Accessible Britain

Airkix Indoor Skydiving
FOOD & DRINK aa Salvi’s café-bar is open all week serving drinks, snacks and fresh
Italian food. Next door, the accessible Chill Factore indoor skiing venue houses several
restaurant chains.
THE NORTHWEST
106 Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Address: Liverpool Road, Castlefield M3 4FP Web: www.msimanchester.org.uk Tel: 0161 8322244
Hours: daily 10am–5pm Dates: closed 1 Jan & 24–26 Dec Entry: free. 4D theatre show [A] £4 [Con] £3
Filling five enormous listed buildings – including the world’s oldest surviving passenger
railway station – the Museum of Science and Industry brings Manchester’s industrial and
scientific heritage to life with a vast collection of eclectic and compelling exhibits.
The early days of the industrial era in the north of England are vividly evoked by
the ear-splitting cotton machinery demonstrations, where you can watch cotton being
processed and find out about the working conditions of the thousands of adults and
children who worked the region’s mills. Check out the huge collection of working
steam engines, then head underground to explore the sewers and cellars of the Station
Building with its fascinating displays on sanitation through the ages. Finally, leave time
for a few hands-on science experiments in the interactive science gallery and a 4D
theatre show accompanied by moving seats, water spray and air blasts. Special events
here have included Doctor Who, Dinosaurs and the famous BodyWorlds – check the
website for future exhibitions.
The museum is accessed by a smooth path, and the main entrance can then be
accessed by lift. Despite being spread over five nineteenth-century buildings, almost
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