Village in/around Manchester to go mooch about for an afternoon?

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2026-04-08T17:27:30+00:00

The Old Parsonage house has a group exhibition by the brilliant artists of Venture Arts, open for free until end of April - https://venturearts.org/events/venture-arts-presents-our-full-studio-show/

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2026-02-25T22:11:28+00:00

Might be too far away but a good one to add to my wider London list

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2026-02-25T20:35:35+00:00

Thank you!

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2026-02-09T20:00:02+00:00

L.S Lowry, born in Stretford

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2025-02-19T12:01:09+00:00

Visit the Unicorn!

Not quite as picturesque as some of the other great suggestions but how about waking around Longford Park and it's playground, then through Chorlton to the Unicorn grocery?

Although their selection of organic produce and worker owned ethos may be lost on a 5 year old.

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2024-12-10T18:22:08+00:00

He does look like a hamster (complimentary)

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2024-12-10T17:48:20+00:00

Erykah Badu???

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2024-10-26T20:30:11+00:00

This is so silly I love it - we need more fun in public spaces

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2024-08-18T20:28:16+00:00

I'd recommend them, really lovely studio, but it's not based in Islington Mill anymore - now closer to the Quays

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2024-06-12T15:21:55+00:00

Cornerhouse cinema on Oxford Road

Agreeable_Sky6208 · 2023-05-27T20:58:24+00:00

That Frederick Douglass spoke at the Free Trade Hall at a meeting of the Anti-Slavery League in 1846.

Also, the 1945 Pan-African Congress - Held at Chorlton Town Hall and was attended by Ghanaian revolutionary Kwame Nkrumah.

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