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Manchester Jewish Museum

Cheetham Hill · 1.2 miles

The Manchester Jewish Museum is a Jewish history museum, located on Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester, England. The museum occupies the site of a former Orthodox Jewish synagogue, the place of worship for the Congregation of Spanish & Portuguese Jews, called the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, also the Sha'are Tephillah Synagogue. The congregation worships in the Sephardic rite from premises located on Moor Lane in Kersal, Salford.

The Glade of Light

Medieval Quarter · 2.5 miles

The Glade of Light is a memorial in Manchester, England, that commemorates the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing of 2017. It opened to the public on 5 January 2022 and an official opening event took place 10 May 2022. The memorial is in the form of a garden with a stone centrepiece inscribed with the names of the 22 victims. Individual 'memory capsules' commemorating each victim have been included in the memorial and are situated within the stone centrepiece.

People's History Museum

Spinningfields · 2.5 miles

The museum dedicated to the history of working people in the United Kingdom occupies a former hydraulic pumping station on the corner of Bridge Street and Water Street in Manchester. The building, recognised as a Grade II listed structure and designed by the city architect Henry Price, now houses the national centre for collecting, preserving and interpreting material linked to labour and democratic movements. It is situated a short walk from the Spinningfields district. Exhibits trace two centuries of everyday life, labour rights and political change, covering subjects such as 19th-century trade unionism, the Peterloo Massacre, women’s suffrage, the cooperative movement, the 1945 general election and football. The collection includes around two thousand election-related posters, three hundred political cartoons, seven thousand trade-union badges and tokens, and close to one hundred thousand photographs. More than four hundred trade-union and political banners form the world’s largest banner archive, and a dedicated textile-conservation studio allows visitors to watch banner restoration in Main Gallery Two. Contemporary items, for example the Labour Party’s 2015 manifesto stone and a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book used in parliamentary protest, are also acquired. The site also contains the Labour History Archive and Study Centre, which stores records of the Labour Party, the former Communist Party of Great Britain, the co-operative movement, the Department for Work and Pensions and other groups linked to working-class history. Admission is free, the premises are step-free, and opening times are published on the museum’s listing.

Albert Memorial

Civic Quarter · 2.5 miles

Albert Square is a public square in the centre of Manchester, England. It is dominated by its largest building, the Grade I listed Manchester Town Hall, a Victorian Gothic building by Alfred Waterhouse. Other smaller buildings from the same period surround it, many of which are listed.

Philips Park

Bradford · 3.1 miles

Set within the River Medlock valley, Philips Park occupies almost 31 acres of woodland, grassland, water and rolling hills two miles east of Manchester city centre. Opened on 22 August 1846, it ranks among the world’s first municipal parks, created through public subscription and the advocacy of local MP Mark Philips. The original carriage drive, serpentine paths, amphitheatre and Head Gardener’s house survive, while archaeological finds such as a Roman coin and a 16th-century halberd testify to the site’s long history. In 2001 the park received Grade II listed status on the National Register of Parks and Gardens, and a Green Flag was awarded in 2005. Facilities include a visitor centre housed in an 1868 lodge by architect Alfred Darbyshire, a park-warden service, toilets, a children’s play area, a hard-standing ball court, a junior football pitch, allotments, a community orchard, a bowling green with pavilion, a show-field for events, picnic spots, seating, quiet zones, a pond and a dipping platform. A friends group works with the wardens to run environmental and educational programmes, health walks and annual gatherings such as the summer Party in the Park and one of Manchester’s larger free fireworks displays in November. Access is straightforward from the city centre, with the park bounded to the north by the River Medlock, to the west by Alan Turing Way, and adjacent to the City of Manchester Stadium, the Velodrome and Philips Park Cemetery. The nearest town listed on OpenStreetMap is Bradford. Admission is free, and the range of amenities makes the park suitable for casual visits, organised events and community activities.

Peterloo Memorial

Petersfield · 3.1 miles

A contemporary monument in Manchester, England, marks the site of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. The structure, commissioned after more than a decade of campaigning by the Peterloo Memorial Campaign Group, was presented to the public in August 2019, shortly before the bicentenary of the tragedy. The work, designed by artist Jeremy Deller, measures roughly 1.8 metres in height and stretches 11.6 metres across. Its surface consists of eleven concentric steps crafted from a range of polished British stones, each step bearing the names of eighteen victims and the locations from which they originated. The stone palette includes slate from Broughton Moor and Wales, sandstone from the Peak District and Cove, DeLank granite, red sandstone from St Bees, and Scottish dolerite, reflecting material sourced from across the United Kingdom and former imperial territories. An additional replica of the stepped pattern is reproduced at ground level, accompanied by a plaque set into the floor. While the memorial meets statutory standards for public installations, its stepped configuration has drawn criticism for limiting wheelchair access. Manchester City Council has examined possible alterations, though integrating a ramp without obscuring the inscriptions presents a technical challenge. The site is listed in OpenStreetMap as a monument and historic memorial, and it remains freely accessible to visitors.