If you know, you know. If you don’t know, get to know, for it seems more and more people are seeing the hype around and potential of our great city that is Manchester. Realising the buzz that this city brings, an area in Manchester was recently highlighted by a travel magazine as one of the best places to go to in the UK and Ireland in 2024.
Condé Nast Traveller revealed their pick of the top, up-and-coming destinations to visit in 2024, which featured the Manchester area of Spinningfields as one of the best places to go. The magazine described Manchester’s transformation as “Madonna-esque”, with it altering from a “gritty, industrial past to glorious creative present”.
The area joins the list of other hotspots and locations around the UK and Ireland including York, The Cairngorms, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Edinburgh, Isle of Wight, South West Coast Path, Wexford and Waterford, Somerset, Beaminster in Dorset and Blackhorse Road in London. With Manchester expected to welcome a number of new dining spots and developments this year, it makes the city definitely one to watch.
Spinningfields was selected as one of the best places to go in 2024 as this year a new food hall in a former warehouse, Shipyard, will open in the area. Plus, with the multi-dimensional arts space Aviva Studios opening last year, the cultural hub is set to also bring “a ground-breaking program of visual artists as well as international musicians such as Chilean crooner Alain Johannes” in 2024.
With the St John’s development, which is due to be completed in 2025, Spinningfields is home to a number of new expansion and building plans. Condé Nast Traveller commented: “Spinningfields is no slouch in the hotel department either. Mollie’s Motel and Diner, the casual-cool concept from the Soho House group, will open in what was once Granada Studios in spring, while a new Pantry is taking root on Blackfriars Street.”
Plus, other transformations are happening just a stone’s throw away from Spinningfields as the 19th-century Town Hall is due to reopen in June after a huge restoration project. The town hall will be hosting daily guided tours revealing parts of the building that have never been open to the public.
With so much happening in Manchester, 2024 is set to be our year – lucky us!