Once the cotton-spinning heart of the world, now the best place to eat and drink in Manchester. A Michelin star, the city's favourite bakery and a canal-side beer hall, all within a few minutes of your door.
Victorian boozers, a beer hall run by seven brothers and a pink natural-wine bar. Something for everyone.
Most of the best restaurants in Manchester are within a two-minute walk of Cutting Room Square. Book ahead at weekends.
A roastery inside an old mill and a bakery people queue round the marina for.
Where the Industrial Revolution really got going, now full of canals, murals and music.
Tap a pin to see what it is and how far it is from the front door.
The dark pin is Cutting Room Square, the heart of Ancoats. The Rochdale Canal and the old mills are to the south, New Islington Marina to the east, and the Northern Quarter and Piccadilly to the west.
A simplified map. Walking times are from Cutting Room Square and rounded to the nearest minute.
Ancoats is right on the edge of the city centre, so most of Manchester is walkable from here.
It's about 12 to 15 minutes on foot, and flat all the way. Taxis from the rank outside take around five minutes, traffic allowing.
New Islington stop is about seven minutes' walk away, by the marina. Tap in and out with a contactless card on the platform readers.
Trains run from the airport to Piccadilly in around 20 minutes, then walk or grab a cab from there.
About 15 to 20 minutes on foot through the Northern Quarter, which is a good introduction to the city.
Manchester's yellow Bee Network buses cover the whole city. Tap on with a contactless card; many routes run through Piccadilly Gardens, 10 minutes' walk away.
Uber and Bolt work across Manchester. For a black cab, head to the ranks by Piccadilly station or Piccadilly Gardens.
It doesn't always rain in Manchester. But it might. Every good day out here has a pub plan B.
The rest of Manchester, and one day out beyond it.
You'll hear most of these before your first pint's half gone.