Manchester · Guide
Rainy day ideas in Manchester
Rain is part of the Manchester deal — the trick is indoor plans that work as well at 8pm as at 2pm.
Catch a film at HOME or the Printworks, eat your way round a food hall, then finish at the arcade bar or the climbing wall.
The picks
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From £7.15 (est.)CinemaHOME — independent cinema
Open daily · into the evening
Arthouse and mainstream film, theatre and gallery hub near Deansgate-Castlefield, with cheap off-peak tickets.
- HOME
- First Street
From £9 (est.)CinemaVue Printworks — big-screen multiplex & IMAX
Open daily · into the evening
20-screen multiplex in the city-centre Printworks complex, home to one of Europe's largest IMAX screens.
- Vue Manchester Printworks
- City Centre
From £6 (est.)Food & DrinkManchester Arndale Market Hall — street food stalls
Open daily · into the evening
Award-winning indoor market with cheap street food stalls from chicken to Thai and Turkish sweets.
- Arndale Market
- City Centre
From £10 (est.)Food & DrinkMackie Mayor — Grade II-listed food hall
Open daily · into the evening
Restored Victorian market hall in the Northern Quarter with 9 independent kitchens and bars, walk-in only.
- Mackie Mayor
- Northern Quarter
From £4Food & DrinkBundobust Piccadilly — Indian street food & craft beer
Open daily · into the evening
Basement Indian vegetarian street-food canteen with own-brewed craft beer near Piccadilly Gardens.
- Bundobust
- City Centre
From £5 (est.)ActivitiesNQ64 — retro arcade bar
Open daily · into the evening
Neon-lit retro gaming arcade bar in the Northern Quarter with free-to-play machines, cocktails and pizza.
- NQ64 Northern Quarter
- Northern Quarter
From £9.25 (est.)SportManchester Climbing Centre — bouldering & lead climbing
Open daily · into the evening
Church-conversion climbing centre in Gorton with bouldering, top-rope and lead walls, student discounts.
- Manchester Climbing Centre
- Gorton