Overview
- Time Out and Christmas Tree World recently named Manchester the UK's best festive market.
- A first-person visit found Albert Square easy to navigate with queues under five minutes despite busy crowds.
- The reviewer judged Manchester far superior to Edinburgh based on food quality and overall experience.
- Attractions at Albert Square included a helter-skelter and a Ferris wheel, with markets also spread across the city.
- Noted prices were £11 for a pork Yorkshire-pudding-style wrap, £10 for apple-and-blackberry mulled wine due to a £3.50 mug deposit with a refund still pending, and £8 for an apple-and-cinnamon crumble.