Women of Manchester Walking Tour

15 min

Rise up, Women, also known as Our Emmeline, is a bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter's Square, Manchester. Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. Hazel Reeves sculpted the figure and designed the Meeting Circle that surrounds it.

Manchester Central Library is the headquarters of the city's library and information service in Manchester.

The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. It became part of the university in 1972, and now houses the majority of the Special Collections of The University of Manchester Library, the third largest academic library in the United Kingdom

Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, neo-Gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments.

Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England.

Chinatown in Manchester, England, is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe.

The Gay Village is centred on buzzing Canal Street, a pedestrianised road beside the Rochdale Canal, lined with casual cafes, and lively gay bars.