This panorama was shot in the Autumn of 2007, late in the afternoon. The skies over Manchester were becoming overcast and the light becoming dull. The panoramic image was taken from the rear of the Manchester City Hall, where the tourist information office is located.

Manchester - Manchester visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Manchester' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Greater Manchester.

This Manchester map shows some of the sights, attractions, hotels and places of interest in the city in a unique way. On the map of Manchester are markers showing the locations of over 100 fully 360° panoramas that have been taken around Manchester. The pins show the locations of the museums, parks, major sights of interest and hotels within Manchester. Each panoramic image or picture is accompanied by some local and travel information.

This collection of panoramas will continue to grow to become one of the most extensive virtual tours of Manchester available. The Manchester map used is a Google map, it can be viewed either as a street map of Manchester, or changed to show highly detailed satellite images of the city. A hybrid version overlays the road map of Manchester onto the satellite image.

A full list of the panoramas linked to this Manchester map is given on the Manchester Index.

For Webmasters: It is possible to use this whole virtual tour in your own site for free. Please see the Use a Tour page for more information on how to use the Manchester map in your own site. Each panorama shown here can be linked to individually. To do so select the link from the 'permalink' chain link icon in the title bar of the photograph of interest.