Hidden gems - Tourist attractions in Manchester, United Kingdom not to miss (Updated February, 2024)

Hidden gems: Tourist attractions in Manchester

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Manchester. This list contains 260 places from Tourist attraction category.

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Pete Shelley Mural

Tourist attraction

👍👍 An absolutely beautiful work of art honouring our beloved punk pop Pete Shelley. Shame about the cars parked in front but one of the best places in Leigh to place such a huge visual tribute. Free and here for you to see and sing along with.

5.00 (40 reviews) (~18.31 km from centre)

Brewery Bus Tours Liverpool

Brewery

5.00 (36 reviews) (~49.51 km from centre)

Hassall Alpacas Cheshire

Tourist attraction

👍👍 My fiancé brought me here for the Meet and Greet experience. It was so lovely! Super friendly and welcoming experience and very chill, getting to feed the alpacas was an amazing experience I won't forget and when we're next in the area we definitely plan to return for the Walk too! Nigel got up clo...

5.00 (28 reviews) (~40.76 km from centre)

Dean Mills Reservoir

Historical landmark

👍👍 Oddly enough I didn’t even know this reservoir was here despite the fact that I have surmounted winter hill on numerous occasions. This was a welcome addition to my walk. It is approximately ten minutes off the path to winter hill but well worth the diversion. It is so calm and peaceful- indeed I on...

5.00 (26 reviews) (~22.13 km from centre)

Wallace and Gromit Statue

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Excellent statue (with bench) of Preston's best loved characters!

5.00 (25 reviews) (~43.32 km from centre)

The Cludders

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Beautiful view. But awful experience with insects. Tiny flies was everywhere, we came back with bitten hands, feets, even face

5.00 (24 reviews) (~35.74 km from centre)

The Anfield Abseil

Tourist attraction

👍👍 A great experience, well worth doing. Experienced, friendly staff who instruct and encourage you along the way, making sure that the whole experience is fun, enjoyable and safe. My guide was the lovely Katie who talked to me and motivated me in exactly the way I needed to hear it while making the in...

5.00 (15 reviews) (~47.74 km from centre)

Fear Factory Live

Haunted house

👍👍 These guys are absolutely fantastic at what they do! Mazes we’re great from start to finish- the set up, actors, stories wow! Bar was great to get some courage before the mazes and the drinks and staff were fantastic. This is our second year going and will be back next year for sure!!

5.00 (10 reviews) (~43.46 km from centre)

HuRuCo RareBreeds

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Having worked with HuRuCo as a farm apprentice for the past year, I know the amount of effort that goes behind everything. Ash and Alice are both lovely, conscientious and forward thinking farmers. They are striving to be at the forefront of regenerative agriculture to make sure we provide a home fo...

5.00 (8 reviews) (~49.59 km from centre)

Reflective Passage

Tourist attraction

👍👍 This is a truly special place & shows what you can do with a back lane anywhere- bravo

5.00 (8 reviews) (~2.75 km from centre)

Shibden Land Train

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Highly recommend this brilliant experience onboard the land train and a massive thank you to Charles for coming to our rescue, thanks for the lift back up the hill it was very much appreciated

5.00 (6 reviews) (~38.79 km from centre)

John Culshaw Bird mural

Tourist attraction

5.00 (5 reviews) (~49.35 km from centre)

Ashburne Tree Man

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Absolutely bangin tree. Really proper good x

5.00 (5 reviews) (~4.13 km from centre)

Railway Track for KDMES

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Great family afternoon.

5.00 (5 reviews) (~49.92 km from centre)

Vale Royal Falconry Centre

Bird watching area

👍👍 Really nice place this. A full two hours of everything you need to know about Falconry, birds of prey including owls. The host was absolutely lovely. Very knowledgeable and easy to get on with. Made us feel very welcome and really gave us a fantastic hands on session with the birds. I would highly r...

4.90 (139 reviews) (~32.75 km from centre)

The Escaporium

Tourist attraction

👍👍 A brilliant escape room venue in Halifax with creative and unique games and fantastic staff. We played 4 rooms here and the staff were extremely accommodating with our booking and very friendly throughout the day. The rooms are very well themed and have unique and logical puzzles. Area 51.5 was our...

4.90 (124 reviews) (~37.29 km from centre)

Froggatt Edge

Tourist attraction

Rocky ridges around abandoned quarries popular for hiking & climbing, with expansive clifftop views.

4.90 (116 reviews) (~46.32 km from centre)

Poppywood Alpacas

Tourist attraction

👍👍 The Alpacas’ are cared for so much by the family business. Our experience began with a briefing on how to handle the Alpacas’, before being paired and walking a wonderful countryside route through woodland paths. We were also given a little food for them and I assure you they eat from your hand palm...

4.90 (113 reviews) (~23.97 km from centre)

Kinder Reservoir

Nature preserve

👍👍 Beautiful place to walk past. To think this was built before the times of heavy machinery is amazing some great little places close by hidden away like the sheep wash. Also some great waterfalls on the Inflow stream.

$$ $$

4.90 (95 reviews) (~24.06 km from centre)

Damflask Reservoir

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Great walk round the dam and great views. .

4.90 (70 reviews) (~44.97 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: Tourist attractions in Manchester, United Kingdom