Explore Manchester at your own pace

Manchester hides its fiercest secrets in plain sight-behind grand Gothic spires, beneath carved stone arches, and along streets where revolt once thundered. Beneath its familiar face, the city shimmers with forgotten ambition and unstoppable energy.

Set out on a self-guided audio adventure that unravels Manchester's hidden layers. Walk at your own pace as overlooked legends, silent dramas, and wild scandals spring to life before your eyes.

What led a crowd to gather here for a protest that would shake Britain forever? Whose architectural mischief lies buried within Manchester Town Hall's dazzling walls? Why did Simon & Garfunkel sing about cornflakes right inside the Free Trade Hall?

Photo: Mylo Kaye, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 3.3 km (2.1 miles)

Stops: 15 landmarks, including Manchester Town Hall, Memorial Hall, Manchester, Free Trade Hall

Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration

Starts at: Manchester Town Hall

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Photo: Courtney Cantu, Unsplash

Where you will stop

Manchester Town Hall

Memorial Hall, Manchester

Free Trade Hall

Great Northern Tower

Great Northern Warehouse

Mamucium

Beetham Tower, Manchester

Castlefield Gallery

Deansgate Square

Castlefield

Manchester Civil Justice Centre

Heart North West

People's History Museum

Coronation Street sets

Granada Studios Tour

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: William McCue, Mylo Kaye, Courtney Cantu (Unsplash).

Description supplied by the event organiser.