Manchester suggestions (May 26-27)

Manchester is beginning to appear on the tourist agenda. There are two excellent museums -
Science and Industry Museum

https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/

and the Imperial War Museum North

https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-north

There's lots of information and ideas on theese two websites.

https://www.visitmanchester.com/things-to-see-and-do

https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/manchester-england/places

The Northern Quarter is worth checking out.

My home city! It’s a Victorian city, so most buildings were erected after around 1850, so there’s no timber frame mediaeval buildings such as Chester or York.

Visitmanchester.com will give you plenty of ideas, from galleries (I love The Lowry and the Whitworth), to museums (Imperial War Museum North or the Science and Industry Museum) to a great food scene, urban canals and of course, football.

There’s some great countryside around which you probably won’t have time to see.

The original poster left out Peter Noone, lead singer and prettiest face in Herman's Hermits.

The industry museum is gearhead heaven.

The main road through the vast Manchester University campus is known as Curry Mile for all the South Asian restaurants, from student hangouts to tablecloth posh.

A Google search will turn up craft beer pubs, a growing interest in a city that prides itself on its working-class roots.

There are so many places in the UK more interesting than Manchester.

“There are many places more interesting than Manchester”.

We Brits think that there are more interesting places to visit than Bath and the Cotswolds, but that doesn’t stop many on this forum going there.

There are so many places in the UK more interesting than Manchester.

That depends entirely on what one defines as interesting. I find The Cotswolds completely overated yet many people love the area. Many people are disappointed with Stonehenge, I and many others find it fascinating. I love the Roman baths in Bath but I find the rest of the city a bit "meh".

I've only been to Manchester once and that was to conduct a drugs raid, it was interesting but in a different way. I'd like to return on more pleasurable terms.

I appreciate all the help on Manchester. My wife and I have never been to the areas we're about to explore - Edinburgh, Durham/York, and Manchester. We end our itinerary with our final two days in the last city before we fly home.

I think Manchester, for many reasons, will be a nice difference from the rather heavily-touristed areas of the former; I'm intrigued by the city from a popular music POV - I'm a bassist and singer who grew up in the 80s and 90s listening to Joy Division/New Order/Smiths/Stone Roses/Oasis - so from that standpoint alone, I'm intrigued by the city that spawned this outstanding bands.

Aside from that, I understand there's a lot more modern culture to dive into there, including some fabulous restaurants, museums and parks. And, again, we're flying out of there, too.

So, given that we're ending our trip there, we're pretty excited to visit this "not-on-most-Americans-tourist-radar" city for two days.

I spent most of last summer and the last six weeks of 2019 in Manchester. Don't ask why. I have no answer.

While I am not familiar with any of the music you mention, and can't help you that way, I will say that football (soccer) is very popular in the city and the National Football Museum is located there. That and the other musuems mention should keep you busy for two days.

I suggest you stay in the center of town for that short a stay and there train service from the Manchester rail stations to Manchester Airport.

There are also two free busses--intended for tourists but used by locals--that circle different parts of the city if you want to take a ride and see what it looks like. They are Routes # 1 & 2.