The Fairfield Arms in Audenshaw welcomes pub-goers back following an extensive three-week refurbishment.

Located near Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne, close to Junction 23 of the M60, the Fairfield Arms is popular with families to eat, drink and relax...

Walpole’s Gothic Castle reopens to the public

If you are down London way this year, we at About Manchester recommend a visit to Twickenham.The completion of the second stage of the...

Blackpool to join the Northern Powerhouse 

Blackpool will join Manchester Airport in becoming an enterprise zone in a move which could attract up to 140 new businesses and 3,000 high-tech...

National Stalking Awareness week.

IS IT STALKING? That is the vital question being addressed in a new awareness film being released by the UK’s leading personal safety charity to launch National Stalking Awareness Week (20 -24...

1066-and-all-that-Nav

Tracing where your DNA was formed over 1,000 years ago is now possible due to a revolutionary technique developed by a team of international...

A farmyard full of summer holiday fun at Tatton

Staff at Tatton’s Home Farm have been busy creating yet another highly imaginative (and educational!) programme of summer holiday activities for children to immerse...

Etherow Lodge Park named as one of best in Britain

MORE parks and green spaces than ever will be flying the Green Flag award this year – in excess of 1,600 across the UK. Etherow...

Romantic letter to Lancashire Tommy unearthed

A touching love letter from a young Frenchwoman to her sweetheart Lancashire soldier on the Western Front has been unearthed by researchers at the...

‘Felipe has a mountain to climb when King of Spain’ says Manchester Professor

For almost 40 years, King Juan Carlos ruled Spain taking the country from the dictatorship years of General Franco to becoming a fully democratic...

Keep watching the Willow

Prompted by the advent of autumn and the glorious russet colours that accompany it at Tatton the Ranger team have come up with a...