Imperial War Museum North

The Manchester Weekender

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The Manchester Weekender is a weekend-long snapshot of some of the best of Manchester’s art and culture. [more]

Northwest Tourism Awards 2009 – winners announced

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The North West’s top tourism businesses and professionals were honoured in Blackpool last night. [more]

Living with the Wall: Berlin 1961-1989

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Exhibition to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. [more]

Portraits by Alastair Thain – Imperial War Museum North

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Imperial War Museum North’s first display in its external spaces: Alastair Thain’s Marines – 6 large scale photographic portraits of young marines in some distress following a tough training run. [more]

Manchester Tourism Awards 2009

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The winners of the Manchester Tourism Awards 2009 were announced last night. [more]

Pleasure Beach retains tourism crown

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Blackpool Pleasure Beach was Britain’s most popular tourist attraction in 2007, despite visitor figures falling slightly from 2006. According to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions the popular theme park attracted 5.5 million visitors… [more]

Imperial War Museum North celebrates fifth birthday

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Manchester’s Imperial War Museum North is celebrating its fifth birthday this month with a number of new exhibits. These include the hand-made compass used by Oliver Philpot to escape from Stalag Luft III, part… [more]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is the UK’s most popular tourist attraction

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is the most popular tourist attraction in the UK according to 2006 visitor statistics released by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). The amusement park saw 5.73 million visitors last… [more]