{"id":1303643,"date":"2026-09-29T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303643"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:36","slug":"manchester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/england\/manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302282,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Manchester","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"The first industrial city in the world, now the best night out in England outside London, with two enormous football clubs and a music history it will not let you forget.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303760","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"1830 | The world's first passenger railway opened here\r\n\u00a34.50 | A pint in the Northern Quarter\r\n2 | Premier League clubs","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Industrial, musical, and cheaper than the capital","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Manchester industrialised first and hardest \u2014 cotton mills, the world's first passenger railway in 1830, and Engels writing about its slums while working in his father's factory here.\r\n\r\nWhat it does now is culture and nightlife. Joy Division, The Smiths, the Ha\u00e7ienda, Oasis: the city has spent forty years being important to music and is entirely willing to discuss it.\r\n\r\nThe Northern Quarter is where the independent scene sits, Ancoats is the former mill district now full of restaurants, and the two football clubs pull people from across the world.\r\n\r\nIt is about half London's price for beds and drinks, the centre is genuinely walkable, and the museums \u2014 like London's \u2014 are free.\r\n\r\nTwo or three days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Train from London 2h10, Liverpool 50 min. Airport tram 20 min, about \u00a35\r\nGetting around | Walkable centre. Free Bee Network buses loop the middle\r\nCurrency | Pound sterling\r\nMuseums | Science and Industry, the Manchester Museum and the art gallery are free\r\nFootball | Both stadiums do tours. Match tickets are hard and expensive\r\nRain | The reputation is earned. Bring a coat in any month","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre with distinct quarters, all within twenty minutes on foot.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Northern Quarter | Nightlife and independents | Red brick warehouses, record shops, street art and the best bars. Noisy at night and central. | 53.4840 | -2.2350 |  | \nCity centre and Deansgate | First-timers | Around the town hall and the library: transport, shops, the John Rylands and everything walkable. | 53.4790 | -2.2450 |  | \nAncoats and New Islington | Food | The former mill district east: the best restaurants in the city and a canal-side feel. | 53.4850 | -2.2260 |  | \nSalford Quays and MediaCity | Value and the water | A tram ride west, with the Lowry, the Imperial War Museum North and cheaper beds. | 53.4720 | -2.2970 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Manchester","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The Science and Industry Museum sits on the site of the world's first passenger railway station and is free \u2014 it covers the cotton industry, the engines that drove it, and the city's claim on the modern world.\r\n\r\nThe John Rylands Library is a neo-Gothic reading room that looks like a cathedral and is free to walk into. It is the best building in the city.\r\n\r\nThe Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth are both free, and the Whitworth sits in a park with a good caf\u00e9.\r\n\r\nFor football, both clubs run stadium tours at \u00a325 to \u00a335 \u2014 Old Trafford and the Etihad \u2014 and actual match tickets are difficult and expensive, particularly United.\r\n\r\nThe Northern Quarter is best simply walked: record shops, murals, vintage stores and Afflecks, an indoor market of small independent stalls across four floors.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Science and Industry Museum | Free, on the site of the first passenger railway station\r\nJohn Rylands Library | Free, and the best building in the city\r\nStadium tours | \u00a325\u201335 at Old Trafford or the Etihad\r\nThe Northern Quarter | Records, murals, vintage and Afflecks","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Manchester","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Manchester","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The museums are free: Science and Industry, the Manchester Museum, the art gallery, the Whitworth and the Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays.\r\n\r\nThe John Rylands Library and the Central Library's domed reading room cost nothing and are both worth going in for.\r\n\r\nThe Northern Quarter's street art changes constantly and Afflecks is free to wander.\r\n\r\nCastlefield, the Roman fort site turned canal basin, is free and is where the city's canal walks start.\r\n\r\nThe People's History Museum, covering two centuries of British democracy and protest, is free and unusually good.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Every major museum | Free, as across England\r\nJohn Rylands | A neo-Gothic reading room, free\r\nPeople's History Museum | Two centuries of protest, free and excellent\r\nCastlefield | Roman fort and canal basin, free","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Manchester","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Manchester","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Ancoats has the serious restaurants, the Northern Quarter the affordable ones, and the Curry Mile in Rusholme is two kilometres of South Asian restaurants and dessert shops that is worth the bus.\r\n\r\nA pub main is \u00a313 to \u00a318 and a plate in the Northern Quarter \u00a39 to \u00a314.\r\n\r\nManchester's Chinatown is one of the oldest in Europe, and the city does a good line in bakeries and brunch.\r\n\r\nA pint is \u00a34.50 to \u00a36, noticeably below London, and the local breweries \u2014 Cloudwater, Track, Marble \u2014 are among the best in the country.\r\n\r\nMackie Mayor, a restored market hall, is the reliable place to take a group with different tastes.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"The Curry Mile | Two kilometres of it in Rusholme, worth the bus\r\nA pint | \u00a34.50\u20136, well below London\r\nMackie Mayor | A restored market hall, good for groups\r\nAncoats | Where the serious restaurants are","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Manchester","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Manchester","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"The best in England outside London, and much cheaper. The Northern Quarter has the bars, the Gay Village along Canal Street is one of the biggest LGBTQ+ scenes in the country, and the student areas around Fallowfield are enormous in term time.\r\n\r\nClubs run to three or four, and the city's electronic scene has a direct line back to the Ha\u00e7ienda that people here take seriously.\r\n\r\nA pint is \u00a34.50 to \u00a36 and cocktails \u00a39 to \u00a312.\r\n\r\nWarehouse venues in the old industrial buildings are the distinctive thing, and Manchester keeps producing them faster than they close.\r\n\r\nTwo universities and around 100,000 students shape the whole calendar \u2014 term time is louder and cheaper.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Northern Quarter | The bar heartland\r\nCanal Street | One of the largest LGBTQ+ scenes in the country\r\nWarehouse venues | The city's speciality, in old industrial buildings\r\nPrices | Pint \u00a34.50\u20136, cocktails \u00a39\u201312","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Manchester","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Manchester","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is walkable end to end in half an hour, and free Bee Network bus loops circle it.\r\n\r\nThe Metrolink tram covers the rest, including Salford Quays, the airport and Old Trafford, at about \u00a33 to \u00a35 a journey with day caps.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 20 minutes by tram or train for around \u00a35.\r\n\r\nTrains reach London in two hours ten, Liverpool in 50 minutes, Leeds in an hour and York in an hour and a half. Book ahead \u2014 walk-up fares to London can be four times the advance price.\r\n\r\nThe bus network has capped single fares under the Bee Network, which makes it unusually cheap for England.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk the centre | Half an hour end to end, with free bus loops\r\nMetrolink | Trams to the Quays, the airport and Old Trafford\r\nLondon | Two hours ten, and book weeks ahead\r\nCapped bus fares | Cheaper than most of England","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Manchester","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Manchester costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"About half London for beds and drinks. Dorms are \u00a318 to \u00a332, a pub main \u00a313 to \u00a318, and a pint \u00a34.50 to \u00a36.\r\n\r\nA day is \u00a345 to \u00a380.\r\n\r\nThe museums are free, which covers most of the daytime. The real costs are stadium tours at \u00a325 to \u00a335 and gig tickets, since the city is a major touring stop.\r\n\r\nTrains are the other variable \u2014 book weeks ahead and London is \u00a325 to \u00a340, book on the day and it can be \u00a3120.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u00a318\u201332\r\nA day, all in | \u00a345\u201380\r\nMuseums free | All of them\r\nBook trains early | London is \u00a325\u201340 ahead, \u00a3120 on the day","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Manchester","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Manchester","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Manchester is a normal big city: fine in the centre, with ordinary care needed late at night.\r\n\r\nPhone theft and pickpocketing happen in the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly Gardens, particularly at closing time.\r\n\r\nPiccadilly Gardens and the streets around the station have a visible street drinking and drug problem, and while it rarely affects visitors it is worth knowing about.\r\n\r\nMatchdays change the city entirely \u2014 trams and pubs near the stadiums are packed, and rival fans are kept apart for a reason.\r\n\r\nUse licensed taxis or an app rather than anything touting outside a club. Emergency number is 999, or 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Phone theft | Northern Quarter and Piccadilly at closing time\r\nPiccadilly Gardens | Visible street issues, rarely affecting visitors\r\nMatchdays | Packed trams and pubs. Plan around them\r\nEmergency | 999 or 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Manchester","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Manchester","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The Peak District starts half an hour away, and three cities are within ninety minutes.","hw_hub_city_trips":"The Peak District | 45 minutes | Train to Edale or Hathersage, about \u00a312 | England's first national park: gritstone edges, Kinder Scout and villages, with trains straight from the city. |  | 1303761\nLiverpool | 50 minutes | Train, \u00a310\u201320 | The Beatles, two cathedrals and a waterfront, and a city that will talk to you. |  | 1303762\nChester | 1 hour | Train, \u00a310\u201318 | A complete circuit of Roman and medieval walls, plus black and white Tudor rows. |  | 1303751\nYork | 1.5 hours | Train, \u00a315\u201330 | Roman walls, a Viking past and one of the great Gothic cathedrals. |  | 1303763\nLeeds | 1 hour | Train, \u00a310\u201320 | Victorian arcades, a good night out, and the Yorkshire Dales beyond it. |  | 1303764","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Manchester","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September for weather, term time for the city at full strength.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Manchester's rain reputation is deserved \u2014 it falls on roughly 150 days a year, spread throughout, so plan for it rather than around it.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 7 | 2 | Cold, dark and wet. Cheapest beds\r\nFebruary | 7 | 3 | Still grey. Students back and the bars busy\r\nMarch | 10 | 3 | Improving slowly\r\nApril | 13 | 4 | Showery. The Peak District greens up\r\nMay | 16 | 5 | Excellent. Long evenings and everything open\r\nJune | 19 | 5 | The best month. Parks and canal terraces\r\nJuly | 20 | 4 | Warm and wet in equal measure. Festival season\r\nAugust | 20 | 4 | Pride at the end of the month. Students away\r\nSeptember | 17 | 5 | Superb. Term restarts and the city refills\r\nOctober | 14 | 4 | Autumn, good value, gig season in full swing\r\nNovember | 10 | 3 | Dark and wet. Christmas markets open\r\nDecember | 8 | 4 | The Christmas markets are among the best in England","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Christmas markets, a Pride weekend and a constant touring calendar.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Manchester","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/england\/manchester\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Manchester Christmas Markets | November to December | Albert Square and citywide | Among the largest and best in England, spread across several squares in the centre. |  | \nManchester Pride | August bank holiday | Canal Street and the Gay Village | One of the biggest Pride events in the UK, over a weekend. |  | \nParklife | June | Heaton Park | A large two-day music festival on the edge of the city. |  | \nFootball season | August to May | Old Trafford and the Etihad | Matchdays change the city. Tickets are hard to get and the pubs fill early. |  | \nManchester International Festival | Summer, alternate years | Citywide | Commissioned work across art, music and theatre, in venues around the city. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in pounds.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Museums are free, so the doing line is mostly gigs and stadium tours. Gig tickets sit outside these figures.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 30 | 28 | 6 | 15\r\nComfortable | 58 | 50 | 10 | 35","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u00a3","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Manchester","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A decent scene in and around the Northern Quarter and the centre, at well below London prices. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Manchester","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/england\/manchester\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Manchester travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is Manchester worth visiting? | For two or three days, and it is the best night out in England outside London at roughly half the price. The museums are free, the centre is walkable, and the Peak District is 45 minutes away by train.\r\nCan I get a football ticket? | Difficult and expensive, particularly at United, where general sale tickets are rare. Stadium tours at \u00a325 to \u00a335 are the reliable option, and both grounds do them.\r\nIs it cheaper than London? | About half for beds and drinks. Dorms \u00a318 to \u00a332, a pint \u00a34.50 to \u00a36, and a day around \u00a345 to \u00a380.\r\nWhat should I do about the rain? | Bring a coat and stop planning around it. It rains on roughly 150 days a year, spread evenly, and the museums, market halls and pubs are all indoor by design.\r\nWhere do I go out? | The Northern Quarter for bars, Canal Street for one of the biggest LGBTQ+ scenes in the country, and the warehouse venues for clubs. Things run to three or four, and pints are \u00a34.50 to \u00a36.\r\nHow do I get to the Peak District? | Trains from Piccadilly to Edale or Hathersage take about 45 minutes and cost around \u00a312. It is England's first national park and it starts remarkably close to the city.\r\nWhen should I visit? | May, June or September. December has Christmas markets that are among the best in England, and term time \u2014 roughly September to June \u2014 is when the city is at full strength.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Manchester hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Manchester | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/england\/manchester\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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