Manchester and Liverpool on the weekend
 

I will be in the Uk later his year, after business commitments I am thinkin gof spending two extra days in Manchester and Liverpool. I will be in Manchester on the Saturday and Liverpool on the Sunday. Will things be opened or closed on these days in the cities?

Is a day sufficient to see the main tourist sites in each city?

Thanks in advance.

Almost everything is open every day of the week in the UK. In fact, Saturdays (and in some cases Sundays) are sometimers the busiest days of the week for many shops and attractions. The only thing you need to be aware of is that opening hours for shops on Sundays are shorter - they generally open at 10, 11am or 12pm and close at either 4, 5 or 6pm.

I don't live in either Manchester or Liverpool so can't comment on whether or not a day is sufficent to see all the sights. It also depends on how many sights you want to see! I'm sure lots of others on here can help though.

Enjoy your trip!

The finest sight a Mancunian can behold, Dr Johnson really meant to say but was too preoccupied paying off his debts to articulate properly, is the East Lancs Road to Liverpool.

There might be enough in Manchester to fill an hour or two: but twenty years living in Lancashire never showed me what that might be, unless you're there on a day Lancashire, Man U or City are playing.

A year in Liverpool, OTOH, is too short. Karl Jung (the shrink) got it almost right when he called it the Pool of Life. The European Union - unfailingly wrong on everything else - came closer when they called it the European Capital of Culture, but Allen Ginsberg was closest wnen he called it "the centre of the consciousness of the human universe" - though he might have been the teensiest weensiest stoned out of his tree at the time.

Apart from Liverpool's obvious charms (more free museums than anywhere in Britain outside London, more conservation-grade buildings than anywhere outside London, the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, the location of one of WW2's three great battles, the world's best pubs and a World Heritage site through which most North Americans' ancestors moved to the New World), the city's also Europe's football and rock music capital. Actually, it's really the world's football and rock music capital, but we Liverpudlians don't like boasting.

If you're in NW England over a weekend, it's simply perverse not to spend the Saturday watching a Saturday match at Goodison or Anfield (though pricey, you can always scalp a ticket) or failing to spend a Saturday evening watching the Liverpool judies' extraordinary abilty to cavort round town in next to nothing. There really isn't a city on earth to compare.

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There really isn't a city on earth to compare.>>

And for this small mercy, much thanks.

I live near Manchester but certainly could not extoll its virtues to tourists although there a lot of character pubs and diverse restaurants. Liverpool is not much better in my opinion although it has had a facelift as part of its City of Culture status. Sorry to be pessimistic. This apart, I do think there are some fantastic areas in Lancashire although some people are often blind to whats on their doorstep (I say this as someone who lived in York for over two years)The Trough of Bowland is an absolute delight and rarely mentioned on this site, and some of the villages and surroundings (Pendle) can be compared to those in Yorkshire.
Good luck and if I can give you additional tips re Manchester let me know.
Steve