Manchester Sightseer
GREAT RIDES MANCHESTER SIGHTSEER With a bit of planning, cycling is the perfect way to explore cities. Andrew Stevenson is your urban tour guide Manchester Sightseer f course there’s more to Manchester of architecture. Original low, brickwork bridges combine than Coronation Street, indie music, old with 21st century innovations like environmentally- cotton mills and football teams. And no, sustainable galleries, apartments and offices. it doesn’t always rain. But when a short The re-branded New Islington development has train ride will take you into the Peak transformed former squalor and disrepair into one of ODistrict, the Lakes, North Wales, or the lanes of Cheshire, Manchester’s real success stories. Local developers Urban why would you get off in the middle of England’s Splash take the plaudits for this canal renovation scheme, seventh biggest city? Because, like London, there’s so and the term also describes what can happen if you don’t much to see, and a bike is a great way to explore. look where you’re going on this part of the ride! This 15-mile loop takes you from Piccadilly Station onto a whistlestop tour of the city’s sights. It connects a network of Track-riding taster recently designated cycle paths and calls at all its cathedrals Out of the watery, leafy seclusion of the canal rises another (Above) A handy cycle of sport, cuisine and culture. For non-Mancunians, it’s impressive spectacle, familiar to all fans of Manchester route alongside the a chance to sample a few surprises and challenge some City FC.
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