Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Leo, The centre is very modern and is surrounded by quite a lot of rough bits with derelict industries and run-down housing. Here's the official website: http://www.visitmanchester.com/ I've always found it a place where you go to concerts, museums and galleries but the city itself not much to look at. Great place to go shopping though. Plenty of good places to eat, particularly Indian and Pakistani restaurants, pub food is very good, but reasonably expensive in the city centre. There are nice spots in the parks and along the canals - some of the industrial landscapes and old cotton mills are fascinating, so are parts of the Manchester ship canal If you want good scenery, hop on a train, and you are soon out in the country: in the Pennines, the Peak district (wonderful) or at the seaside. Blackpool is the biggest resort and very British with lots of Fish 'n Chips, Bingo halls and the like - very photogenic if you like the down-side of UK resorts and constructions similar to the Eiffel Tower. Blackpool looks great at night when the illuminations are on, a ride on an open-topped tram is fun, too. This place in Manchester city centre is great for s/h gear: *Real Camera Sevendale House 5-7 Dale Street (entrance on Lever St.) Open 6 days a week (not Sundays), 09.30-17.00. * The *London Camera Exchange store* is quite good, but my experience of them has always been that their prices are too high. They are on*Picadilly Plaza in Park Street* Cheers Douglas On 18.02.2011 15:53, leo wesson wrote: > Any opinion as to Manchester as a destination for some walkabout > photography? > > Thanks! > > Leo Wesson > Photographer/Videographer > 817.733.9157 > www.leowesson.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >