Greater Manchester: Museums, Gardens and Waterfronts
Accommodation in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester makes a strong cultural impact: Manchester Museum houses 4.5 million objects from a broad range of collections. Amphibians and reptiles, including many highly endangered species, live in the vivarium at Manchester Museum. The zoological collection comprises around one million specimens.
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Culture
The Science and Industry Museum traces 250 years of discoveries and innovations that had a worldwide impact and began in Manchester. Interactive galleries, shows and workshops are also part of the offering. IWM North brings the national collection of the Imperial War Museums to audiences in the north. Its building was designed by Daniel Libeskind to represent a globe shattered by conflict. Big Picture Shows and public events demonstrate how war shapes people’s lives.
The National Football Museum houses the world’s largest public collection of football objects and archives. It tells the intertwined stories of football – from the founding of the world’s first football association to the founding of the FA Cup. The National Football Museum is a two-minute walk from Manchester Victoria railway station.
Nature
At Heaton Park, the easy three-mile sightseeing circular walk passes most of the park’s attractions. The three-mile circular walk is wheelchair accessible, except for the optional walk through Hazlitt Wood. Its paths run around the boating lake, through woodland and along the lakeshore.
RHS Garden Bridgewater is located in Salford, Greater Manchester, and opened in 2021 on the grounds of the historic Worsley New Hall estate. The 154-acre garden is a place where people can experience nature. Visitors can explore the 11-acre Weston Walled Garden there.
Geographical setting
MediaCity & The Quays is a waterfront destination on the banks of the historic Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester. MediaCity & The Quays has three dedicated Metrolink stations.
The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is a museum in the vicinity of Greater Manchester. Urbis Manchester is also a museum in the vicinity of Greater Manchester. IWM North is likewise a museum in the vicinity of Greater Manchester. Stockport Castle is a castle in the area surrounding Greater Manchester.
Piccadilly Gardens is a garden in the vicinity of Greater Manchester. Halume Park is a park in the vicinity of Greater Manchester. Birch Island is an island in the wider regional surroundings of Greater Manchester. Knowle Hill is a summit in the wider regional surroundings of Greater Manchester.
Other places
Other places in Greater Manchester include Manchester, Ramsbottom, Bury, Horwich, Bolton, Blackrod, Cheadle, Worsley, Pemberton, Salford, Shaw, Rochdale, Oldham, Mottram In Longdendale, Heywood, Middleton, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Wigan, Sale, Altrincham, Hale, Dukinfield, Diggle, Royton, Eccles, Audenshaw, Urmston, Kearsley, Prestwich, Stretford, Astley, Timperley, Bramhall, Heald Green, Hazel Grove, Marple, Hale Barns, Romiley, Stalybridge, Hyde, Golborne, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Little Hulton, Failsworth, Shevington, Farnworth, Westhoughton, Uppermill, Littleborough, Standish, Dobcross, Egerton, Whitefield, Mellor, Lowton, Cheadle Hulme and Hindley.
For the higher-level travel overview: North West England.
