Manchester has been placed at number six by The Telegraph for best UK cities.

Manchester achieved a solid 7.5/10 and gained a place below Newcastle but in front of London.

The Telegraph said: “Few serious Mancunians would claim their city was a looker. The city lacks green spaces, old places, nice shopping streets, and the former grandeur of redbrick warehouses and mills has been largely erased. Nonetheless, the North West’s biggest city has undeniable energy, and is a retail, hedonism, study, media and services hub without equal in these parts.

“World-class venues like the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester Museum (European Museum of the Year in 2025), Bridgewater Hall (home of the Hallé), the biennial Manchester International Festival, and the recent opening of the Aviva Studios and Co-op Live make the city a cultural big hitter; the English National Opera is (slowly) moving its base to Manchester.”

“Mouthy and immodest, but enduringly unbeautiful, Manchester is 21st-century Britain encapsulated.”

Here are some of my favourite things to do/see in Manchester: