Bury

Properties and events in Bury

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Curious Folk Trail - with the League of Curiosity

The Met, Derby Hall, Market Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0BW
In person
Pre-booking required

Curious Folk Trail to explore the ‘Cultural Quarter’ of Bury with the League of Curiosity

East Lancashire Railway

The East Lancashire Railway, Bolton Street Station, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0EY
In person
Pre-booking required

Go beyond the platform and experience an area of the railway rarely open to the public. This guided tour offers a unique look at the engineering that keep our historic locomotives in steam, with a full-line return train journey included on the day.

East Lancashire Railway Open Day

East Lancashire Railway, Bolton Street Station, Bolton Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0EY
In person
Pre-booking required

Go beyond the platform and experience an area of the railway rarely open to the public. This guided tour offers a unique look at the people, skills and engineering that keep our historic locomotives in steam, with a full-line return train journey inc

Explore over 1,000 years of worship and history at St Mary the Virgin, The Rock, BL9 0AH.

The Rock, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0AH
In person
Pre-booking not required

Explore over 1,000 years of worship and history at St Mary the Virgin, The Rock, BL9 0AH. View old parish registers, historical vestments and silver, and architectural highlights, and access to the Bell Tower.

Grit, Smog and Fame

St Thomas and St John church, New Church Street, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, M26 2UD
In person
Pre-booking not required

An exhibition about the industrial and commercial past of old Radcliffe showing working and living conditions, from archive resources and people's memories of their younger days.

Heritage Tours of The Met

The Met, Derby Hall, Market Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0BW
In person
Pre-booking required

Free tour to visit backstage areas and learn all about the history and present of The Met

Radcliffe Parish Church of St Mary - Local war heroes remembered

Radcliffe Parish Church of St. Mary, Church Green, Radcliffe, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M26 2QA
In person
Pre-booking not required

We will be remembering and celebrating those from our community who fought in the World Wars.

Radcliffe Parish Church of St Mary, Greater Manchester/ A Celebration of St Mary's War Dead and Local War Heroes.

Church Green, Radcliffe, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M26 2QA
In person
Pre-booking not required

St Mary's is a Grade I listed building, parts of which date to the 13th century. James de Radcliffe 1355-1410 is interred inside. Nearby are the ruins of the de Radcliffe's ancestral home - Radcliffe Tower, and the Grade II Tithe barn circa 1700.

Ramsbottom Heritage Society walk led by Nik Taylor

Lumb Carr Road Car Park, Holcombe, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 4NN
In person
Pre-booking not required

On behalf of Ramsbottom Heritage Society Nik Taylor, National Trust warden for the Stubbins estate, based at Gawthorpe Hall Padiham Burnley, is leading a walk and talk explaining natural flood management techniques.

Spirit of a Place - urban sketching with Crockerart

The Met, Derby Hall, Market Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0BW
In person
Pre-booking required

Urban sketching with Crockerart to find inspiration from the surrounding architecture

St Gabriel's Parish Church, Prestwich

St Gabriel's Parish Church, Bishops Road, Prestwich, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M25 0HT
In person
Pre-booking not required

Explore inside a rare Art Deco church, built in 1932-33, and see an exhibition telling the story of this parish, born exactly 100 years ago - through contemporary local magazines, photographs, original maps and parish registers, from 1910.

St Hilda's Church, Whittaker Lane, Heaton Park, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1HA

Whittaker Lane, Prestwich, Bury, Greater Manchester, M25 1HA
In person
Pre-booking not required

Come and visit St Hilda's Parish Church, a few minutes' walk from Heaton Park. The building is Grade II listed with many interesting features. The church has columns made with sandstone from the Runcorn quarries.

St Margaret's Church, Prestwich

St. Margarets Road, Prestwich, Greater Manchester, M25 2QB
In person
Pre-booking not required

Come and look round our beautiful church. Refreshments available.

St Mary’s C of E Prestwich

St Mary’s C of E, Church Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M25 1AN
In person
Pre-booking not required

Explore St Mary’s and learn about the history of this ancient site. Take a churchyard tour with local historians and find out about the interesting characters buried here. Children’s activities including trails, quizzes and games.