Manchester/North

North Manchester is the area of Manchester north of the centre bounded by the M60, the A6, and A57. The main area of interest is just north of Victoria railway station, along the Cheetham Hill and New Bury roads. The area also includes Sportcity, the big sports complex to the east. Towards the M60, some of it falls within other townships of Greater Manchester, such as Bury to the north and Salford to the west.

The area is multi-cultural with significant Polish, Ukraine, Irish, Punjabi, Sikh and other communities; but most notably it has a large Jewish community, with many schools and synagogues, and a museum. One member of that community was Michael Marks, from Slonim (nowadays in Belarus), who met up with Tom Spencer and Isaac Dewhirst and founded the retail chain Marks & Spencer.

Get in
railway station is just south of this district, with trains across the Pennines and to Rochdale.

Victoria station is a hub for the Metrolink trams, serving Bury, Oldham and Rochdale.

Do

 * You can also watch football, while making a point of not watching Man United, at
 * Golf: lots of courses dotted around the edge of the city.
 * Speedway: Bellevue Aces race in the SGB Premiership, the top tier of motorcycle speedway racing in Britain. Their home track is the National Speedway Stadium on Kirkmanshulme Lane.
 * Rugby Union: Sedgley Park Tigers play in National League One, the third tier. Their home ground is along Park Lane in Whitefield just north of M60.
 * Golf: lots of courses dotted around the edge of the city.
 * Speedway: Bellevue Aces race in the SGB Premiership, the top tier of motorcycle speedway racing in Britain. Their home track is the National Speedway Stadium on Kirkmanshulme Lane.
 * Rugby Union: Sedgley Park Tigers play in National League One, the third tier. Their home ground is along Park Lane in Whitefield just north of M60.
 * Rugby Union: Sedgley Park Tigers play in National League One, the third tier. Their home ground is along Park Lane in Whitefield just north of M60.

Eat
The main collection of small eating places is along Cheetham Hill Road (A665) and Bury New Road (A56).

Sleep

 * Premier Inn has a dozen hotels around the city, including three on its northern edge by M60 ring road.
 * These are Prestwich M25 3TG, jcn M60 & A56; Heaton Park M8 4NB on A576; and Chadderton / Oldham Broadway OL9 8DW jcn M60 & A663.
 * Premier Inn has a dozen hotels around the city, including three on its northern edge by M60 ring road.
 * These are Prestwich M25 3TG, jcn M60 & A56; Heaton Park M8 4NB on A576; and Chadderton / Oldham Broadway OL9 8DW jcn M60 & A663.

Go next
Take the train from Victoria for sights in Lancashire, such as Clitheroe.

Leeds, another easy train ride from Victoria, like Manchester has a large Jewish community to its north, especially around Moortown. It was in Leeds that Marks first met up with Spencer and Dewhirst, and opened the first of his "penny bazaars" in Kirkgate Market.