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"About: The National Football Museum is home to over 140,000 pieces of footballing memorabilia - including the FIFA Collection. The museum explores the beautiful game through world class exhibitions and displays, looking at football from every angle, telling the stories that matter the most. Address: Urbis Building, Manchester, M4 3BG"

"Whether you’re a die hard football fan or not, here's the place to discover the history of football in one of the worlds biggest footballing cities."

"Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield, Alma Street, Sheffield, S8 3RY - Visit now. Located on a man-made island over 900 year’s old, Kelham Island Museum captures the Steel City’s industrial heritage through a collection of objects, pictures and archive material."

"Opened in 2001, the Millenium Gallery is one of the most impressive galleries in the north of England. Listed as the 15 most visited free attraction in England by Visit England, it’s situated right next to the Central Library, Graves Gallery and Hallam University. There is a constantly changing temporary exhibition space, but the permanent Ruskin Collection is the highlight of the gallery."

"See Sheffield’s unique heritage in this premier destination for art, craft and design. The Sheffield Millennium Gallery is one of the city’s most prominent art galleries, located right in the centre at Arundel Gate. It features contemporary art and design exhibitions, including touring exhibitions from the V&A, the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery."

"Over the past 125+ years, the Whitworth has seen many transformations but none so much as its recent £15 million development, resulting in accolades such as RIBA National Award and Art Fund’s Museum of the Year 2015. Now home to an internationally important collection numbering 60,000 works - blending high-profile names like Blake, Spencer, Rembrandt and Moore with fresh new talent - the gallery’s principal aim remains the same: ‘the perpetual gratification of the people of Manchester’."

"Manchester's second most important art gallery is arguably its most beautiful, following a restoration that saw the doubling of its exhibition space through the opening of its sides and back, and the construction of glass-screened promenades. Inside is a fine collection of British watercolours, the best selection of historic textiles outside London and galleries devoted to the work of artists from Dürer and Rembrandt to Lucian Freud and David Hockney."

"Opened in 1934 above Sheffield's Central Library, Graves Art Gallery contains an excellent collection of old masters and English art from the 18th century to the present day. There's also a sizable collection of works by major artists of the 19th and 20th centuries such as Cézanne, Corot, Picasso, and Braque. Other notable artworks include a collection of fine portraits, as well as contemporary paintings and sculptures."

"Contemporary Six – The Gallery is a leading independent art gallery located in the heart of the city centre of Manchester opposite the beautiful Town Hall. Established in 2010 by Alex Reuben, the gallery is known for offering a warm and friendly welcome to art enthusiasts, collectors, and new visitors and explorers to the city. Specialising in original paintings, landscapes, portraits, abstracts handmade prints, sculptures, and ceramics."

"From Darrell Evanes’ scrap metal sculpture to Matthew Bourne’s natural abstracts, Contemporary Six’s repertoire is all encompassing. Having outgrown its former location of Royal Exchange Arcade, the gallery - founded by Alex Reuben in 2010 - now occupies an airy space on Princess Street, where it represents around 40 artists. Best feature: Contemporary Six offers the Own Art Scheme, which allows buyers to pay in monthly instalments"

"Macclesfield is in the orbit of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, founded in 1945 and part of the University of Manchester. The primary telescope at Jodrell Bank is the colossal Lovell Telescope, built in 1957 and still the third largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world, at 76.2 metres in diameter. Amateur astronomers come a long way to savour this immense structure, which along with the rest of the station has been mooted for World Heritage Status."

"Although it is way smaller than most, it played a unique role in the history of Manchester and its music scene. The building was built in around 1862 but it was officially nicknamed Band on the wall when the landlord at the time, Ernie Tyson, placed a stage in the wall for musicians to play. HOW TO VISIT: Band on the Wall is still open and operating."

"One of Manchester’s most iconic live music venues, Band on the Wall gets a resounding thumbs up from reviewers. People love the eclectic mix of music styles and quiz nights at the Northern Quarter venue, and praised the “intimate venue” “great staff” and “stylish and well-furnished bar”. Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester"

"Seconds on foot from the futuristic architecture of Salford Quays is a splendid Tudor mansion, home to the Radclyffe family for 300 years. The surviving parts of Ordsall Hall are built on two ranges around a courtyard knot garden, the south dating to the 15th century, and the west range completed in 1639. These both incorporate older elements dating back 750 years."

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"Cue El Gato Negro, the Manchester city centre restaurant with outdoor dining that's unmissable in spring and summer. Head up to the rooftop terrace for dinner with a view, made up of authentic tapas and fine wine."

"At this stylish tapas bar, you are treated to top-flight charcuterie, cheeses and a cavalcade of flawless plates. Make sure to visit the Black Cat upstairs too, a beautiful cocktail bar with a retractable roof."

"A short open section of the River Sheaf near Sheffield Station with the graffitied slogan 'Is the river really beautiful or is it just the gradient of the land?. The river from which Sheffield takes its name disappears into a culvert at Granville Square, just south of the city centre, and is barely seen until it discharges into the River Don between Blonk Street and Lady’s Bridge. Once it flowed right through the heart of Sheffield and even filled the moat at Sheffield Castle, which imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots."