Planning for your tour with Manchester Guided Tours.
At the moment, all our tours need to be booked in advance, yes. This ensures we don't exceed the number of guests we're allowed to show around post-Corona.
Click on the tour you're interested in, and booking details appear on the right hand side of the page.
Tours can be paid for securely with a debit or credit card when you book.
Children under five go free. Please read the description of the tour to ensure it's age-appropriate for the age of the child you are bringing. If in doubt, please contact the guide.
Please check with your guide in advance. Some tours may enter buildings where dogs are not allowed, so that would be a no.
If you're booked on Discover Manchester, please email info@manchesterguidedtours.com at least 24 hours ahead of your booked date and we can move your booking to another date.
If it's another tour, please contact the guide directly. You'll find their contact on the tours page.
We try and ensure we can welcome everyone on a Manchester Guided Tour.
That said, the city is famous for its Victorian architecture - and some of these buildings are harder to navigate than others.
Whilst our main Discover Manchester route is suitable for everyone, please check with the guide if you're booking on another walk and have particular accessibility needs.
Sure. Cycling tours can be arranged for private groups. Please contact either Kate Dibble or Emma Fox for details. Manchester Taxi Tours has a range of tours in a modern TX1 Electric black taxi. And Suzanne Hindle guides on the Rail Ale Trail - showing off craft breweries and Greater Manchester's steam railway.
What you need to know on the day of your Manchester Guided Tour.
The starting location for each tour is shown on the tour listing on the website. There's even a little map.
Our Discover Manchester tour always starts on the steps of Central Library on Saint Peter's Square.
It depends on the starting location of your tour. The postcode will be on the tour description. Click here to see city centre car parking options.
We recommend public transport if possible. Manchester is well served by buses and by the Metrolink tram network. You can find out more about public transport here.
We'd rather you weren't :) Our tours start promptly, so please try and be there 5-10 minutes before the start time.
But sometimes delays are unavoidable. We'd really appreciate a call to the guide if that's the case. Sometimes it's possible to meet them en route.
Unless the tour description lists food and drink options, there is no refreshment stop, no.
Whilst the guide will know the locations of toilets en route, these could be unreliable in the current post-Corona period. Best go before you join us!
Other things you may want to find out about Manchester Guided Tours.
Blue badge holders are qualified to guide the whole of the North West. Green badge guides are specialists in Manchester only.
Sorry, but we're only open to qualified blue or green badge tour guides. The last green badge training course was in 2008 though, so sooner or later there'll be another one. If you want to put your name on a list to find out about any future training, please email info@manchesterguidedtours.com.
Sure thing. Subjects include Peterloo, The Co-op, Cottonopolis, Ardwick, Votes for Women, Victoria Baths, Street names, Mrs Gaskell, Lowry - and the Southern Cemetery. Please email info@manchesterguidedtours.com to find out more.
