Affleck's

An iconic part of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, Affleck's is a leading indoor market and historically a hangout for the city's youth culture, with over 70 weird and wonderful shops and stalls selling everything from alternative and vintage clothing, records, retro sweets and handmade jewellery.

You’ll find something new and unique with every trip to Afflecks and you almost certainly won’t leave empty handed. The collection of independent retailers strive to be different from everywhere else in Manchester city centre and most shops lean to a more alternative subculture. As well as plenty of shops there’s a cafe on the top floor, an ice cream parlour with some of the most inventive flavours around, a cereal cafe, a photography studio, hairdressers, and piercing and tattoo studios.

Afflecks is also home to the Three Minute Theatre, where you’ll find independent and improvised theatre and comedy on most nights.

[Charlotte Davies]