Location: Manchester
Top Things to do in Manchester
Things to do in Manchester, England: The Best Monuments & Statues
Famed for its soccer team and music scene, which has produced the likes of the Smiths and Oasis, this center for sports and the arts is a down-to-earth and friendly city. The so-called Capital of the North has overcome industrial decline, bombing (in WWII and by the IRA) to become a confident and cosmopolitan city of well over two million. It is well served by a bus and light rail network. Top attractions include the Lowry art complex, arcade Affleck's Palace and Canal Street gay village.
Restaurants in Manchester
1. Victory Over Blindness Monument
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By Dennisvdo - The Hague, The Netherlands
It’s an impressive statue for the veterans of the Great War that came back blind and had to start a new future. The location just outside Piccadilly station felt a bit wrong, could have got a better more impressive location.
2. World War 1 Memorial, Manchester Piccadilly
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By railway_chap - Glossop, United Kingdom
This is a replica polished granite memorial. The original was lost during rebuilding in the 1960’s and it was a nice touch to put it back a few years ago when the old records were found. You’ll need a ticket to look at it though as it’s on Platform 10.
3. Alan Turing Memorial
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4.5 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By RazzyBthefirst - Macclesfield, United Kingdom
On the one hand I think that a memorial of Alan Turing should be in a more high profile part of the city as he was such an important part of this country's history. On the other hand, he seems at peace here with his apple and it's an area where he will be rightly celebrated by all. Fascinating fact: founder of Computer Science is written on the back of his seat as it would appear if encoded by an Enigma machine. It states 'IEKYF RQMSI ADXUO KVKZC GUBJ' but the 14th letter is a U and the machine can't encode a letter as itself. markay163 on an educational visit; the Alan Cumming memorial (Sackville Gardens review). Really markay?!
4. Statue Of Emmeline Pankhurst
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4.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By LauritaBrandi - Buenos Aires, Argentina
In front of the Central Library you will find this monument aimed at remembering the achievements of women¿s movement, the injustices they had to undergo and to bear in mind that it is always worth fighting for what must be changed. I know that you can also visit the building that used to be her house, but it's only open on thursdays for general public.
5. Mahatma Gandhi Statue
6. Abraham Lincoln Statue
7. Manchester Cenotaph
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
8. Queen Victoria's Statue
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 1 reviews
9. The Beacon of Hope
