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Blue
Badge Tours of Manchester
Blue Badge
Guides are examined and trained professionals recognised by
the English Tourist Board and registered with the North West
Tourist Board.
Registered
Blue Badge Tour Guides in Manchester
An extensive range of private tours for groups, parties and
educational establishments, in a variety of languages, including
French, German, Finnish and Spanish. For a private tour, please
telephone 0161-440 0277.
Manchester
Guild of Tourist Guides
Secretary:
Deirdre Burns
Email: Manchesterguild@yahoo.com. Tel: Tel:
0796 011 1731.
Guides
- in Alphabetical Order:
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Jean
Bailo
14 North Park Road, Bramhall, Stockport SK7 3JR.
Tel: 0161-439 2860. Fax: 0161-490 0277.
Mobile: 0781-212 9754. Email: bailo@i12.com
Interests: Beatles, Victorian Manchester, Contemporary N/W
Sport, Conferences, Talks. Spanish spoken.
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Deirdre Burns
11 Longford Avenue, Stretford, Manchester M32 8QB.
Tel: 0161-865 8344. Fax: 0161-865 9924. Mobile: 0796 011 1731.
Email: tours@vervets.co.uk. Website: www.vervets.co.uk
Interests: Architecture & Design, Literature, Art, Heritage,
Press Visits, Conferences, Familiarisation Tours.
Tours include:- Discover Manchester, Afternoon Tea, Colourful
China Town, Christmas Past, Salford Quays and tours in the
North West see website for more.
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Kate Dibble
54 Norwood Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 8PW.
Tel: 0161-864 2640. Email: katedibble@aol.com.
Interests: Contemporary Manchester, Literature, especially
Mrs Gaskell, Talks.
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John Doughty
52 Grasmere Road, Gatley, Stockport SK8 4RS. Tel: 0161-428
7392.
Mobile: 0779 978 5166. Email: johnrdoughty@hotmail.com.
Interests: Lancashire witches, Industrial Heritage, Pre-history,
Folklore & Traditions.
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Barbara Frost
2 Knowle Park, Handforth, Wilmslow SK9 3DU .
Tel: 01625-532045. Fax: 01625 522478. Email: barbfrost@genie.co.uk.
Victorian Manchester, Literary/Theatrical Tours, Hotel Tours.
Talks.
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Ray Hoerty
24 Millbrook, Hollingworth, Hyde SK14 8JZ.
Tel: and Fax: 01457-765417. Mobile: 0797 401 0574.
Email: rayhoerty@bbguide.freeserve.co.uk.
Interests: Sport, Film/TV Locations, Theatre, Industrial Regeneration,
Pub Trails.
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Kay O'Brien
6 Valance Close, Manchester M12 5LB.
Tel: and Fax: 0161-231 6928. Mobile: 0774 291 7745
Interests: LS Lowry, Manchester, Art, Photography, Cathedral,Town
Hall, Commercial & Industrial Regeneration. Talks.
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Christine Power
12 Whitelow Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport SK4 4BY.
Tel: 0161-432 9148. Mobile: 0770 388 6619.
Interests: Manchester. French & German spoken.
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Eija Rostron
5 Bramway, High Lane, Stockport SK6 8EN.
Tel: and Fax: 01663-764799. Mobile: 0780 392 7628. Finnish
spoken
Email: eija.rostron@ntlworld.com.
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Jonathan Schofield
26 Brooks Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 9QR.
Tel: 0161-819 1313. Mobile: 0787 623 5638.
Email: jgschofield@btinternet.com.
Website: www.gameplanevents.co.uk.
Interests: Popular Music, Art, Architecture, Sport, Event
Management, Pub Walks.
Tour: "General Manchester Monuments".
Tour: "Manchester's Fine Buildings".
Tour: "Manchester Rock Music".
Tour: "Manchester in Films & TV".
Tour: "Manchester Town Hall"
Tour: "Manchester Sports Tour".
Tour: "Pub Walk".
Tour: "Ghost Walk".
Specialised
tours of northwest England including Chester,
Lancaster,
Blackpool, the
Lake District, Bowland, Kirkby Lonsdale. Tours include
northern parish churches, Roman
settlements, the Middles Ages and the
Industrial Revolution.
Customised
Tours: Make up your own tour such as an afternoon tour of
Manchester's Pop Music Venues followed by an evening of ale
and ghosts. Or perhaps a morning looking at Manchester architecture
and history, finished
off by an evening curry tour of Manchester's Asian
quarter at Rusholme. We can create or adapt any tour you
can imagine. Call and enquire.
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Ailsa
Walters
7 The Old Coach House, Oakdale Court, Grey Road, Altrincham
WA14 4BX.
Tel: 0161-941 7620. Email: ailsabbg@aol.com.
Interests: Victorian Manchester and Crime, The Co-op and Robert
Owen, "The Manchester Man", Mrs G Linnaeus Banks'
novel, walks and talks.
Guided
Tours of Manchester Town Hall
Town
Hall guided tours can be arranged through the Manchester Visitors
Centre in the Town Hall Extension Building. Sadly, tours are
no longer free.
Contact: Manchester
Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall Extension,
(off St Peter's Square), Lloyd Street, Manchester M60 2LA
Telephone: 0871 222 8223
Email: touristinformation@marketing-manchester.co.uk.
Monday - Friday, 10am - 5:15pm.
MCFC Experience
- City of Manchester Stadium Museum & Tour
The
Manchester City Experience (Museum & Stadium Tour) combines
the rich sporting history of Manchester City Football Club with
a 75 minute tour of the awe inspiring City of Manchester Stadium.
The
Tour includes the Box Level, the Corporate Lounge, the Directors'
Box, Dressing Room, the Walk of Pride / Players' Tunnel, War-up
room, Press facilities, the Pitch Side and Dugouts.
Please
phone 0870 062 1894 for more information....or...
Coronation
Street Tour
NOW
CLOSED
Please
note that the Granada Television Studios Tour and Coronation
Street Tour are no longer in operation.
Castlefield
Guided Tour Service
Castlefield
Urban heritage Park, Manchester M3 4JN.
Tel: 0161-834 4026. Fax: 0161-839 8747.
Web: www.castlefield.org.uk. Email: enquiries@castlefield.org.uk
One hour tours of Castlefield Heritage Park from Romans to
modern regeneration.
Manchester
Airport Tours
Manchester
Airport Tour Centre, Terminal 1, Manchester Airport,
Manchester M90 1QX. Tel: 0161-489 2442 for all other Tours.
Tel: 0161-489 3932 for Concorde Tours only. Please note that
Concorde Tours cannot be booked via email - you must ring.
Fax: 0161-436 3030.
Email: tourcentre@tasmanchester.com
Website: http://www.manairport.co.uk/web.nsf/Content/ToursVisitorInformation
The Tour Centre holds displays from various airlines and shows
specialist aviation videos. Tours are available for educational
bodies (aged 4 and upward) and public groups. Tours can be
booked directly through the Tour Centre and, as we realise
each group has different requirements we have designed 5 options
for you to choose from. The most popular is a 2 hour tour
incorporating Terminals 1 and 3.
Manchester
Heritage Drivers Club Taxi Tours
Unit 4,
Jersey Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6JG.
Tel: 0161-236 5120. Fax: 0161-205 7981.
Traditional black cab tours of Manchester city centre covering
places of interest. Wheelchair accessible cabs. Charge £20
per hour.
Jewish
Heritage Trails in Manchester

190 Cheetham
Hill Road, Manchester M8 8LW.
Tel: 0161-834 9879. Fax: 0161-832 7353.
Two hour tours of the old northern Jewish Quarter of Manchester.
Please phone for tour times. Groups up to 20 are welcome but
must be booked in advance.
River
Cruise Guided Tour of Manchester

Irwell
& Mersey Packetboat Company
76 Morillion Road, Irlam, Salford M44 6HY.
Tel: 0161-776 1657. Mobile Phone: 07788 560071.
A 50 minute conducted cruise along the River Irwell and the
Manchester Ship Canal to Salford Quays. Charges about £4.00
per adult and £3.00 per child.
Manchester
Taxi Drivers Heritage Tours
Tours
are available in a Licensed Hackney Carriage to all major
Manchester sights and many more. The cost of the tour is £20
per hour for up to 5 people, and it can be tailored to your
exact requirements and as all our drivers are recognized and
trained to English Tourist Board Standards, you can be assured
of a professional and satisfying experience.
To
Book: Tel: 0161-230 3333 or 0161-236 4747
Email: Admin@Manchestertaxitours.co.uk
Website:www.Manchestertaxitours.co.uk
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Manchester
Music Tours

A guided
tour of landmark buildings in the city which are synonymous
with the Manchester Music
Scene and Factory Records.
Your guides are Craig
Gill, a member of the band Inspiral
Carpets and former resident DJ at the Hacienda
and Boardwalk Nightclubs, and Phill Gatenby the author of
"Morrisseys
Manchester" and "Panic On The Streets".
Scheduled Saturday tours are closed during winter months (end
of September to end of March), but resume in April and run
throughout summer months.
During season from around 11.00am and departing from the Manchester
Visitor Centre, St Peters Square (next to the Town
Hall) and ending at 1.00 pm at the starting point.
The tour lasts approx 90 minutes and costs £4.00 per
person - call 07958 246 917 to book or email info@manchestermusictours.com.
Website: www.manchestermusictours.com.
Northern
Tours

Four Winds,
Fleet Street, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6BD.
-- and
7 Duncan Street, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6BL.
Tel: 01204 695006 or 01204 692929.
Website: www.northerntoursonline.co.uk.
Email: mike@northerntoursonline.co.uk
-- or
jack@northerntoursonline.co.uk.
An established
tour operator company that provides tours of the very best
cultural and historical sights and sounds of Northern England.
Tours are designed and aimed at travellers from the United
States and all around the World. Various tours of Manchester
and surrounding areas.
14 day package for only £1800.00 including hotel accommodation
(bed, breakfast & evening meal). Individual tours for
single days or 7 days or 10 days with accommodation are also
available at £129.00 per day.
MANCHESTER
TOUR DAY 1
Manchester
United Tour & Museum
With over 200,000 visitors every year from all over the
world, you know you are part of one of the greatest football
clubs in history!
See also: Manchester
United Football Club.
Harry
Ramsdens
Harry Ramsdens world famous fish & chip restaurant will
give you a real taste of one of the England's greatest foods.
The
Trafford Centre
With 280 World class stores and 35 cafés, restaurants
and bars, the Trafford Centre is the perfect place to visit
for all your gifts to take back home. See also: The
Trafford Centre.
MANCHESTER
TOUR DAY 2
Quarry
Bank Mill
Quarry Bank Mill is the only working water powered mill
still producing cotton cloth in Europe. Unravel the history
of cotton and experience life as an apprentice in the restored
georgian cotton mill.
See also: Quarry
Bank Mill.
Dunham
Massey Hall
An early Georgian house with edwardian interiors, and has
one of the Northwest's finest gardens and ancient deer park
with plenty of fallow deer roaming about.
See also: Dunham
Massey.
TOUR
OF CHESTER
Grosvenor
Museum
The Grosvenor Museum was founded in 1885, and it's origins
are linked to the start of the Chester Society for Natural
Science, Literature and Art, founded by Charles Kingsley
in 1871.
Chester
Cathedral
A place of worship for over 1,000 years. Originally a Benedictine
Abbey.
Guided
Walks
Walking tour condensing 2,000 years of the city's dramatic
history, exploring the Roman ruins and city walls.
See also: City
of Chester.
TOUR
OF BURY
Bury
East Lancashire Light Railway
Steam and diesel train trips along the Irwell Valley between
Bury and Rawtenstall. See also: East
Lancs Railway.
Bury Market
A busy bustling market, and an attractive range of high
street and specialist shops, the market has over 100 stalls
and a wide variety of goods. See also: Bury.
TOUR
OF THE LAKE DISTRICT
Aquarium
of the Lakes
Set on the banks of Lake Windermere, the award winning Aquarium
of the Lakes is the UK's largest collection of freshwater
fish.
See also: Bowness
& Lake Windermere.
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
From Haverthwaite Station, hard working steam locomotives
haul comfortable coaches through the beautiful Leven Valley
to Lakeside.
Ulverston Market Town
Ulverston is South Lakeland's friendliest market town, Cumbria's
Festival Town and the start of the Cumbria Way. It nestles
between the mountains of the Lake District, the shores of
Windermere and the waters of Morecambe Bay. See also: Ulverston.
Holker Hall
Visit the 25 acre national award winning gardens, a superb
statley home and the Lakeland
Motor Museum.
Cartmel Village
A picturesque village of Cartmel with it's idyllic market
square, charming specialty shops and impressive 12th century
priory church.
See also: Cartmel
Village.
TOUR OF LIVERPOOL (1)
Liverpool
Market
Visit the biggest market in the United Kingdom, with up
to 500 independent stalls set in a Victorian listed warehouse
complex.
Blue Bar Café
Popular stylish day & night time venue with a high celebrity
count.
The
Beatles Story
An evocative exhibition charting the life and times of John,
Paul, George and Ringo from the early days in Hamburg to
the Cavern in Liverpool.
See also: City
of Liverpool.
TOUR
OF LIVERPOOL (2)
Magical
Mystery Tour
The tour introduces you to over 30 places associated directly
with The Beatles.
The Slavery History Trail
A fascinating guided walking tour through area's of Liverpool
connected with the slave trade.
Williamson Tunnels
A 45 minute guided tour through parts of the unique labyrinth
of tunnels beneath Edge Hill. Created in the 19th century
by philanthropist Joseph Williamson.
Doctor
Duncans
A Cain's pub in the style of a traditional Victorian ale
house, and a haven for real ale enthusiasts.
Other
tours available, including Blackpool, Southport, Carlisle,
Skipton, Nottingham and York.
See
also:
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