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Manchester's World-Famous Christmas Market are now OPEN!

  • Friday 7 November 2025
Three people riding horses on a carousel, all wearing red Santa hats with white bobbles on the end, all smiling

The official countdown to Christmas in Manchester has now well and truly begun with the opening today (Friday 7 November) of Manchester's world-famous Christmas Markets throughout the city centre - including the return of festive fun to Albert Square for the first time since December 2019 and the closure of the Manchester's magnificent Grade 1 Listed Victorian Town Hall as it undergoes a massive once-in-a-life-time restoration project to preserve it for future generations.

Plans for Strangeways regeneration finalised

  • Thursday 6 November 2025
Artists' impression of a regenerated Strangeways

The Council approve the Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) for the long-term transformation of the Strangeways and Cambridge areas at a meeting of the executive next week (Weds 12 Nov)

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