion, you’ll want to head to King Street. Since the 19th century it has been the place to find the distinctive, cutting edge fashions of Armani, DKNY and French Connection. In a square mile, you can indulge in the passion of fashion until you drop.

Sit back and get a look back in time at the Wigan Pier where actors play out a day in a strict Victorian classroom. Then take a boat ride down the canal and experience the world’s largest working steam engine.

The Bolton Trail is a new tourist trail located 20 minutes north of Manchester in the countryside of Bolton. The Trail starts in Victoria Square and continues through the town centre and around famous venues as it celebrates the city’s most famous faces and places.

The nights never seem to end in Manchester with famous night spots that attract visitors from across the UK. Combine a student population with a city that loves to party and you have a night to remember. You will find something for everyone from small intimate pubs to progressive, lively clubs and each neighborhood seems to offer a unique flavor for nighttime fun.