Standing 217 feet (66 metres) high, the clock tower of what is now The Principal Manchester was the tallest building in Manchester for many years. A famous landmark, with four clock faces visible across the city, and upon each clock face four bees in flight indicating...
Mancsy’s limited edition screen prints first appeared on Manchester’s streets in January 2012, making regular appearances ever since. The prints locations are publicised via Twitter and Facebook and are available for free to the first person who finds his ‘free bees’...
When walking through Piccadilly Place, you’ll have noticed the mirrored Poetry Discs that hang in a row on a black granite wall. Adorned with “A Poem for Manchester” by Mike Duff, the discs were created by local artists Lauren Sagar and Sharon Campbell. Across each of...
The Grade II listed Beehive Mill can be found to the north of Manchester’s city centre, in Ancoats. The mill dates to the early 1820’s, with the nameplate above the entrance (pictured above) added during its second phase of construction. At the time, Ancoats was the...
Spread out atop building rooftops across Manchester city centre are a number of hidden beehives. This is the beginning of a series profiling them, with the first found just above the entranceway to Manchester Cathedral, accessed via a small spiral staircase. Home to...
Home to its most ubiquitous and iconic design, Manchester Town Hall and the Manchester Bee are inseparably linked. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse and built between 1868 to 1877, the Hall features the bee both outside and inside the building. Standing outside the main...
