Shopping in Manchester on your motorhome holiday

Great Manchester shopping venues on your motorhome holiday

There are some great shops in Manchester and the Deansgate area of Manchester is a great place to visit on your mototorhome hire holiday if you want a good choice of quality shops and places to eat. So from the great Arndale centre to the small bespoke and unique shops in the Northern Quarter and Deansgate area, you will have tons of choice in Manchester

Deasngate

Deansgate is a very long road in the center of Manchester city that has many famous shops dotted on it such as  Kendal’s Department Store, St Ann’s Square, King Street. There are also some excellent places to stay with impressive hotels and other shops and attractions nearby such as the Lowry, Radisson Renaissance, John Rylands Library, Parsonage Gardens, Crown Square and the Royal Exchange.

See this Deansgate Manchester website for more details

The Barton Arcade

The Barton Arcade in Manchester is the only Victorian shopping arcade that survives. It is located on Deansgate and Barton Square, the beautiful four-storey cast-iron framed building has a large dome shaped roof that is made from glass and curved internal balconies that provide a magnificent backdrop.  So if you want to shop in the grandeur of a historic Victorian Grade II listed building on your motorhome hire holiday in Manchester head for the Barton Arcade.

The Barton Arcade is not just a great place to shop.  Above the buzz of the retail there are three balcony floors of office suites offering completely self contained business space in the heart of the city, ideal for small and medium sized companies.

The Barton Arcade Manchester website

St. Ann’s Square

St. Ann’s Square in Manchester is a popular place where Mancunians and tourists like to shop and the street is lined with many architecturally splendid buildings, St. Anne’s Arcade is a stunning building and gives an excellent example of Italian palazzo architecture, with semi-circular headed arches and Venetian windows.  You don’t have to visit Italy in your hired motorhome, you can get a  taste of old Italy right in the heart of Manchester with this Grade 2 listed building.

The buildings on St. Ann’s Square and King Street have become very fashionable with tourist and Mancunians over the years and both have been pedestrianised and updated to keep up with the times.

Visit the St Ann’s Square website

All in all Manchester is one of the best places for shopping on a motorhome hire holiday in the UK, there are only a handful of cities in the country that can beat Manchester as a shopping venue – find out more and book your motorhome hire vehicle for Manchester here.