Manchester Peace Trail walk on 3rd May

The Manchester Peace Trail covers sites connected with the growth of Manchester as the world’s first industrial city and its importance as a centre for peace and radical political activity.

As well as passing some highlights of Victorian and Edwardian buildings, themes on the walk will include:

• Peterloo, the popular reform and suffrage movements, Free Trade and free thinking
• John Dalton, the “nuclear time-line”, the Peace Garden and the Nobel Peace Prize
• Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and the campaign against chattel slavery

Starting at Oxford Road Station, Manchester at 1.00pm, there will be a break for afternoon tea/coffee at the Portico Library (1806) and we will finish at approximately 4.30pm back at Oxford Road Station.

Steve Roman is an active member of The Victorian Society, having stood down as a trustee at the last AGM in 2024. Always interested in history, architecture and the peace movement, he was involved in the development of the Manchester Peace Trail and has volunteered to lead more than 200 groups around the Trail since 2012, including for students, local history groups, the Institute of Historic Building Conservation and The Victorian Society.

Cost £10 which includes refreshments at the Portico Library.

Rendezvous Point details >> https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/manchester-oxford-road/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Oxford Road Station, Oxford Road Station, Manchester, United Kingdom