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Places of Interest near Manchester

If you are catching a flight to or from Manchester, UK, and stopping in the area for a few days then it's well worth exploring the city itself and the countryside that sits on its doorstep, all within easy reach of the airport and your hotel. Find places near the Airport, City, Cheshire, Peak District & Derbyshire

Manchester International Airport isn't just a place from which to depart as swiftly as possible. There are also areas set aside for visitors who come to spen the day watching the planes or take a tour around Concorde, both insiide and out, with a chance to visit the flight deck, or one looking at 4 other, historic aeroplanes. If your visit to Manchester is of a longer duration then you might want to take the opportunity to visit the city itself or one of the many attractions in the surrounding area. The airport is south of Manchester and extends into parts of Cheshire. This part of Cheshire is gently rolling farmland and small, prosperous villages. Not far away, on the Cheshire Plain, is the famous Jodrell Bank Telescope which is set in beautiful open coutryside and is open to visitors with many interesting exhibits and interactive displays. Also in that vicinity is Quarry Bank Mill on the Styal Estate, offering visitors the opportunity to see how a whole community lived and worked during the Industrial Revolution. At Nether alderley you can see the old 16th century watermill and the nearby church from the same age. Capesthorne Hall, one of Cheshire's finest stately homes, is set in beautiful gardens and parkland. Not far away is the smaller, more modest, Gawsworth Hall, a 16th century half timbered manor house. Also in this area is Tatton Park and its Hall which is one of the finest examples of Regency architecture. Travelling more south east from the aiport and you will find yourself in a quite different landscape, on the Cheshire / Derbyshire boundary. This area is one of outstanding natural beauty with Macclesfield Forest, Wildboar Clough and the Peak District National Park. It's around here that you'll find LIttle Moreton Hall, Adlington Hall, Rudyard Lake, Mow Cop and Haddon Hall.

Manchester itself has undergone a great deal of redevelopment in the last decade. The city, once the centre of the cotton industry, has a fine cathedral, originally the collegiate church of St Mary. It has some outstanding examples of intricately crafted woodwork. Chetham' Library and John Rylands library, both containing many ancient manuscripts, are to be found in Manchester. The city has the newly re-furbished City Art Gallery, The Whitworth Art Gallery, the Museum at the University, The Museum of Science and Industry, and the modern Urbis, all of which are within easy reach of the city centre. Further out of the city is the Quays development (properly in Salford) on the Ship Canal. This was once a wasteland of empty docks and disused spaces. Over the last 20 years or so it has been transformed into a site for working, eating, culture and shopping. The architectural styles are modern, innovative and impressive and buildings are alongside the old docks . Here you will find the Lowry Centre dedicated to, and containing, Salford's collection of pictures by LS Lowry. It also houses galleries for temporary exhibitions, a theatre, restaurant and bar. On the other side of the canal is the iconic Imperial War Museum of the North, seen in all its architectural splendour from the Lowry side of the canal.