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Top 20 Best Things to Do in Manchester [2025]
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Etihad Stadium
4.6
/5
190 reviews
7.6
From AU$ 52.50
Based on 5,438 reviews
3.2 km from downtown
Phone +441614441894
Address: Etihad Stadium, Etihad Campus, Manchester M11 3FF, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 2 hours
Highlights:
Bowl-shaped stadium seats 54,000
Bowl design & great viewing
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Very good seats given, definitely a must to watch a match if you are a city fan. 💙💙💙
Great experience for football club and it is very well guided for the tour.
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Chinatown
4.5
/5
219 reviews
6.3
Based on 915 reviews
City Centre | 521m from downtown
Phone +441612368889
Address: Manchester, UK
Recommended sightseeing time: 2–4 hours
Highlights:
Authentic Chinese restaurants
Chinese New Year lion dance
Saved by 199 users29% positive reviews
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Stepping into Manchester China City, it seems to be through a time-space tunnel, and instantly enter a place full of Oriental charm. Traditional archway, porch of dragons and phoenixes, full of strong oriental charm. Chinatown is a great place to experience diverse Asian cultures, with restaurants, shops, supermarkets and more.
Went to Happy seasons restaurant and TSUJIRI in Manchester Chinatown with my mates after exams. Authentic Chinese cuisine with reasonable prices. The matcha sundae was also delicious. There are also many nice Asian restaurants around the area.
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The University of Manchester
4.7
/5
106 reviews
6.1
1.8 km from downtown
Phone +441613066000
Address: Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 2 hours
Highlights:
25 Nobel laureates from this university
Top red brick university in UK
Saved by 130 users51% positive reviews
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The University is located not too far from Chinatown, making this a nice day trip for those looking to checkout a UK university and have a nice meal after.
It is a nice university which contributes a lot to human history. The museum has rich enough exhibitions to spend a few hours exploring and learning new knowledge.
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National Football Museum
4.4
/5
114 reviews
6.0
Based on 4,007 reviews
City Centre | 846m from downtown
Phone +441616058200
Address: Todd St, Manchester M4 3BG, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 1–2 hours
Highlights:
Test speed & reaction, commentary fun
140,000 football memorabilia items
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I really enjoyed the interactive football games they had and there weee many floors filled with things to do. one bonus was that when you buy a ticket you get emailed a barcode and you can come back anytime within 1 year
Went on a fact finding mission for our development of the Welsh football museum. Very good introduction tour from a very knowledgeable guide and it was a great introduction to the galleries. Some very good and interesting exhibitions tendency to concentrate on England and events in the English game. Particularly good collection of trophies. Some aspects of the development of stadiums and football at war. Interactive floor was good fun and should keep the young and old busy. The current exhibition about football games is like a step back in time and should fascinate youngsters as to how games both board games and electronic have developed. Yes you can play Subbuteo! Particularly good is the introductory corridor which has films and stills about 11 particularly important events in football and some football art on the other wall. At the end is a case containing inclusive football of every variety. There's a little shop with some good reasonably priced items. The cafe is limited in choice but a decent cup of coffee. I would say that the entry fee is worth it given the amount of things to see and do
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John Rylands Research Institute and Library
4.5
/5
72 reviews
5.7
Based on 5,671 reviews
City Centre | 110m from downtown
Phone +441613060555
Address: 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 1–2 hours
Highlights:
Early printed books & manuscripts
Victorian Gothic architectural masterpiece
Saved by 186 users33% positive reviews
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The John Rylands Library in Manchester, England, known as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, gives you the illusion of studying in a church. You want to cherish every second and study hard... Mr. Rylands' widow used this unique way to commemorate her husband, John Rylands, which is the highest level of intellectual romance. It really amazed the time, moved the years, and was at peace in the elegance.
#John Rylands Library#——It merged with Manchester University in 1972 and is now part of Manchester University Library. It is said to be the oldest library in England. It looks inconspicuous on the outside, but it is a different world inside, very Gothic and Baroque. The toilets built in 1900 are still in use. The most amazing thing is that the books inside can be read. If you flip through it casually, you may find a book from the 18th or 19th century.
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Manchester City Council
4.4
/5
117 reviews
5.0
Based on 1,522 reviews
City Centre | 299m from downtown
Phone +441612344343
Address: Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester M2 5DB, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 1–2 hours
Highlights:
Dalton & Joule statues in the hall
1877 Gothic landmark clock tower
34% positive reviews
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The Town Hall on the east side of Albert Square is one of Manchester's landmark buildings. It was built in 1877 and expanded in 1938. The majestic Gothic clock tower often becomes the focus of tourists' photo taking, and even the torchbearers of the 2012 London Olympics are no exception. Manchester Town Hall can be divided into two parts, the old and the new. The popular clock tower belongs to the old town hall.
Manchester City Hall was under renovation and we were unable to visit it. There were regrets, gains, and losses in the journey. This neo-Gothic building built in the Victorian era was completed in 1877. It is now a Grade I protected building in the UK. Movies such as Sherlock Holmes and The Iron Lady were filmed here. The ancient building is gorgeous and exquisite, magnificent and unforgettable.
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Manchester Cathedral
4.0
/5
67 reviews
5.0
Based on 1,491 reviews
City Centre | 704m from downtown
Phone +441618332220
Address: Victoria St, Manchester M3 1SX, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 1–2 hours
Highlights:
Stained glass windows with light
15th-century vertical Gothic building
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Visited the cathedral with my partner for an ibiza classical evening. We both thoroughly enjoyed it! The lighting and sound system were amazing.The only faults I had with the place was that the toilets had no lighting around them ,but there were plenty of them though, so I wasn't queuing for long.
Manchester Cathedral was built in the early 15th century. It has been destroyed, rebuilt, destroyed, and restored over the centuries... It is so beautiful. History has become dust. Only the hard stone tells us its past stories.
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Manchester Museum
4.6
/5
76 reviews
4.7
Based on 2,412 reviews
1.7 km from downtown
Phone +441612752648
Address: Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 1–2 hours
Highlights:
Animal specimens, skeletons & artifacts
Victorian-style museum building
Saved by 115 users52% positive reviews
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沿著Manchester Oxfords Road走到博物館，一旁樹葉已變成紅葉，非常美麗，博物館內的動物種類繁多，好可愛，關於木乃伊相對較為少，但喜歡動物的你，值得參觀曼城博物館。
Manchester Museum has a limited-time mummy exhibition, where you can observe the appearance of mummies up close. This is a rare opportunity, and we highly recommend taking children to visit. .
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Science and Industry Museum
4.3
/5
123 reviews
4.6
Based on 8,346 reviews
City Centre | 471m from downtown
Phone +443300580058
Address: Liverpool Rd, Manchester M3 4JP, United Kingdom
Recommended sightseeing time: 2–3 hours
Highlights:
1830s steam engines & machines
Tech temple on Roman fort ruins
Saved by 101 users31% positive reviews
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The museum is free to enter and I used to love coming here as a child. I came back with my own children today. What we saw today was quite a disappointment.I booked easily online and with a minor wait at the doors we got in very smoothly. As we had also wanted to visit the Operation Ouch later. And thinking we would need time to explore the whole museum we booked it for mid afternoon.
It rained all day today but I visited all the attractions I could!
I first went to the Museum of Science and Industry, where I saw machines from the Industrial Revolution and real textile machines in operation. Through the flying cotton wool, I seemed to see Mr. Thornton at work [shy
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Albert Square
4.3
/5
83 reviews
4.5
Based on 577 reviews
City Centre | 197m from downtown
Phone +441612345000
Address: Manchester, UK
Recommended sightseeing time: 2 hours
Highlights:
Square with cultural buildings
Gothic Town Hall by Waterhouse
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Albert Square, named after Queen Victoria's husband, has a Gothic-style town hall built in 1877, which tells the glory and suffering of the city. This is a pioneer of the modern industrial revolution and was bombed and destroyed by the German army during World War II. Today, the city has stood up again, far away from the days of steam and sweat, and has become a diversified international bustling city that never sleeps.
Every December in Manchester, you must go to the lively and unique Christmas market near Albert Square. The Christmas market indicates that Christmas is coming, and there are many delicious and beautiful things in the market.
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