Radical Walking Tour of Manchester
Rebel Tours Manchester
Discover Manchester’s revolutionary history on a 2-hour walking tour that reveals the city’s role as a hub of radical activity. This engaging tour takes you through the heart of Manchester, known for its football and music, while exploring tales of resistance and the working-class spirit. Meet at the iconic Manchester Cathedral and delve into the stories of those who shaped the city’s identity. Ideal for students and history enthusiasts, this tour operates daily at 10:30 AM and 2 PM, providing a unique perspective on Manchester’s past. - 2-hour guided walking tour focusing on Manchester's radical history - Explore significant sites related to the Industrial Revolution - Meet at Manchester Cathedral for an immersive experience - Available daily with special rates for students and concessions
Departure Point
- Meet by the Lady Chapel entrance on Cathedral street, next to the Love Bee. Your guide will be wearing a Rebel Tours badge.
Duration
2 hours
Languages Available
- Human tour guide - English
Points of Interest
Stop At: Manchester Cathedral
Victoria Street, Off Deansgate, Manchester
Manchester Cathedral, once dominated by the city’s elites, discover how this medieval church sat at the heart of a rapidly industrialising town where wealth, power and poverty collided.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Chetham's Library
Long Millgate, Manchester
Step inside Chetham’s Library, the oldest public library in the country, where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels studied Manchester’s slums and began shaping ideas that would fuel revolutionary movements.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Corn Exchange Manchester
Exchange Square, , Manchester
Visit the Corn Exchange, once a bustling hub for grain traders and fiery Anti–Corn Law League meetings, and learn how struggles over food prices, free trade and working‑class survival shaped Victorian Manchester before the building’s reinvention as today’s dining arcade.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Royal Exchange Theatre
St. Anns Square, Manchester
Admire the Royal Exchange, a grand Victorian symbol of Manchester's commercial might, and uncover its radical underbelly where merchants debated free trade radicals rallied against exploitation in the world's first industrial city.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester
Explore the Arndale Centre, Europe’s largest shopping mall when opened in 1972, and uncover displaced communities, gentrification and the devastating 1996 IRA bombing that tested Manchester’s resilience and led to its regeneration.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley Street, , Manchester
Piccadilly Gardens, a bustling city-centre public space reborn from clay pits and a former Royal Infirmary site.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Sackville Gardens
Sackville St, Manchester
Visit Manchester Art Gallery, born from the elite Royal Manchester Institution in 1823 and later a flashpoint for suffragettes who damaged artwork in 1913 to demand votes for women.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: St Peter's Square
Lower Mosley Street, Manchester
Reflect in Sackville Gardens, a serene city oasis created in 1900 amid industrial decay, now home to memorials for Alan Turing, trans lives and HIV/AIDS victims—stand where Manchester’s defiant queer community turned prejudice into Pride and progress.
Duration: 7 minutes
Stop At: Statue Of Emmeline Pankhurst
21 Dickinson Street, St Peters Square, Manchester
Stand in St Peter’s Square, formerly St Peter’s Field and site of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where 60,000 peaceful reformers demanding democratic rights were sabred by cavalry—killing 18 and injuring hundreds in a bloody clash that ignited the working class fight for representation ntation.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Manchester Arndale
Market St, Arndale Market, Manchester
Pause before the striking bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter’s Square—known as ‘Rise up, Women’ or ‘Our Emmeline’—and learn how this fearless Manchester-born leader ignited militant protests, hunger strikes and global campaigns that shattered barriers to women’s suffrage.
Duration: 5 minutes
Additional Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Expert Historian Guide
Voucher Info
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
The tour identified in this promotion is made available through Viator. Groupon is not affiliated with or sponsored by the Rebel Tours Manchester in connection with this deal. Please contact Groupon customer service for all inquiries related to this offer. Inquiries placed to Viator will be directed back to Groupon.
This offer is not eligible for promo codes.
Discover Manchester’s revolutionary history on a 2-hour walking tour that reveals the city’s role as a hub of radical activity. This engaging tour takes you through the heart of Manchester, known for its football and music, while exploring tales of resistance and the working-class spirit. Meet at the iconic Manchester Cathedral and delve into the stories of those who shaped the city’s identity. Ideal for students and history enthusiasts, this tour operates daily at 10:30 AM and 2 PM, providing a unique perspective on Manchester’s past. - 2-hour guided walking tour focusing on Manchester's radical history - Explore significant sites related to the Industrial Revolution - Meet at Manchester Cathedral for an immersive experience - Available daily with special rates for students and concessions
Departure Point
- Meet by the Lady Chapel entrance on Cathedral street, next to the Love Bee. Your guide will be wearing a Rebel Tours badge.
Duration
2 hours
Languages Available
- Human tour guide - English
Points of Interest
Stop At: Manchester Cathedral
Victoria Street, Off Deansgate, Manchester
Manchester Cathedral, once dominated by the city’s elites, discover how this medieval church sat at the heart of a rapidly industrialising town where wealth, power and poverty collided.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Chetham's Library
Long Millgate, Manchester
Step inside Chetham’s Library, the oldest public library in the country, where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels studied Manchester’s slums and began shaping ideas that would fuel revolutionary movements.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Corn Exchange Manchester
Exchange Square, , Manchester
Visit the Corn Exchange, once a bustling hub for grain traders and fiery Anti–Corn Law League meetings, and learn how struggles over food prices, free trade and working‑class survival shaped Victorian Manchester before the building’s reinvention as today’s dining arcade.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Royal Exchange Theatre
St. Anns Square, Manchester
Admire the Royal Exchange, a grand Victorian symbol of Manchester's commercial might, and uncover its radical underbelly where merchants debated free trade radicals rallied against exploitation in the world's first industrial city.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester
Explore the Arndale Centre, Europe’s largest shopping mall when opened in 1972, and uncover displaced communities, gentrification and the devastating 1996 IRA bombing that tested Manchester’s resilience and led to its regeneration.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley Street, , Manchester
Piccadilly Gardens, a bustling city-centre public space reborn from clay pits and a former Royal Infirmary site.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Sackville Gardens
Sackville St, Manchester
Visit Manchester Art Gallery, born from the elite Royal Manchester Institution in 1823 and later a flashpoint for suffragettes who damaged artwork in 1913 to demand votes for women.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: St Peter's Square
Lower Mosley Street, Manchester
Reflect in Sackville Gardens, a serene city oasis created in 1900 amid industrial decay, now home to memorials for Alan Turing, trans lives and HIV/AIDS victims—stand where Manchester’s defiant queer community turned prejudice into Pride and progress.
Duration: 7 minutes
Stop At: Statue Of Emmeline Pankhurst
21 Dickinson Street, St Peters Square, Manchester
Stand in St Peter’s Square, formerly St Peter’s Field and site of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where 60,000 peaceful reformers demanding democratic rights were sabred by cavalry—killing 18 and injuring hundreds in a bloody clash that ignited the working class fight for representation ntation.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Manchester Arndale
Market St, Arndale Market, Manchester
Pause before the striking bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter’s Square—known as ‘Rise up, Women’ or ‘Our Emmeline’—and learn how this fearless Manchester-born leader ignited militant protests, hunger strikes and global campaigns that shattered barriers to women’s suffrage.
Duration: 5 minutes
Additional Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Expert Historian Guide
Voucher Info
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
The tour identified in this promotion is made available through Viator. Groupon is not affiliated with or sponsored by the Rebel Tours Manchester in connection with this deal. Please contact Groupon customer service for all inquiries related to this offer. Inquiries placed to Viator will be directed back to Groupon.
This offer is not eligible for promo codes.
Need To Know Info
14-day cancellation rights do not apply; no refunds or exchanges permitted. Voucher valid only for date and time listed; may not be exchanged or redeemed for other dates. Purchaser name and phone number must be provided at checkout; this information will be shared with Viator and the tour operator for purposes of order fulfillment. Groupon promo codes may not be used for this offer. Groupon voucher Terms of Sale do not apply. See the tour operator's terms and conditions for this offer here.
Offer is not eligible for our promo codes or other discounts.