Southern Cemetery, Manchester. Official tour.

Schedule

Fri May 29 2026 at 11:00 am to 12:40 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Southern Cemetery | Manchester, EN

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Tour Southern Cemetery, final resting place of so many Manchester greats, with Ed Glinert, Manchester's leading historian.
About this Event

Meet Ed Glinert, legendary Manchester historian and author of HarperCollins' "London's Dead", at the main gates on Barlow Moor Road, opposite James Hilton Memorials,
11am, Friday 29 May 2026.
Manchester history opens up as we visit the graves of many local greats, including:

* L. S. Lowry

* Matt Busby

* John Rylands

* Joe Sunlight

* Daniel Adamson

* Tony Wilson

* and the forgotten victim of the Munich Air Disaster

at one of Europe’s biggest cemeteries.

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Southern Cemetery, 212 Barlow Moor Rd, Manchester, United Kingdom

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