EVERY year there’s a curious and entralling tour up Cheetham Hill from Victoria Station.
But it’s a tour with a difference.
Cheetham Hill is one of the most diverse suburbs in the country. For anybody wanting to know how modern British cities and their faith groups function this tour is a must
This one visits numerous places of worship in this most diverse of suburbs and gets beneath the skin of how persons of different faiths and cultures can live and work together. How they can create a community.
This one visits numerous places of worship in this most diverse of suburbs and gets beneath the skin of how persons of different faiths and cultures can live and work together. How they can create a community.
The tour starts at 1pm at Victoria Station and visits the fascinating Jewish Museum at 1.20pm, the spectacular Ukrainian Catholic Church at 1.50pm, the wonderful Cheetham Hill Synagogue at 2.10pm, the busy North Manchester Jamia Masjid at 2.35pm, the beautiful Grade II listed St John's CofE church at 3pm and the homely Gurdwara Temple at 3.25pm. It returns to Victoria Station by 4pm.
The lovely Ukrainian Church
Within each place of worship a member of the particular faith group will take over the guiding.
But this tour is open to all.
Jonathan Schofield, Confidential editor, and a very secular chap, will lead the tour and guide the fascinating story of Cheetham Hill between the places of worship.
Schofield says: "Whether people are religious or not, this tour gives people an insight into how the various faith groups of Manchester worship, interact and how they look on the world. Cheetham Hill is one of the most diverse suburbs in the country. For anybody wanting to know how modern British cities and their faith groups function this tour is a must."
To book on the tour call Dave Thorley on 0161 234 5102, after 11 September, Roland Buckley on 0161 234 5116.
The Gurdwara
