Things to Do in Manchester

Manchester is England's most exciting city outside London — a place that has reinvented itself several times over and never stopped moving forward. The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution is now the creative capital of the North: home to two of the world's most famous football clubs, a music heritage that shaped popular culture (The Smiths, Oasis, The Stone Roses), and a food and drink scene that rivals anywhere in the UK. Things to do in Manchester range from Old Trafford and Etihad stadium tours to the city's incredible free museums — the Manchester Museum, the Whitworth, and the Science and Industry Museum among them. The Northern Quarter thrums with independent bars, vintage shops and street art. Castlefield offers Roman history alongside canal-side restaurants. Ancoats, once an industrial district, is now one of the UK's most talked-about food destinations.