St Ann's Square · Manchester
Barton Arcade Window Wander
Find the glass-roofed Victorian arcade tucked behind St Ann's Square.
- ⏱ 20 min
- 💷 £0
- 🥾 Easy
Barton Arcade has been arching its ironwork and glass over shoppers since 1871, and it's one of the few Victorian arcades in Britain to survive intact. Wander through slowly and pick out something in a window you'd buy for each other.
What you’ll do
- 1Find the arcade
- 2Window shop
- 3Prove it
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Photo: Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net), CC BY-SA 4.0
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