Discover The Ultimate Manchester Free Tour in Manchester, India - A unique experience

Experience Manchester like a local on our free tour! Join us for a fantastic day of uncovering the secrets and hidden treasures that guidebooks can't show you.

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Things to do The Ultimate Manchester Free Tour

Hi, I'm Joe your tour guide for the day! I am a lifelong Manchester resident (Mancunian) who knows this city and its people inside and out. I have many stories about life here in Manchester and over the years I have met countless Manchester celebrities with stories to tell which you will learn about on my tour! This tour includes things that you will not find in guidebooks (or anywhere else for that matter!). On your tour, we will visit the following places: - Chinatown - Gay Village - Molly House - Alan Turing Memorial - London Road Fire Station - Vimto Monument - Factory Records - Coffee Break - Refuge Hotel - Midland Hotel - Town Hall - Central Library - Free Trade Hall While I usually lead the tour, from time to time you could be led by one of our other guides - Darren, Dave, Bob, or another knowledgeable member of our team! We look forward to welcoming you on the tour! Joe

Included

Free Trade Hall

The Midland

The Molly House

London Road Fire Station

Arch of Chinatown

Central Library Cafe

Alan Turing Memorial

Meeting point

Arch of Chinatown

Reviews (21)

2025-04-17 12:10:44

“Walking tour”

Top guide.

Lars (English)

2025-04-13 12:05:02

“One of the best Free Walking Tours”

Bringing Manchester to life through the music is inspired

Martin Upcraft (English)

2025-03-20 19:16:57

“Really nice tour with a spotlight for music!”

The tour was truly enjoyable, and Joe is incredibly knowledgeable. I especially appreciated his insights into how the music scene shaped the city—it made me a bit envious to see just how culturally rich it is! Plus, if you message him after the tour, he’ll send you a playlist along with a detailed and insightful city guide!

Alessandro (English)

2025-03-10 14:15:00

“Very bad”

El guía hablab y andaba rápido, ni se fijaba quien le seguía ni se expresaba bien, he hecho muchos free tour y es la primera vez que me voy antes, nada recomendable

Dani (Spanish)

2025-01-26 02:57:49

“Buen Tour ”

Buen tour

Karen (French)

2025-01-20 12:04:42

“Manchester walking tour”

Joe was very knowledgable and took us to all the major attractions in Manchester. The highlights were the Alan Turing memorial and going inside Factory. He also played some good 80s tunes at different points and had some fun anecdotes to share.

GK (English)

2024-10-30 20:32:38

“lovely informative morning”

thankyou Joe. 1st time in Manchester and great to see the sites and learn the history. my kids enjoyed it too.

Natasha (English)

2024-10-28 23:14:29

“Amazing experience!”

Joe put great effort into crafting the tour, guiding us from Chinatown to the LGBT Village and revealing hidden gems around Manchester. I really enjoy music along the way further deepened our understanding of the city's culture.

Carol Yang (English)

2024-06-11 09:01:28

“Walking tour with Joe”

This was our first time in Manchester and we wanted to get a flavour of the place and Joe certainly did this in more ways than one! A likeable chap, he gave us interesting information that only a true Manchester lad would know. He played us tunes from the past and took us into some glitzy hotels to admire art and architecture. It was a great tour and we would recommend Joe as an ideal tour guide. Thanks Joe!

Sandie Stacey (English)

2024-04-23 08:11:30

“A Great time ”

Really enjoyed this tour. I'm from the area but really gained a lot from the tour and learnt a lot that I had no idea about before. For free too. Had a great time and I'll keep the site in mind for the future.

Marcus Jackson (English)

2024-01-16 15:19:46

“interesting and creative tour ”

It was an early Sundaymorning, for all of us. Just two participants, so all the atention of the guide. He combined the words with musical sounds / numbers. It was not always to follow the english but we learned a lot and it was more than amusing. Well done

hugo greeven (English)

2023-12-28 08:29:58

“Joe is the Manchester Music Man!”

We had a brilliant tour with Joe. We saw a lot of interesting places and learned a lot from him, we especially enjoyed the historical buildings, hotels and monuments. The music he played added to the tour, as did the jokes!! We felt the tour was a little too long, it was 3 hours but ran over a little, we thought 2-2.5 would be better. Thanks for a brilliant (wet) morning in Manchester Joe.

Shelley Falcon (English)

2023-12-06 14:29:32

“NO SHOW”

Tour guide didn’t show up

Jayden Stephens (English)

2023-12-05 13:36:20

“Wonderful guide”

Wonderful and charismatic guide! He seems passionate about what he’s telling. 3h with him really fly away. He’s a fast walker (thing to have in mind when you have short legs ;)

Maria (English)

2023-11-02 15:58:03

“Perfect tour ”

Amazing tour with Joe, we strongly recommend it. He explained us about history, music, films and we have seen many places difficult to find if you are not with someone local. Choose this guide: Joe ????

Marta Amurrio Bravo (English)

2023-10-22 17:22:20

“Manc walking tour ”

Great tour great guide. Covered all the historical stuff music scene. Good anecdotes

Gerry Feeney (English)

2023-09-18 13:01:57

“A very musical tour”

Very peculiar tour where he show several key places of the city for music

Teresa Ros (English)

2023-09-17 13:04:51

“Joe gave a great local touch ”

Joe's eyes lit up every time he mentioned a local band. His own connection to musical history from the past 20 years added a wonderful local touch. He pointed out things that I wouldn't have otherwise noticed.

Zachary Shaffer (English)

2023-09-05 13:50:01

“Joe was amazing”

My partner and I had a lovely time!

Pedro Godoy (English)

2023-08-06 21:03:17

“Interesting and informative tour of Manchester!”

The tour with Joe today was great - I learned a lot about the history and culture of Manchester! I definitely recommend this tour to anyone.

Ana (English)

2023-08-06 14:34:50

“Awesome”

Dear Joe, Thanks for this very useful tour. You entertained us from the beginning until the end with nice references to famous British musicians from the 80s while playing local music during the tour. Good job, Thanks a lot, Ray

Régnier (English)

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