
Got an hour to spare? Fancy learning more about Manchester in your lunch break? Do you want to impress your friends or relatives with fascinating facts about your city?
Then take one of our Urbis tours. Whether you are interested in Manchester’s history old or new, shopping and retail to something more spiritually uplifting we have something that will suit all tastes and can even tailor make our tours just for you.
Choose from any of the tours below and with new tours being developed all the time, there are always reasons to come back to Urbis.
To book or enquire about our tours please ring 0161-605-8200 or email tours@urbis.org.uk
Wednesdays 3pm
£3
Uncover Manchester’s roots in the fight for equal rights for women. From discovering where the Suffragettes displayed their first militant action to how and why woman fought for the right to free birth control. Look at the movements both for and against woman’s suffrage and discover the women that influence the radical movements of today. 1 ½ hrs
Mondays 11am
£3
From cultural revolutionaries to middle class reform and democratic rights discover Manchester’s radical heritage on this new walking tour. This tour promises to raise many issues relevant to us today. 1 ½ hrs
Please be aware that on sat 16 Aug this tour will not be running
£3
TOUR STARTS AND FINISHES AT CORNERHOUSE
Walk in the footsteps of Manchester’s music history with Urbis’ Factory Records Tour. The tour will guide you through sites that played a key role in the Factory Records story. Stops include the Free Trade Hall (the venue of the legendary first Sex Pistols gig), the site of the original Hacienda nightclub, MICC (formerly G-mex) and Factory HQ.
See Factory’s influence on the city first hand and explore the history behind the music we love.
To book a tour please call 0161 605 8200
£5 (includes coffee or tea at the Twisted Wheel)
Take a tour of some of the key sites from Manchester's musical heyday. Discover where all star acts such as The Hollies, The Small Faces, Ike and Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix and The Bay City Rollers plus many more played on the circuit. Visit the spots where Manchester's Northern Soul crowd used to hang out, and the celebrated haunts like the Oasis club where entry cost 25p, and find out how the Twisted Wheel kept its music Manchester's best loved secret. A must, whether you want to reminisce about the good old days or find out the roots of musical Manchester.
September:
Saturday 13th & 27th
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
October:
Saturday 11th & 25th
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
November:
Saturday 8th & 22nd
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
December:
Saturday 6th & 20th
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Mondays:
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“Fascinating. Little pieces of history that we’d have ordinarily missed”.
“I work in the city and didn’t know all the great things about Urbis. I will definitely be back.”
“Great tour because it was short and sweet yet very informative and engaging”.
“Tour was very interesting and understandable for foreign people. We’ll be back.”
“Very clear presentation and a very worthwhile part of the visit”.
“Will recommend to friends and family”.
If you have any particular question or requirements for your visit please do not hesitate to contact Mark Rainey on m.rainey@urbis.org.uk or Frances Ridley on f.ridley@urbis.org.uk or call Urbis on 0161 605 8200.