It is very easy to walk around Manchester city centre but if you are unable to walk for a long time a free bus (the metro shuttle is available)
currency £ British pound
Best times to visit (the best time to visit is between June and august for the best warm weather
Time zone GMT +0
Getting here.
By car
The M60 ring road connects the city to motorways to the north, east, south and west..
By train
Coach
There is a regular service of mega bus and national express country wide to Chorlton Street Coach Station in the heart of the city centre and Manchester Airport.
By plane
Manchester airport is the third biggest in the UK and is the global gateway to the North of England.
60 airlines link 200 global destinations to England. There are many direct flights to Manchester airport from airports across the UK (including Glasgow, London Gatwick London Heathrow Edinburgh) there are many international destination where you can fly direct to Manchester from including Copenhagen, Malaga, Madrid, Barcelona Tenerife, Portugal the Netherlands Germany Morocco Turkey . The airport has direct links to the city centre by an onsite railway station and Metrolink Station.
Rail
There are regular services by Operators include: Avanti West Coast, TransPennine Express, Transport for Wales, Northern Rail and CrossCountry Trains from the three main stations I Manchester, Oxford Road, Piccadilly and Victoria.
You can reach:
London - 2hrs 7mins
Edinburgh - 3hrs 15mins
Birmingham - 1hr 28mins
Manchester Airport - 14mins
Liverpool – 34mins
Sheffield – 52mins
Newcastle – 2hrs 25mins
York - 1hr 20mins
Cardiff – 3hrs 30mins
Conwy – under 2hrs 40mins
Shrewsbury – under 1hr 30mins
Chester – 1h
Traveling around the city.
By Tram.
Metrolink can transport you to popular venues and attractions across the region and, if you’re planning on sightseeing, Travelcards offer unlimited travel across the network
By Bus.
Within the city centre, free bus (formerly Metroshuttle) provides a free ‘hop on, hop off’ service linking all the main rail stations, shopping districts and business areas. There are services which operate on circular routes. There are also busses to all destinations in greater Manchester from piccadilly gardens.
Cycling
Manchester is very cycle friendly and there are dedicated cycle lanes and cycling trails.
Walking.
You can easily walk around Manchester in 30 minutes.
Things to do.
Visit old Trafford
Visit the Etihad stadium
Go and see a show at the palace Theatre, opera house or Lowery Theatre.
Visit the Trafford centre
The national football museum
Manchester museum
Ao arena
Bridgewater Hall
Coronation street tour
Lego land discovery centre
RHS Bridgewater
Retreat at the Lowry hotel
Afternoon tea cloud 23
Manchester music walking tour.
Places to stay
Midland hotel Manchester
The Hilton Deansgate
Kempton clocktower
The pendulum hotel Manchester
Leonardo hotel Manchester piccadilly
Places to eat
Hatch
The ivy
Street urchin
Food
Black pudding
Rag pudding
Manchester tart
Eccles cake
Chorley cakes
Vimto
Famous people
Prestwich - Victoria Wood comedian
Marcus Rashford footballer
Chorlton-on-Medlock - David Lloyd George UK prime minister.
Danny Boyle film director
Steve Coogan comedian
Anna Friel actress
Professor Brian cox physicist
Liam Gallagher singer
Dialect
bobbins – Rubbish, worthless. Used in place of an expletive when children are present.
buzzin(g) – Extremely happy.
cock – Generic term of friendship, like mate or pal.
dead – An emphasis marker (e.g. dead busy, dead friendly).
the dibble – The police.
dimp – Short cigarette, cigarette stub, cigarette butt.
gaff – A residence, house or flat.
ginnel – An alleyway, especially when passing beneath a building.
hangin(g) – Nasty, disgusting (e.g. Karl is 'angin')
madeira – Full of enthusiasm, a phrase that embodied the Madchester era. From the phrase mad for it.
mither – To irritate, to annoy or to bother. To moan or to whinge.
muppet – Fool, idiot.
our kid – Term of endearment for a sibling or close acquaintance.
pure – Emphasis on a large quantity, for example 'the gig was pure busy' meaning there were a lot of people there
safe – To be on good terms, also used to mean 'okay' and as a greeting.
sappnin(g) – Contraction of what's happening?, now used as a greeting, via sense of 'what are you up to?'
sayin(g) – Contraction of what are you saying?, now used as a greeting, via sense of 'what are you up to?'
scran – Food (also used in Liverpool, Glasgow and Newcastle).
scrike - To cry. To wail or to scream. To shriek or to screech.
scrote – Someone worthless or unpleasant; a low-life (short for scrotum).
snide – Mean, tight.
sorted – Okay/dealt with (sorted out).
sound – Okay, trustworthy
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