7 Best Places to Shop in Manchester, Liverpool, and the Peak District, England

The city's largest shopping complex comprises four districts (Peter's Lane, South John Street, Paradise Street, and Hanover Street) and has more than 170 stores, bars, and restaurants, from small independents to international chains.

This vibrant, airy space in a onetime Victorian fish-market building houses two floors of studios for resident artists and craft makers selling to the public. Crafts workshops are hosted, too, and there's a wonderful café.

With a collection that ranges from top hats to skatewear, this emporium has been purveying indie fashion and lifestyle paraphernalia to its many fans for decades. Spots to eat within its maze of rooms include cult ice cream parlor Ginger's Comfort Emporium.

This charming Victorian arcade houses various specialty stores selling fashion and shoes, as well as bars and restaurants.

All the mop-top knickknacks of your dreams are available at this hugely popular, official Beatles souvenir shop.

The independent stores in this beautifully tiled and stained-glass-roofed building on the site of the old thermal baths (it retains the original plunge pool and bathing chair) sell the likes of handmade chocolates, fashion, housewares, pottery, and gifts.

This luxury shopping district is the place for upscale boutiques, designer names, cinemas, restaurants, and cutting-edge fashions.