Manchester City Centre Peace Trail: A Guided Walk

Overview

Curious about the hidden stories of peace in our city? Come along with Steve Roman, passionate peace activist and storyteller, as we wander through Manchester’s streets uncovering the remarkable Peace Trail during Manchester Peace Week.

Meeting Point: Manchester Victoria Station, underneath the large, tiled map

Duration: 2 hours

Accessibility: It is suitable for people in wheelchairs. The route is paved and flat, apart from one slope. When we go through the Library there are lifts for those who need them.

Our Shared Journey

Together we’ll explore how ordinary buildings and familiar corners of Manchester hold extraordinary stories of peace activism and social change. What might we discover about our city’s evolving role—from industrial powerhouse to global advocate for justice and peace? Each stop invites us to see Manchester through fresh eyes.

The walk will include the following themes / sites with perhaps some new perspectives:

• Migration and the movement of peoples
• Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Manchester Cathedral and the campaign against Chattel Slavery
• John Dalton, the “Nuclear Timeline”, the Peace Garden, MAG (Mines Advisory Group) and the Nobel Peace Prize
• The Hidden Gem and religious tolerance, Free thinking and Science
• The Free Trade Hall, Suffragists and Suffragettes
• and, subject to time, Peterloo, the popular reform movement and Engels

The guide is donating his fee to charity

Join the Wider Conversation

This walk is part of Manchester Peace Week—a community celebration brought to life by CARISMA (Community Alliance for Renewal, Inner South Manchester Area). Professor Erinma Bell’s vision continues to evolve as we gather for this annual tradition, creating spaces where peace, safety, and harmony can flourish across our diverse communities.

Don’t miss the week’s culmination at the Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse, where the everyday heroes weaving peace into the fabric of our neighbourhoods will be celebrated.

Wonder more at: carisma.me.uk | discoverpeace.eu | manchesterpeacetrail.org.uk