AVAILABLE MAY 2025
Manchester is the second most visited city in Britain after London, and one its largest cities. But what secrets does it hold within its streets and landmarks? Paul Chrystal opens the lid in this entertaining new guide to the city.
Featuring a hundred locations, richly illustrated with colour and black & white photographs, Paul takes the reader through some of Manchester’s best-known attractions and lesser-known places.
Explore the collections of the Manchester Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, John Rylands Library; learn about the Lowry, with the country’s largest stage outside of London; at the Salford Museum you can wander a Victorian street typical of Manchester’s past, while at the National Football Museum you can find the winning ball from the 1966 World Cup.
The book also uncovers the wonders of the Hat Works Museum in Stockport, Manchester Cathedral, the Central Library, Pankhurst Centre and Canal Street.
Manchester Secret & Strange Places to Visit is part travel guide, part urban exploration guide, taking the city’s thousands of tourists (as well as locals) on a tour of the best it has to offer.
Written by one of the North of England’s best known local and social historians.
