[1] Leave the centre and head left to Princess Street. Turn left onto Princess Street and continue until you reach Portland Street. Cross the road using the pedestrian crossing and head left down Portland Street until you reach the Novotel hotel.
[2] Turn right down Dickinson Street heading into St Peters Square. Cross over the road and the tram tracks (take care as you cross) straight ahead and turn right past the Manchester Peace Gardens. Walk diagonally right towards the corner of the Town Hall and Princess Street (opposite The Waterhouse pub). Follow the Town Hall left down Princess Street.
[3] Turn left into Albert Square (Town Hall Square). Cross the square diagonally, Live Bait Restaurant is on the corner. After a short distance you reach South Mill Street. Follow South Mill Street until it reaches Peter Street (A34 Main Road).
[4] Turn right and continue down Peter Street.
(A)You are now opposite a plaque on what used to be the Free Trade Hall commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 1819.
Cross Deansgate at the pedestrian crossing. Immediately after, turn left and cross Quay Street to walk down the left hand side.
[5] At The Opera House Theatre, turn left and follow Byron Street.
(B)There are two plaques on opposite sides of the street. One is for two famous Chemists Frankland and Roscoe, on the right of the street. Another marks the area where” Bonnie Prince Charlie” parked his artillery in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.
Cross the road and enter St. John Gardens. Walk straight through the gardens and lave down a slope onto Lower Byrom Street. Turn left and continue to;
(C) The Museum of Science and Industry
Ahead of you is Duke Street. On the corner of Duke St. is a famous Manchester pub called the Ox.
[6] Cross the road using the pedestrian crossing on your right and go down Duke Street. Head towards the railway and tram bridges. You will pass Roman Granary and Gardens.
[7] At the car park under the bridges turn right towards Bar Ça. Then turn left to cross over the canal. Once you have crossed over the canal, turn left and join the canal tow path (Rochdale canal and lock called Dukes 92).
[8] Follow the canal tow path for approximately 15-20 mins, passing through Deansgate Tunnel, passed Deansgate Locks bars, the old Hacienda and Bridgewater Hall Basin.
As you walk up the canal it is worth noticing the red sandstone rocks on which most of Manchester is built. Mind your head under 2 bridges - be careful of path subsidence and slippery surface.
[9] Leave the canal tow path after passing Princess Street bridge turning right and emerging at street level at Canal Street. Turn right out of Canal Street onto Princess Street to use the crossing at the traffic lights. Head back up Princess Street on the opposite side of the road to reach Waterloo Street and the Wu Kau Tong Overseas Chinese Association.
Note: There is a very steep incline to leave the canal tow path at Canal Street, for anyone who is unable to manage this there is an exit off the tow path onto Whitworth Street at the NCP Car Park.
Turn left onto Whitworth Street and then left again onto Princess Street, continue up to Waterloo Street and The Wu Kau Tong Overseas Chinese Association.