Gay Manchester / Manchester Pride 2010 / Accommodation Manchester has a thriving gay scene brought into the national awareness in recent years by Channel 4 television's superior drama "Queer as Folk". We wonder how many weekend's trips where planned to Manchester with people looking for the fictional club Babylon featured in the series. Manchester's gay scene is concentrated around the so-called "Gay Village" which centres on Canal Street and surrounding roads. There are many gay bars and clubs in the area, many of which the breweries have invested heavily in. Although overall smaller than the London gay scene, Manchester's gay village is impressive because all the bars are so closely located. In fact the quality of the bars themselves compare very favourably with anything London has to offer, with the only downside being that at weekends the area is swamped with "straights" which takes the edge of the gay atmosphere. Fortunately a number of the bars including the Hollywood show bar now adopt a majority gay and lesbian policy ensuring the atmosphere remains sufficiently homo friendly.     Manchester Pride 2010 Manchester Pride is Manchester’s annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) festival that is held over the August bank holiday weekend. In the past Manchester Pride had been called many names including Gayfest and Mardi Gras. Manchester Pride has traditionally been a fundraiser for the LGBT and AIDS/HIV communities and is the only Pride event in the UK that has consistently done so.   Manchester Pride 2010 - Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life takes place from 21th - 31st August 2010. The big weekend including, parade takes places over the August Bank Holiday weekend (Fri 28th - Mon 31th August 2010). See website for full details. Tickets for events and the big weekend will go on sale in the spring. Before Manchester Pride and Gayfest there was Manchester Mardigras. One of the highlights of the weekend which continues with Gayfest is the parade of floats through ther city centre on the Saturday morning. Click here for photographs we took back in 1999. A glamourous time was had by all.     Manchester gay friendly accommodation Are you missing out? The UK Gay Hotel Travel Guide and The Gay Britain Network are the largest collection of UK Gay information/ entertainment web sites and are visited by 10,000's people every week looking for information about the UK's gay scene. Please click here to advertise on UK Gay Hotel and Travel Guide Merchants Hotel 33 Back Piccadilly Street, Manchester, M1 1HP Tel: 0161 236 2939, Fax: 0161 236 2970   Description: We're a centrally located gay friendly hotel offering excellent value bed and breakfast,less than half a mile from gay village and in the very heart of Manchester's bars clubs and restaurants. Many rooms en-suite with rates starting as little as £25.00 per night. Website, Email Hotel Address Telephone Carlton Hotel 153, Upper Chorlton Rd; M/cr, M16 7SH 0161 881 4635 Clyde Mount G/H 866 Hyde Road, Debdale, Nr Manchester 0161 231 1515 Monroes Hotel 38, London Road, Manchester, M1 3LZ 0161 236 0564 Merchants Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester 0161 236 2939 New Union Hotel 111 Princess Street, Manchester 0161 228 1492 Rembrandt Hotel 33, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3LZ 0161 236 1311 General Hotel Accommodation during Manchester Pride Given the huge demand for accommodation during Manchester Mardigras you might like to try the following Manchester hotels. Don't forget to book your accommodation early. If you get stuck or are looking for a great deal try LateRooms.com Hotel Address Telephone Palace Hotel Oxford Street, Manchester, M60 7HA 0161 288 1111 Britannia Hotel Portland Street, Manchester M1 3LA 0161 228 2288 Britannia Sachas Hotel Tib Street, Piccadilly, Manchester M4 1SH 0161 228 1234 Britannia Country House Hotel Palatine Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2WG 0161 434 3411 Le Meridien Victoria and Albert Water Street, Manchester M4 4JQ 0161 838 4130 Diamond Hotel Liverpool St, Salford 0161 743 0080 Jury's Manchester Inn 56 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester M1 5LE 0161 953 8888 Novotel Manchester West Worsley Brow, Worsley, Manchester M28 2YA 0161 799 3535 Old Trafford Lodge Talbot Road, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0PX 0161 874 3333 Comfort Hotel Hyde Road, Birch Street, West Gorton, Manchester M12 5NT 0161 220 8700 UMIST halls of residence and hotel Central Manchester 0161 228 6214 Manchester Gay Bars and Clubs New - Search UK Gay Guide for bars, clubs and saunas Venue Address Telephone AUSTINS 63, Richmond Street 0161 236 1547 BLUES FUN BAR 211a, Stamford St, Ashton-U-Lyne 0161 330 3212 CENTRAL PARK Sackville Street 0161 236 5196 THE CHURCH Crook Street,Bolton 01204 21856 CRUZ 101 101, Princess Street 0161 237 1554 DICKENS 74a, Oldham Street 0161 236 1249 DOROTHYS 171, Union Street, Rhodes Bank 0161 652 5662 EQUINOX Bloom Street 0161 236 4445 FLESH 11-13 Whitworth Street 0161 236 5051 FOLLIES 6, Whitworth Street 0161 236 8149 GARDEN BAR Mab's Cross Hotel, Wigan 01942 41484 THE GASLIGHT 24, Lees Road,Oldham 0161 624 1325 GRAND CENTRAL 80, Oxford Street 0161 236 2592 HOLLYWOOD SHOW BAR 11 Bloom Street. Manchester 0161 236 6151 JESSE'S DISCO Balmoral Hotel, Bradshawgate 01204 28057 L & G SWITCHBOARD Daily 4pm - 10pm, 0161 274 3999 MANTO BAR 46, Canal Street 0161 236 2667 METZ CAFE BAR Canal Street, Manchester 0161 237 9852 MR D'S Crook Street, Bolton 01204 399325 NAPOLEON'S Sackville Street 0161 236 8800 THE NEW INN 95, Wellington Rd South, Stockport 0161 480 4063 NEW UNION HOTEL Princess Street 0161 235 6784 NEW YORK NEW YORK 98, Bloom Street 0161 236 6556 OSCARS 5 Cooper Street 0161 236 6007 PARADISE FACTORY 112-116, Princess Street 0161 273 5422 POPTASTIC Mutz Nutz Princess Street, M1 0976 425136 Q BAR 28, Richmond Street 0161 237 9329 REMBRANDT HOTEL 33, Sackville Street 0161 236 2435 ROCKIES Whitworth Street, Manchester 0161 228 3078 ROSIES BAR 18, Gladstone Road, Farnworth 01204 71659 VIA FOSSA 28-30, Canal Street, Manchester 0161 236 6523   Travel Guides. Spartacus 2010 - New International Gay Guide is the standard companion for gay men who travel.   Chock full of information, Spartacus sheds light on the richness of gay life and helps bring together countless men from around the world. The key to getting the most out of the big gay world out there! This guide contains over 25,000 useful addresses as well as valuable background info about gay life and travel worldwide. The guide is the authoritative source of information on the rapidly ever-changing gay scene. An absolute must for every gay traveller! Buy GB£ Buy US$ from Amazon. Gay Times - Gay Britain and Ireland Not every gay man can afford, or even wants, to pack up the suntan lotion and shorts for an exotic vacation so the Gay Times Great Britain and Ireland guide is perfect for those who want to explore Gay Britannia. Written by John Szponarski, the book covers the gay scene in the country's most popular cities such as London and Manchester, and also takes in the new gay scenes exploding out of the depths of rural England too. Bars, clubs, pubs, saunas, hotels and cruising grounds are all covered here in a lively and down-to-earth style. Jonathan Weir. Buy GB£ Buy US$ from Amazon Click here to talk to other UK Gay Guys now! General Hotel Accommodation in Manchester - Check out the links below for online deals Jurys Inn Jurys Inns offer a range of superior budget hotels in key cities throughout the UK and Ireland. Combining great value for money and central locations with a consistently high quality product, Jurys Inns represent a unique choice for both business and leisure travellers. Travelodge Travelodge is UK’s fastest growing and most recognised budget hotel company: Travelodge has 312 hotels within the UK, Ireland and Spain (20,000 rooms in total). Over 6 million people stay with Travelodge every year. Accor Hotels Accorhotels.com, the hotel business and leisure portal, offers you almost 4,000 hotels in 90 countries and a reduction of up to 60% off all brands from budget to luxury (All Seasons, Ibis, Adagio, Suitehotel, Mercure, Novotel, Pullman, Sofitel, Lucien Barrière)! Get Deals on hotel Accommodation in Brighton with LateRooms.com Car Hire Holiday Autos offer great deals on car hire. Ideal for your weekend break in Manchester. Gay Shopping

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