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Manchester’s own market (Albert Square, Cathedral Gardens and Piccadilly Gardens) is open 6 Nov – 22 Dec 2026. By train from Manchester Piccadilly: Liverpool (50 min), Leeds (55 min), Chester (1h), York (1h20), Birmingham (1h30) and London (2h10). Each trip comes with the train from Manchester Piccadilly and a hotel for the night, home the next morning.
Muse in Manchester on Thu 12 Nov and Fri 13 Nov; Muse in London (2h10) on Sun 15 Nov and Mon 16 Nov; Fontaines D.C. in Liverpool (50 min) on Fri 20 Nov; Fontaines D.C. in Manchester on Sat 21 Nov and Sat 3 Jul; Fontaines D.C. in Glasgow (3h15) on Sun 22 Nov and Tue 6 Jul; Fontaines D.C. in Leeds (55 min) on Tue 24 Nov; Fontaines D.C. in Birmingham (1h30) on Wed 25 Nov; Fontaines D.C. in London (2h10) on Fri 27 Nov and Fri 9 Jul; and 11 more below. Each date comes with the train and a hotel for the night.
Tripsntix plans football trips abroad, to the Bundesliga, La Liga, Allsvenskan, Super League and Pro League, with flights from Manchester Airport and the home club’s own ticket shop. Premier League trips are for visitors coming in from outside England, so they’re left out when you start from Manchester.
Yes. Take the train to London Euston (about 2h10), then a ten-minute walk to St Pancras, for the Eurostar: Brussels 2h, Paris 2h20, Werchter 2h45 (changing in Brussels), Antwerp 2h50 (changing in Brussels), Bruges 3h10 (changing in Brussels), Amsterdam 4h, Tilburg 4h15 (changing in Rotterdam), Cologne 4h45 (changing in Brussels), Strasbourg 5h (changing in Paris), Düsseldorf 5h15 (changing in Brussels) and Lyon 5h30 (changing in Paris). Christmas markets on the line: Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bruges, Strasbourg and Brussels.
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