Exploring the City Centre

This is a pleasant urban walk of under an hour through the city centre.  This walk passes John Ryland’s University Library a splendid Victorian Gothic building is open to the public and has a gift shop and a café.  There is also chance to visit Spinningfields an up-market shopping area, and People’s History Museum, with its modern dove sculpture.  This walk crosses the River Irwell using the modern Trinity footbridge.  There is chance to visit St Mary’s Parsonage which contains some lovely gardens for those wishing to take a break and St Anne’s Square.
This is a pleasant urban walk through the city centre
This is a pleasant urban walk of under an hour through the city centre.  This walk passes John Ryland’s University Library a splendid Victorian Gothic building is open to the public and has a gift shop and a café.  There is also chance to visit Spinningfields an up-market shopping area, and People’s History Museum, with its modern dove sculpture.  This walk crosses the River Irwell using the modern Trinity footbridge.  There is chance to visit St Mary’s Parsonage which contains some lovely gardens for those wishing to take a break and St Anne’s Square.
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Distance: 1.6 miles / 2.6 km
Time: 40 mins
Type: Easy
Where: Manchester's City Centre
Start: Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AQ
Terrain: Pavements, footpaths and bridges
Route Developed by: Pamela Jackson
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Photo by: Robert Wade

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  1. Looking forward to trying some of the Manchester walks as we are planning a short break next week. Thank you for the ideas.

    Comment by Liz Lloyd on 5 September 2011 at 2:22 pm

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