20 Stories
Way up there | 10
31 Toad Lane
Birthplace of the Co-op | 12
Afflecks
A visit to retroland | 14
Alexandra Park, Oldham
Oldham's green oasis | 16
Altrincham Market
Food, flowers, fads and fashion | 18
Ancoats Mills
No longer dark and satanic | 20
Angel Meadow
Park with a hidden past | 22
Anita Street
A street for crossword addicts? | 24
Another Hand
All hands on deck | 26
Anthony Burgess Foundation
Haunt of the literati | 28
Banners of the People
From Whit Walks to Ban the Bomb | 30
Barton Arcade
Under crystal domes | 32
Barton Swing Aqueduct
A wonder of the waterway world | 34
Beaumont Organic
The future of fashion? | 36
Blackfriars
Two nations: the rich and the poor | 38
The Boulder in the Quad
When the Lake District came to Manchester | 40
Bridgewater Basin
Aquatic urban oasis | 42
Britannia Hotel (formerly Watts Warehouse)
Domain of a merchant prince | 44
Bury Market
Black pudding and Chorley cakes | 46
Castlefield Railway Viaducts
The march of the giants | 48
Cathedral Choir
'Rabbit's Revenge' | 50
Central Ref
Therefore get wisdom | 52
Chinese Garden at RHS Bridgewater
Painting a picture in plants | 54
Chorlton Water Park
Grebes, bats and hula hoops | 56
Closing Cotton Prices at the Royal Exchange
The end of an era | 58
Contact Theatre
The face of carbon zero | 60
The Curry Mile
India on a plate | 62
Dale Street
Filming the Big Apple | 64
Deadstock General Store
Retail is detail | 66
Dormouse Chocolates
Manchester's first bean to bar | 68
East Lancashire Railway
Steaming ahead | 70
Edgar Wood in Middleton
Artistry in architecture | 72
Egyptian Tomb
Journey into the netherworld | 74
Elizabeth Gaskell's House
Victorian literary life | 76
Ellenroad Engine House
The world's biggest working steam engine | 78
Engels' Beard
Radical facial hair | 80
esea contemporary
Small gallery, global reach | 82
FAC 251
Where Factory Records ended its days | 84
Fairfield Moravian Settlement
Village of vision | 86
Fireground
Fighting the flames | 88
Form Lifestyle Store
Small but perfectly formed | 90
Frank Sidebottom
The man with the papier-mache head | 92
Free Trade Hall
Where the Madchester sound took root | 94
Gay Village
A proud history of queer culture | 96
George Best's Mini
Booze, birds and fast cars | 98
The Glade of Light
Memorial to the Arena Bombing | 100
Halle St Peter's
Bringing music to the people | 102
Hanging Ditch
An ancient bridge revealed | 104
Hat Works
Historical headgear | 106
Haweswater Aqueduct Mural
A neglected Manchester sculptor | 108
Higher Ground
Casual dining, seasonal sharing | 110
Holy Name of Jesus
Masterpiece by the designer of the hansom cab | 112
Imperial War Museum North
Deconstructivism at Salford Quays | 114
Jandol
Lebanese delight | 116
John Rylands Library Entrance Hall
Valhalla of the book | 118
Karl Marx's Desk
The oldest public library in Britain | 120
Kiku
Glamour in the Northern Quarter | 122
Kim's Kitchen
Brutalism meets kitsch | 124
Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel
Tiles by the mile | 126
LANX
Choose Lancashire shoes | 128
Lark Hill Place
Remembrance of Salford past | 130
Legh Road, Knutsford
The Witches' Sabbath | 132
Library Walk Link
A beautiful folly? | 134
Little David Street
A secret place revealed | 136
Mackie Mayor
Cuisine from eight kitchens | 138
Man City Changing Room
The Soul of the Squad | 140
The Manchester Baby
Freddie's world-changing computer | 142
Manchester Jewish Museum
Look, listen, learn and eat | 144
Manchester Poplars
As seen in St John's Gardens | 146
Marble Arch
Pub with a theatrical touch | 148
Mark Addy Memorial
The people's hero | 150
Mayfield Park
From Grot Spot to Green Space | 152
Minut Men
Concrete totems of the sixties | 154
The Monastery
Lifting the spirits | 156
the modernist
Celebrating brutalism | 158
Monument to Vimto
Have you got the bottle? | 160
Mr Lowry's Stockport
Dominated by the viaduct | 162
Mr Thomas's Chop House
Manchester's first gastropub | 164
National Cycling Centre
Sport, speed and centrifugal force | 166
Ordsall Hall
Old house, new garden | 168
The Pankhurst Centre
Where the suffragette movement began | 170
Peterloo Memorial
Manchester's massacre of the innocents | 172
Peveril of the Peak
Here's to Nancy | 174
Plaza Cinema
Stockport's silver screen | 176
Police Museum
A night in the slammer | 178
Portico Library
Hidden literary oasis | 180
Post Box, Corporation Street
It survived the IRA bomb | 182
Private White V.C.
British craftsmanship at its best | 184
Richmond Tea Rooms
Through the looking glass | 186
Rochdale Town Hall
Municipal magnificence | 188
Runaway Brewery
Behind the scenes at the microbrewery | 190
Salford Lads' Club
Not just for Smiths fans | 192
Sifters
When Liam and Noel were still speaking | 194
Southern Cemetery Gates
The gates that inspired Morrissey | 196
The Spaerrows
Cross-border comfort food | 198
Sperm Whale Skeleton
300 dollars' worth of bones | 200
St George's, Stockport
And glory shone around | 202
Staircase House
A historic house you can touch | 204
Stockport Air Raid Shelters
The Chestergate Hotel | 206
The Temple
From water closet to watering place | 208
Tower of Light
The world's most beautiful flue | 210
Twenty Twenty Two
Bats in the basement | 212
Unicorn Grocery
Did you bring your own bag? | 214
Valette's Albert Square
Still in the heart of Manchester | 216
Victoria Baths
A water palace refreshed | 218
Walkden Gardens
A garden of many rooms | 220
The Wash House
Rinse and spin | 222
Where the Light Gets In
Not so much a meal as an experience | 224
Whitworth Garden
Art in the park | 226
Worsley Delph
Coals to Manchester | 228
Yes
Positive thinking on four floors | 230
