MANCHESTER

Manchester is arguably England’s second city. It was the shock city of the industrial revolution, the commercial center for the cotton trade. The legacy of this past lives on in the form of significant Victorian civic architecture and a proud tradition for entrepreneurial innovation. Manchester is noted for being the home of City, United and Stockport County; for Coronation Street, The Smiths, and the Pre Raphaelites in the City Art Gallery; for The Ship Canal and Salford Docks, the new home of the BBC; for major reworking of the city center after the IRA Bomb, including the bizarrely shapes Beetham Tower. The city is also close to the Pennines and Peak District National Park.

Links:

University of Manchester :: Visit Manchester :: Manchester UK Guide :: Whitworth Art Gallery ::