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Places worth the detour in Manchester

25 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Manchester, United Kingdom, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (23). Best known: British Airtours Flight 28M. 23 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological23 Nature2
Within 20 km
25
Oldest
Mellor hill fort 500 BC
Little known
23 of 25
Most from
19th century

All 25, ranked 25

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of Manchester

Liverpool · 51 km16 Sheffield · 51 km17 Leeds · 58 km11 Derby · 79 km11 Nottingham · 92 km9 York · 93 km9 Birmingham · 112 km38 Leicester · 118 km8

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Manchester?

25 places within 20 km: 23 archaeological & historic sites and 2 nature & landscapes. The best known is British Airtours Flight 28M.

Is there anything near Manchester that most visitors miss?

23 of these 25 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Manchester?

Mellor hill fort, dated to 500 BC.

How is the 20 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Manchester, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.