Opened in 1930 as one of Britain's first purpose-built municipal airports, Barton Aerodrome, now also known as City Airport, is a historic general aviation airfield at Eccles on the western edge of Greater Manchester. Its Grade II listed control tower and preserved grass airfield give it a strong sense of heritage, and it remains a working airfield as well as a visitor attraction. The site is open to the public and trades partly as a day out, with free parking, a grass viewing area, a children'.....

A large exhibition and events centre in Trafford Park, Bowlers occupies a vast hall on Longbridge Road in Stretford, on the industrial fringe of Manchester. The tens of thousands of square feet of clear floor space have made it a flexible venue capable of hosting everything from trade shows to concerts, but it is best known for its place in the history of British dance music. From April 1992, after the closure of the Pleasuredrome, promoters moved their club nights into the cavernous space - an.....

Set within the Barton Square section of the vast Trafford Centre shopping and leisure complex near Manchester, this LEGOLAND Discovery Centre brings the popular indoor attraction to the northwest of England, offering families a colourful world constructed from the well-known building bricks. Like its sister centres around the world, it is designed chiefly for families with younger children and gathers a range of attractions under one roof, providing entertainment that is unaffected by the weathe.....

One of the most ambitious garden projects undertaken in Britain in recent decades, RHS Garden Bridgewater opened in 2021 on the grounds of a lost stately home at Worsley near Salford, reviving a vast Victorian estate as a great public garden for the northwest of England. Created by the Royal Horticultural Society, the charity devoted to gardening, the site covers an enormous area and is among the largest gardens in Europe, transforming what had become overgrown and derelict land into a showcase .....

Set within the Barton Square section of the enormous Trafford Centre shopping and leisure complex near Manchester, SEA LIFE Manchester is an aquarium that introduces visitors to the variety of underwater life through a sequence of themed displays recreating habitats from local waters to distant tropical seas. Part of an international family of aquariums, it shares a building with another popular family attraction, allowing combined visits, and presents a range of marine environments home to many.....

Once known as Barton Square, Trafford Palazzo is a retail and leisure complex at TraffordCity on the western edge of Manchester, linked to the neighbouring Trafford Centre by a covered footbridge. Built in an Italianate style, it is wrapped around a central courtyard with a Roman-style fountain beneath a glass-domed roof. It opened in 2008 as an extension of the Trafford Centre, originally intended for homeware, furniture and bulky-goods retailers. After the collapse of its former owner, it was.....