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http://homemcr.org; 2 Tony www.nationalfootballmuseum.
Wilson Pl, First St; tickets com; Corporation St, Urbis,
£5-20; hbox office noon-8pm; Cathedral Gardens; h10am-
bar 10am-11pm Mon-Thu & Sun, 5pm) F charts British MAREMAGNUM/GETTY IMAGES ©
to midnight Fri & Sat). football’s evolution.
The Manchester Art The city is also world
Gallery (%0161-235 8888; renowned for its live-
http://manchesterartgallery. music scene, with gigs in
org; Mosley St; tours 20min/ all genres most nights of
1hr free/£80; h10am-5pm the week.
Mon-Wed & Fri-Sun, to 9pm
Thu) has a superb collec- 4 p219
tion of British art and a The Drive » This trip’s
hefty number of Euro- longest drive, at 216 miles,
pean masters. The older takes you northwest via the M61
wing has an impressive and M6, passing between the
selection that includes Yorkshire Dales National Park
to the east and the Lake District
37 Turner watercolours, National Park to the west. Once
as well as the country’s you cross into Scotland the road
best assemblage of Pre- becomes the A74 and climbs
Raphaelite art, while the into the Southern Uplands, then
newer gallery is home to becomes the A702 as it leads
20th-century British art into Edinburgh.
GREAT BRITAIN 15 THE BEST OF BRITAIN
starring Lucien Freud,
Francis Bacon, Stanley TRIP HIGHLIGHT
Spencer, Henry Moore
and David Hockney. A d Edinburgh
wonderful collection of The Scottish capital is
British watercolours are intimately entwined with
displayed at Manchester’s its landscape, with build-
Whitworth Art Gallery ings and monuments
(%0161-275 7450; www. perched atop crags and
whitworth.manchester.ac.uk; overshadowed by cliffs.
Oxford Rd, University of Man- From the Old Town’s
chester; h10am-5pm, to 9pm picturesque jumble of
Thu; g), which also has medieval tenements piled
an exceptional collection high along the Royal
of historic textiles. Mile, its turreted skyline edinburghcastle.gov.uk;
Manchester is famed strung between the Castle Esplanade; adult/child
for its rival football black, bull-nosed Castle £16.50/9.90, audioguide ad-
teams Manchester Unit- Rock and the russet pali- ditional £3.50; h9.30am-6pm
ed (%0161-868 8000; www. sade of Salisbury Crags, Apr-Sep, to 5pm Oct-Mar, last
manutd.com; Sir Matt Busby to the New Town’s neat admission 1hr before closing;
Way; tours adult/child £18/12; neoclassical grid, the city g23, 27, 41, 42), which has
hmuseum 9.30am-5pm, tours offers a constantly chang- played a pivotal role in
every 10min 9.40am-4.30pm ing perspective. Scottish history, both as
except match days) and Along with a walk a royal residence – King
Manchester City (www. through the Old Town, Malcolm Canmore
mcfc.co.uk; Etihad Campus), unmissable experiences (r 1058–93) and Queen
and its National Football here include visiting Margaret first made
Museum (%0161-605 8200; Edinburgh Castle (www. their home here in the

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