Where to Go This Bank Holiday in Manchester
There are 151 beer gardens and outdoor spots across Manchester where you can properly settle in on a bank holiday. Turtle Bay's got two locations—one on Oxford Road, one in the Northern Quarter—both brilliant for a long afternoon. The Moon Under Water near Piccadilly is another solid choice if you want reliable pints and space to spread out.
££1Turtle Bay Manchester Oxford Rd
📍 33-35 Oxford St, Manchester M1 4WB, UK
££2Turtle Bay Manchester Northern Quarter
📍 46-50 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE, UK
£3The Moon Under Water - JD Wetherspoon
📍 68-74 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2FN, UK
££Miller & Carter Manchester
📍 53 King St, Manchester M2 4LQ, UK
£Rudy's Pizza Napoletana - Ancoats
📍 9 Cotton St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5BF, UK
££Fazenda Rodizio Bar & Grill Manchester
📍 The Avenue Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3AP, UK
£££Etci Mehmet - Turkish Steak House
📍 4, Chester St, Manchester M1 5QS, UK
££Mackie Mayor
📍 Smithfield Market Hall, 1 Eagle St, Manchester M4 5BU, UK
££Moose Coffee
📍 20 York St, Manchester M2 3BB, UK
£££The Ivy Spinningfields Brasserie, Manchester
📍 The Pavilion, Byrom St, Manchester M3 3HG, UK
££££20 Stories
📍 1 Hardman St, Manchester M3 3AQ, UK
££The Wharf
📍 Blantyre House, 6 Slate Wharf, Manchester M15 4ST, UK
££Browns Manchester
📍 1 York St, Greater, Manchester M2 2AW, UK
£££El Gato Negro Tapas Manchester
📍 52 King St, Manchester M2 4LY, UK
£Rudy's Pizza Napoletana - Peter Street
📍 Petersfield House, Peter St, Manchester M2 5QJ, UK
££The Oast House - Manchester
📍 The Avenue, Courtyard, Manchester M3 3AY, UK
££Bruncho
📍 270 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4JB, UK
££Corn Exchange Manchester
📍 Exchange Sq, Greater, Manchester M4 3TR, UK
££Nùr Cafe Manchester
📍 45 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2AY, UK
££The Refuge
📍 Oxford St, Manchester M60 7HA, UK
££eastZeast Riverside - Manchester
📍 28 Blackfriars St, Salford, Manchester M3 5BQ, UK
££Purezza Manchester
📍 75-77 High St, Manchester M4 1FS, UK

The Alchemist New York Street
📍 1 New York St, Manchester M1 4HD, UK
££The Black Friar
📍 41-43 Blackfriars Rd, Salford M3 7DB, UK
££Freight Island
📍 11 Baring St, Manchester M1 2PY, UK
££Mala
📍 8 Dale St, Manchester M1 1JA, UK
££Piccolino Caffé Grande, Manchester
📍 8 Clarence St, Manchester M2 4DW, UK
££Mowgli Street Food Corn Exchange
📍 16, Corn Exchange House, 37 Exchange St, Manchester M4 3TR, UK
££Yard & Coop Manchester
📍 37 Edge St, Manchester M4 1HW, UK
££Metropolitan West Didsbury
📍 2 Lapwing Ln, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2WS, UK
££Federal Cafe Bar
📍 9 Nicholas Croft, Manchester M4 1EY, UK
££Ramona
📍 40 Swan St, Manchester M4 5JG, UK

The Alchemist Spinningfields
📍 3 Hardman St, Manchester M3 3HF, UK
££Dukes 92
📍 18 - 25 Castle St, Manchester M3 4LZ, UK
££Riva Blu Italian Restaurant & Bar, Manchester
📍 The Corn Exchange, 11 Corn Exchange, Manchester M4 3TR, UK
££Port Street Beer House
📍 39-41 Port St, Manchester M1 2EQ, UK
££Bill's Spinningfields Restaurant
📍 3 Hardman Square, Manchester M3 3EB, UK
££Albert’s Didsbury Restaurant & Bar
📍 120-122 Barlow Moor Rd, Manchester M20 2PU, UK
££Rain Bar
📍 80 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester M1 5JG, UK
££The Koffee Pot
📍 84-86 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE, UK
££Piccadilly Tap
📍 Gateway House, Station Approach, Manchester M1 2GH, UK
££Las Iguanas - Manchester - Deansgate
📍 84 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2ER, UK
££The Marble Arch Inn
📍 73 Rochdale Rd, Manchester M4 4HY, UK
££Britons Protection
📍 50 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester M1 5LE, UK
££Tampopo Albert Square
📍 16 Albert Square, Manchester M2 5PF, UK
££Tampopo Corn Exchange
📍 Corn Exchange, Exchange Sq, Manchester M4 3TR, UK
££Barburrito - Manchester Piccadilly Gardens
📍 1 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 1RG, UK
££The Salisbury
📍 2 Wakefield St, Manchester M1 5NE, UK
££Trof Northern Quarter
📍 8 Thomas St, Greater, Manchester M4 1EU, UK

Cane & Grain
📍 49, 51 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA, UK
££Didsbury
📍 852 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2SG, UK
££Foundry Project Manchester
📍 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1BD, UK
£The Old Nags Head
📍 Old Nags Head, 19 Jackson's Row, Manchester M2 5WD, UK
££American Pies Mcr
📍 23 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5EP, UK
£Crazy Pedro's Bridge Street
📍 55-57 Bridge St, Manchester M3 3BQ, UK
£The Peveril of the Peak
📍 127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester M1 5JQ, UK
££Albert's Shed Restaurant Manchester
📍 18-20 Castle St, Manchester M3 4LZ, UK
££Italiana Fifty Five Great Northern - Italian Restaurant Manchester
📍 Unit 4, Manchester M3 4EN, UK
££SEVEN BRO7HERS BEERHOUSE Ancoats
📍 39 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5AF, UK
££Founder's Hall
📍 2-10 Albert Square, Manchester M2 6LW, UK
£The Crown & Kettle
📍 2 Oldham Rd, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5FE, UK
££Café Beermoth · Craft Beer Bar
📍 Café Beermoth, Brown St, Manchester M2 1DA, UK
££Almost Famous Manchester
📍 49-51 Edge St, Manchester M4 1HW, UK
££POT KETTLE BLACK Barton Arcade
📍 Manchester M3 2BW, UK
££Thaikhun
📍 The Avenue Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3HF, UK

All Bar One Manchester
📍 73-79 King St, Greater, Manchester M2 4NG, UK
££Cafe 19
📍 19 Lever St, Manchester M1 1BY, UK
££Evuna NQ
📍 79 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1LQ, UK
££Cosy Club
📍 Corn Exchange, 37 Hanging Ditch, Manchester M4 3TR, UK
££Horse & Jockey
📍 9 Chorlton Grn, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 9HS, UK
££Night & Day Cafe
📍 26 Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JN, UK
££Diecast
📍 51 Ducie St, Manchester M1 2JQ, UK
£Crown & Anchor
📍 6 Cateaton St, Manchester M3 1SQ, UK
££The Bay Horse Tavern
📍 35-37 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA, UK
££Sadler's Cat
📍 Hanover St, Manchester M60 0AB, UK
££Impossible - Manchester
📍 36 Peter St, Manchester M2 5QR, UK
£Rudy's Pizza Napoletana - Portland Street
📍 30 Portland St, Manchester M1 4GS, UK
£Lass O'Gowrie Manchester
📍 36 Charles St, Manchester M1 7DB, UK
££Vincenzo Trattoria
📍 34 St Ann St, Manchester M2 7LE, UK
££Vero Moderno
📍 Unit 4, Vimto Gardens, Chapel St, Salford M3 5JF, UK
££The Molly House
📍 26 Richmond St, Manchester M1 3NB, UK
££Fress Restaurant & Bar
📍 62 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE, UK
££Castle Hotel
📍 66 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LE, UK
££Terrace NQ
📍 43 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA, UK
££Namii Kitchen & Cocktails
📍 New York St, Manchester M1 4HN, UK
££Zaap Thai Street Food Manchester
📍 9 Brazennose St, Manchester M2 5AD, UK
££Madre Manchester
📍 Minshull House, 47 Chorlton St., Manchester M1 3FY, UK
££Don Marco
📍 1-3, Campfield Avenue Arcade, Manchester M3 4FH, UK
££Cask
📍 29 Liverpool Rd, Manchester M3 4NQ, UK
££Firehouse Manchester
📍 40 Swan St, Manchester M4 5JG, UK
££Elnecot
📍 Cutting Room Square, 41 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6AJ, UK
£Sicilian NQ - Restaurant and Bar
📍 14 Turner St, Manchester M4 1DZ, UK
££NORTHERN SOUL MANCHESTER
📍 20-21, Smithfield Buildings, 44 Tib St, Manchester M4 1LA, UK
£££Ark Manchester
📍 3A, 5 Whitworth St W, Manchester M1 5LH, UK
££Sandbar Manchester
📍 120 Grosvenor St, Manchester M1 7HL, UK
££PizzaExpress
📍 Ground Floor and Basement, 84, 86 King St, Manchester M2 4WQ, UK
££BrickHouse Social
📍 11-13 New Wakefield St, Manchester M1 5NP, UK
££Ye Olde Cock Inn
📍 848 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RN, UK
££Joshua Brooks
📍 106 Princess St, Manchester M1 6NG, UK
££The Angel Pub Mcr
📍 6 Angel St, Manchester M4 4BQ, UK
£Listo Burrito Manchester
📍 91-93 Oxford St, Manchester M1 6ET, UK
££The Freemount
📍 28-30 Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JN, UK
££The Smithfield Market Tavern
📍 37 Swan St, Manchester M4 5JZ, UK
££Delhi House Cafe
📍 Unit 10 Exchange Sq, Manchester M4 3TR, UK
££The Fletcher Moss
📍 1 William St, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6RQ, UK
££Evuna Deansgate
📍 277-279 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EW, UK
££FOLK.
📍 169-171 Burton Rd, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2LN, UK
££The Banyan Tree
📍 Unit 3, Moho Building, Ellesmere St, Manchester M15 4JY, UK
££Ezra & Gil - Peter Street
📍 49 Peter St, Manchester M2 3NG, UK

Wolf at the Door
📍 30-32 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1ER, UK
££Conni's Pizza Bar & Bakery
📍 Unit 4, 12 Bankside Blvd, Salford M3 7HW, UK
££Via Manchester
📍 28-30 Canal St, Greater, Manchester M1 3EZ, UK
££Suki Suki Street Food & Bar
📍 227 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EN, UK
££Gino D'Acampo Manchester
📍 First St, Manchester, Innside M15 4RP, UK
££PUPA Restaurant & Bar
📍 37 Turner St, Manchester M4 1DW, UK
££The Edinburgh Castle Pub
📍 17 Blossom St, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5EP, UK
££The George Charles
📍 244 Burton Rd, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2LW, UK
££The Parrs Wood
📍 356 Parrs Wood Rd, Manchester M20 6JD, UK
££IndianHouse
📍 6 Hereford St, Sale M33 7XN, UK
££Volta
📍 167 Burton Rd, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2LN, UK
££Brewdog DogHouse Manchester Bar & Rooftop
📍 18-20 Fountain St, Manchester M2 2AR, UK
££Lock 91
📍 9 Century St, Manchester M3 4QL, UK
£Tibetan Kitchen Manchester
📍 254 Upper Chorlton Rd, Firswood, Stretford, Manchester M16 0BN, UK

SCHOFIELD'S BAR
📍 Sunlight House, 3 Little Quay St, Manchester M3 3JZ, UK
££The Faraday Pub (previously 7Sins)
📍 43-45 Lever St, Manchester M1 1FN, UK
££Wallop Didsbury
📍 97 Lapwing Ln, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 6UR, UK
££Track Brewing Co - Brewery & Taproom
📍 Unit 18, Piccadilly Trading Estate, Manchester M1 2NP, UK
££The Head of Steam Didsbury
📍 653 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6QZ, UK
££The Famous Crown
📍 770 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2DR, UK
£££Another hand
📍 Unit F, 253 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EN, UK
££Indian Affair
📍 362 Barlow Moor Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 8AZ, UK
££The Brunswick
📍 97 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2DB, UK
££The Social NQ
📍 53 - 55 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1NA, UK
££10 Tib Lane
📍 10 Tib Ln, Manchester M2 4JB, UK
£££The River Restaurant
📍 The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Pl, Salford M3 5LH, UK
££Hollywood Burgers & Shakes (Manchester) حلال
📍 30 Copson St, Withington, Manchester M20 3HB, UK
££L’ Artigiano Manchester
📍 Unit 1, Zerega Way, Clippers Quay, Manchester, Salford M50 3AE, UK
££The Station
📍 682 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2DN, UK
££Stage & Radio
📍 Cuba Cafe, 43 Port St, Manchester M1 2EQ, UK
££Oscars Bar Manchester
📍 34 Canal St, Manchester M1 3WD, UK
££The Brewers Manchester
📍 4 Canal St, Manchester M1 3HE, UK
££Manchester Sora Restaurant
📍 Malmaison, 23 Deansgate, Princess St, Manchester M2 4EB, UK
££Slap & Pickle Burgers - Society Manchester
📍 Unit 5 - Society, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester M2 3BD, UK
££Burgerism at Freight Island
📍 Burgerism, 11 Baring St, Manchester M1 2PZ, UK

Finders Keepers
📍 7 Keepers Quay, Manchester M4 6GL, UK
££The Wild Alderman
📍 846 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RN, UK
££Pong & Puck
📍 235 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EN, UK
££Capri Beach Club
📍 Capri beach club, Exchange Sq, Manchester M3 1BD, UK
££Slice Culture Pizza Manchester
📍 Unit 18, Track Brewing Co, Piccadilly Trading Estate, Manchester M1 2NP, UK
££Bar Hütte at Great Northern
📍 235 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EN, UK
££The Beer Garden Pub - Manchester Airport
📍 Ringway Rd, Manchester M22 5WH, UK
Bank holiday plans in another city?
Frequently asked
Are these spots actually open on the bank holiday?
Most pubs and bars in Manchester run normal hours over the bank holiday, but a handful trim Monday opening — worth a quick check on the venue page or the website before you head out, especially for Sunday-into-Monday plans.
What if it rains?
Every venue here has either a beer garden or proper outdoor seating, but most also have a solid indoor section to retreat to. The terraces and courtyards generally do better in light drizzle than open beer gardens.
Can I book ahead for a bank holiday weekend?
Absolutely worth it for the larger spots — beer gardens fill up by mid-afternoon on a sunny bank holiday. Most venues take bookings via their website (linked on each venue page).